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Elder abuse

TECHBeat, June 2017

Date Published
July 2017
Publication Type
Report (Technical), Report (Technical Assistance), Program/Project Description, Instructional Material (Programmed)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored

NIJ FY17 Research and Evaluation on the Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation of Elderly Individuals

Closing Date

NIJ seeks proposals for research and evaluation on the abuse, neglect, and exploitation of elderly individuals. NIJ is interested in research that either helps to define and operationalize polyvictimization among elderly individuals or to identify successful outcomes in elder abuse intervention research. These are two areas that have been identified as gaps for a number of years in the field.

Violence Against American Indian and Alaska Native Women and Men: Findings from a National Survey

June 2016

This seminar provides the first set of estimates from a national large-scale survey of violence against women and men who identified themselves as American Indian or Alaska Native using detailed behaviorally specific questions on psychological aggression, coercive control and entrapment, physical violence, stalking, and sexual violence. These results are expected to raise awareness and understanding of violence experienced by American Indian and Alaska Native people.

Elder Abuse Prevention Demonstration Project: Planning Phase

Closing Date
NIJ, in collaboration with other Federal agencies, is interested in funding a cooperative agreement to conduct a rigorous, multi-year demonstration project to prevent abuse, neglect, and/or financial exploitation among community-residing elderly individuals identified to be at risk. Ultimately, the demonstration project will include development and implementation of the intervention, and, pending funding, a rigorous scientific evaluation of its effectiveness. Successful proposals will develop an intervention...

TECHBeat, January/February 2015

Date Published
January 2015
Publication Type
Technical Assistance, Program/Project Description, Issue Overview
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored

NIJ FY 15 Research and Evaluation on the Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation of Elderly Individuals

Closing Date

NIJ is seeking proposals for research and evaluation related to the abuse, neglect, and exploitation of elderly individuals. As the elderly population grows, crimes against this population are expected to increase. NIJ will be particularly interested in funding research to:

  • Determine an estimate of the financial costs associated with elder abuse.
  • Develop a taxonomy of case outcomes that can be used to define success from...