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Reducing injury through self-protection by elderly victims of violence
— the interaction effects of gender of victim and the victim/offender relationship | | Author(s) | Ronet Bachman, Mark Lachs, Michelle Meloy |
| Journal title | Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect, vol 16, no 4, 2004 |
| Pages | pp 1-24 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Offenders ; Crime ; Elder abuse ; Injuries ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Using robbery and physical assault data from the US National Crime Victimization Survey for 1992-2000, this paper found that victims aged 65+ were much more likely to require medical care for their injuries compared to younger adults. When multivariate models were examined to predict injury, it was found that the effects of verbal and/or other passive forms of self-protective behaviour decreased the probability of injury for older people against both known and unknown offenders. When older people were attacked by strangers, the effect of physical resistance strategies also served to decrease the probability of injury. However, when the offender was known, such as a family member of a friend, the use of physical forms of resistance increased the probability of injury for older victims, particularly women. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-061019001 A |
| Classmark | TGC: TWA: QNT: CU: 7T |
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