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Crime and older Australians: understanding and responding to crime and older people
— [paper presented at] Family Futures: Issues in Research and Policy, 7th Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference ... Sydney, 24-26 July 2000 | | Author(s) | Adam Graycar, Marianne James |
| Corporate Author | Australian Institute of Criminology |
| Publisher | Australian Institute of Criminology, Canberra ACT, 2000 |
| Pages | 16 pp |
| Source | Australian Institute of Criminology GPO Box 2944 Canberra ACT, 2601, Australia. Weblink at: http://www.aifs.gov.au/institute/afrc7/graycar-ada... |
| Keywords | Crime ; Elder abuse ; Australia. |
| Annotation | As with other groups in the population (in Australia and elsewhere), older people are at risk from four main sources: family members, friends and acquaintances who may assault or steal from them; strangers who may victimise them; commercial organisations or "white collar" criminals who could defraud them; and carers with a "duty of care" relationship who may neglect or abuse them. This paper discusses three main issues. The first, crime and abuse, has three main sub-stories: predatory crime; duty of care and relationship crime; and economic crime (financial mismanagement, fraud, and issues around enduring power of attorney and guardianship). The other two issues, fear of crime and inter-sectoral responses (by agencies including social service departments and the police), are examined in less detail. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-081111001 E |
| Classmark | TWA: QNT: 7YA * |
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