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| Mental health and criminal justice issues among perpetrators of elder abuse | | Author(s) | Pat Brownell, Jacquelin Berman, Aurora Salamone |
| Journal title | Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect, vol 11, no 4, 1999 |
| Pages | pp 81-94 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Elder abuse ; Mental disorder ; Addiction ; Criminal law ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Recent studies on elder abuse suggest that an abuser's pathology or impairment may be a stronger predictor of elder abuse than characteristics of the victim. To examine the relationship between elder abuse, abuser pathology, and the criminal justice system, the New York City Department for the Aging (DFTA) undertook a survey of older victims of reported domestic abuse seeking assistance from the DFTA Elderly Crime Victims Resource Center. Preliminary findings from the survey indicate that impaired abusers were significantly younger than unimpaired abusers and more likely to live with their victims, to be unemployed and to have a history of involvement with the criminal justice system. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000608212 A |
| Classmark | QNT: E: ET: VX: 7T |
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