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| Fear of crime amongst elders in India | | Author(s) | Avanish Bhai Patel, Anindya Jayanta Mishra |
| Journal title | Working with Older People, vol 20, no 1, 2016 |
| Publisher | Emerald, 2016 |
| Pages | pp 36-45 |
| Source | www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/wwop.htm |
| Keywords | Crime ; Elder abuse ; Attitude ; Social surveys ; India. |
| Annotation | Crime against older people is a matter of grave concern in contemporary India, with instances of grievous bodily harm, murder and abusive behaviour being perpetrated by known and unknown persons. Such cases have had a negative impact on older people's way of life and sense of well-being. Consequently, fear of crime is being recognised as an emerging social problem among India's older population. This paper examines different types of crime that are being committed against older people (leading to a fear of crime); it also identifies the victim-offender relationship. Using a mixed method approach, the study was conducted from October 2012 to January 2013 on a sample of 220 older people living in both rural and urban areas of Lucknow in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It examines the factors shaping their experience of victimisation, and has been designed as an exploratory lead-in to a planned wider study. The findings suggest that emotional crime is a major problem for this group of older people, and is more prevalent than crime against the body and property. The study has also found that older people have a fear of crime in their own houses due to victimisation. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-160311204 A |
| Classmark | TWA: QNT: DP: 3F: 7FA |
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