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Crime and older Australians
— understanding and responding to crime and older people | | Author(s) | Adam Graycar, Marianne James |
| Corporate Author | Australian Institute of Criminology |
| Publisher | Australian Institute of Criminology, Canberra, 2000 |
| Pages | 16 pp |
| Source | Australian Institute of Criminology GPO Box 2944 Canberra ACT, 2601, Australia. http://www.aic.gov.au/conferences |
| Keywords | Crime ; Lecture papers ; Australia. |
| Annotation | Since the 1970s, there has been an increase in concern about older people as victims of crime, and the assumption that older people were targets of crime and suffered substantial victimisation. This assumption has since been challenged. However, older people are at risk from: 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. This paper discusses crime and abuse, including: predatory crime; duty of care and relationship crime; and economic crime (e.g. financial mismanagement, fraud, and enduring power of attorney and guardianship issues). There are shorter discussions about fear of crime, and inter-sectoral responses to crime. This paper was presented at 'Family Futures: Issues in Research and Policy', the 7th Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference, Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, Darling Harbour, Sydney, 24-26 July 2000. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-100602204 A |
| Classmark | TWA: 6MA: 7YA * |
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