Elder Abuse Workshop, February 25-27, 2008

• NCJ Number: 242211
• Date Published: February 2008
• Length: 0 pages
• Agencies: NIJ
• Publication Type: Issue Overview

Annotation

These Web pages contain the proceedings from the Elder Abuse Workshop held on February 25-27, 2008, in Washington, DC.

Abstract

These Web pages, maintained by the National Institute of Justice, contain the proceedings from the Elder Abuse Workshop held on February 25-27, 2008, in Washington, DC. The workshop was convened to bring together individuals and organizations with an interest in identifying emerging and promising practices aimed at preventing, detecting, and intervening in situations involving elder abuse and mistreatment. The topics covered during the workshop were 1) Measurement and Data: Measuring Prevalence and Incidence of Elder Abuse in the Community - Reports from Current or Recently Completed Research; 2) Measurement and Data: Screening Tool Development - Reports from Current Research Projects; 3) Measurement and Data: Working with Large Data Sets; 4) Elder Abuse Forensics - Reports from Current or Recently Completed Research Projects; 5) Abuse and Neglect in Long-Term Care (LTC); 6) Laying the Foundation for Theoretical Model Development in Elder Mistreatment; 7) Challenges and Solutions in Conducting Elder Abuse Research; 8) The System Response to Elder Abuse - Reports from Current or Recently Completed Research Projects; 9) VISION Report; and 10) Conversations with Potential Funders.