Elder Abuse Detection and Intervention: A Collaborative ApproachPRESERVING A LIFE OF PEACE AND DIGNITY FOR THE AGING This ground-breaking volume offers a new, collaborative approach geared to enhance case review, improve victim safety, raise abuser accountability, and promote system change. Sharing the common goal of promoting elder victim safety, experts in adult protective services, law enforcement, prosecution, health care, advocacy, and civil justice have formed a unique, multidisciplinary team approach to tackle the following critical topics:
As the aging population continues to grow, so does the potential for increasing cases of elder abuse. Replete with case examples that allow the experiences of victims to speak for themselves, this book provides the framework to begin, and to build on, collaborative approaches at the local, state, and national levels toward ending elder abuse. |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 51
... crime prevention, and child abuse. He received his undergraduate degree in political science from Chaminade University and his master's degree in political science from the University of South Florida. *The author is not speaking on ...
... crimes and consumer scams against older people? What about abuse in facilities? Where did domestic violence fit in? In the end, we found consensus on these issues, as described in Chapter 2. As authors, we struggled with voice. In ...
... crime that calls for a response from the criminal justice system. In other situations, such as self-neglect, social service workers, physicians, and other health care workers are more likely to offer effective interventions. Abuse ...
... Crime, Bureau of Justice Assistance, and National Institute of Justice. Since 2002, the Office on Violence Against Women has provided grants to train law enforcement, prosecutors, and court personnel on elder abuse and abuse against ...
... crimes against elders were dealt with by the criminal justice system, whereas elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation by ... crime. Today, police officers, prosecutors, and health and social service providers realize that they all have an ...
Contents
59 | |
COLLABORATION | 101 |
ACCOMPLISHING THE WORK | 173 |
WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? | 253 |
APPENDIX A | 279 |
REFERENCES | 283 |
INDEX | 295 |