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Date: November 22, 2024 Fri
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Results for elderly victims of crime
3 results foundAuthor: Disability Rights California, Investigations Unit Title: Vitimized Twice: Abuse of Nursing Home Residents, No Criminal Accountability for Perpetrators Summary: Nursing homes have become an indelible part of our health care landscape. These facilities provide 24 hour inpatient skilled nursing and supportive care to residents whose disability or condition necessitate the availability of skilled nursing care on an extended basis. It is estimated that over 40% of Americans will use a nursing home at some point in their lives and, as the population of individuals 65 years of age and older grows, the demand for skilled nursing care is not expected to decrease in the next two decades. Unfortunately, the United States General Accounting Office and others confirm that nursing home residents are often victimized by the very caregivers with whom they are entrusted. Much of the abuse rises to the level of criminal conduct. Yet, few cases are reported to or investigated by law enforcement and even fewer are criminally prosecuted. Simply put, crimes against nursing home residents are less likely to be reported, investigated, and prosecuted than crimes against individuals living in the community. They are often treated as licensing or administrative matters and not as crimes. It is time to highlight and address biases and lapses in the abuse response system to ensure that nursing home residents are provided equal access to the criminal justice system and equal protection from criminal abuse by caregivers. This report describes 12 cases of physical and sexual abuse of nursing home residents by caregivers and traces the handling of these crimes through California’s abuse response and criminal justice systems. The cases were gleaned from licensing citation reports issued by the State’s Department of Public Health (DPH) which confirmed the facts and determined the facility was liable for resident abuse. Details: Sacramento: Disability Rights California, 2010. 44p. Source: Internet Resource: http://www.disabilityrightsca.org/pubs/548801.pdf Year: 2010 Country: United States URL: http://www.disabilityrightsca.org/pubs/548801.pdf Shelf Number: 120898 Keywords: Elder Abuse (California)Elderly Victims of CrimeNursing HomesSexual Abuse |
Author: Halicki, Malgorzata Title: Intimate Partner Violence Against Older Women: National Report Poland Summary: Up to now only little is known about older women as victims of intimate partner violence in Europe. The issue often gets lost between the topics intimate partner violence, domestic violence and elder abuse both in research and in service provision. Domestic violence services and research on the one hand generally do not have a special focus on older women and age-related issues, and elder (abuse) services and research with their focus on vulnerability and care issues on the other hand usually are not sensitive to gender-specific dimensions of violence in partnerships. An age specific approach and a gender specific approach to family violence seem to exclude each other for the most part. The Intimate Partner Violence against older Women study (IPVoW), a European research project conducted by 7 partners in 6 countries - started its research activities with the aim to bridge this gap and come to a comprehensive age- and gender-sensitive view on the issue.The project had a number of specific objectives. This study presents an analysis of the situation in Poland. Details: Bialystok, Poland: Institute of Sociology of Education & Institute of Andragogy and Gerontology, University of Bialystok, 2010. 248p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed April 14, 2011 at: http://www.ipvow.org/images/stories/ipvow/reports/IPVoW_Poland_English_final.pdf Year: 2010 Country: Poland URL: http://www.ipvow.org/images/stories/ipvow/reports/IPVoW_Poland_English_final.pdf Shelf Number: 121345 Keywords: Domestic Violence (Poland)Elder AbuseElderly Victims of CrimeFamily ViolenceIntimate Partner ViolenceViolence Against Women |
Author: Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. Crime Statistics Unit Title: Crimes Against the Elderly Report: 2009-2011 Summary: Each year the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation releases annual reports of crimes reported by law enforcement agencies to the Tennessee Incident Based Reporting System (TIBRS) program in five different reports. The TIBRS data contains a wide range of incident level information including victim and offender demographics. In addition to the usual annual reports, the Crime Statistics Unit focused on a data subset of older victims of crime for the last three years of reported data. According to the 2010 United States Census, the nation's population is growing including America's elderly population. The data for the Tennessee Census shows the same trends. Unfortunately, even with various groups advocating for them and state law specifically punishing those who victimize them, the number of elderly crime victims has grown over the past three years. Their sometimes reduced mobility and trust of others makes them easy prey for offenders. We believe looking at the data reported to TIBRS for older crime victims will be beneficial for policy makers since the U.S. Census data indicates that this population is growing. Details: Nashville, TN: Crime Statistics Unit, Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, 2012. 14p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed October 15, 2012 at http://www.tbi.tn.gov/tn_crime_stats/documents/CrimesAgainstElderlyReport2009_2011.pdf Year: 2012 Country: United States URL: http://www.tbi.tn.gov/tn_crime_stats/documents/CrimesAgainstElderlyReport2009_2011.pdf Shelf Number: 126740 Keywords: Crime StatisticsDemographic TrendsElder AbuseElderly VictimsElderly Victims of Crime |