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Reducing Disorder, Fear, and Crime in Public Housing: An Evaluation of a Drug Crime Elimination Program in Spokane, Washington

Date Published

1997

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Sex Offenders of the Elderly: Classification by Motive, Typology, and Predictors of Severity of Crime

Date Published

September 2007

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Do Incident and Perpetrator Characteristics of Elder Mistreatment Differ by Gender of the Victim?: Results From the National Elder Mistreatment Study

Date Published

January 2011

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Interviewing the Incarcerated Offender Convicted of Sexually Assaulting the Elderly

Date Published

2006

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Efforts to Reduce Consumer Fraud Victimization Among the Elderly: The Effect of Information Access on Program Awareness and Contact

Date Published

October 2014

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Diagnosis of Elder Abuse in U.S. Emergency Departments

Date Published

October 2016

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Young Adult Intimate Partner Femicide: An Exploratory Study

Date Published

May 2008

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

How Case Characteristics Differ Across Four Types of Elder Maltreatment: Implications for Tailoring Interventions To Increase Victim Safety

Date Published

December 2014

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Safe Seniors Camera Program Seeks To Protect the Elderly

Date Published

April 2018

Publication Type

Technical Assistance, Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Office of Justice Programs Focuses on Studying and Preventing Elder Abuse

Date Published

2006

Publication Type

Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Towards the Development of a Screening Tool To Enhance the Detection of Elder Abuse and Neglect by Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs): a Qualitative Study

Date Published

2016

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Bruising as a Marker of Physical Elder Abuse

Date Published

July 2009

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Abuse Intervention Model: A Pragmatic Approach to Intervention for Elder Mistreatment

Date Published

September 2016

Publication Type

Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Grant Sponsored)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

How Do Abused Elderly Persons and Their Adult Protective Services Caseworkers View Law Enforcement Involvement and Criminal Prosecution, and What Impact Do These Views Have on Case Processing?

Date Published

June 2013

Publication Type

Report (Study/Research)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Insights on Adverse Effects of Elder Abuse

TechBeat, December 2018

Date Published

December 2018

Publication Type

Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description, Instructional Material (Programmed)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

TECHBeat, April 2018

Date Published

April 2018

Publication Type

Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

When Grandpa Gave Away the Farm: His Own Darn Fault, or a Case of Elder Abuse?

Date Published

April 2020

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description, Grants and Funding

Agencies

NIJ

When Grandpa Gave Away the Farm: His Own Darn Fault, or a Case of Elder Abuse?

Research on the Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation of Elderly Individuals, Fiscal Year 2020

Closing Date

April 20, 2020

NIJ is seeking applications for funding 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.

Notes From the Field

Those working in the criminal justice system should always use research and evidence to inform their policies, practices, and work. However, leaders often need to make decisions based on limited information and under unpredictable or even volatile circumstances. Sometimes there simply isn’t research available yet to help inform decisions on emerging issues.

Notes From the Field is not a research-based publication. Instead, it presents lessons...

Financial Exploitation Intervention Team Evaluability Assessment

2019-V3-GX-0005

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2019

$995,926

Cradle to Cane: Investigation of Crimes Against Vulnerable Victims

Event Dates

March 21, 2017, 8:00 am – March 23, 2017, 4:00 pm

Location

Online

Event Type

Conference

Registration Status

Open

Mass Marketing Elder Fraud Intervention

2019-R2-CX-0053

Open

Funding First Awarded

2019

$988,159

Formative Evaluation of a Pediatric Hospital-Based Violence Intervention Program

2019-V3-GX-0003

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2019

$678,752