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Court reform

ALASKA'S BAN ON PLEA BARGAINING

Journal
Law & Society Review
Date Published
1979
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Program/Project Evaluation, Legislation/Policy Analysis

NIJ Journal Issue No. 272

Journal
National Institute of Justice Journal
Date Published
September 2013
Agencies
NIJ
Publication Type
Collected Work

Prosecuting Cases of Elder Abuse

June 2010

This panel will feature NIJ-funded research that has direct, practical implications for the prosecution of elder abuse cases. Panelists will present findings from a study of prosecutors in three states that examined the factors that influenced their decisions to prosecute elder financial abuse cases. The panel will also provide the results from an evaluation of five innovative court-based models that target perpetrators of elder abuse.