Older adults (65+)
NIJ Journal Issue 255, November 2006
Research-based information that can help inform policy decisions and improve understanding of the criminal justice system.
Prosecuting Cases of Elder Abuse
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.
Forensic Markers of Physical Elder Abuse: Establishing a Medical Characterization and Identifying the Criminal Justice Approach to Investigation and Prosecution
Conducted Energy Devices: Policies on Use Evolve to Reflect Research and Field Deployment Experience
Forensic Aspects of Elder Abuse - Panel at the 2010 NIJ Conference
An Elder Abuse Study Impacts How Law Enforcement Work Their Cases - Interview at the 2009 NIJ Conference
Is It Old Age, Abuse or Homicide? Using Forensic Markers and Technology To Detect Elder Abuse and Neglect - Panel discussion at the 2009 NIJ Conference
Innovative Research Partnerships: Building a Risk Assessment Tool for the N.H. Bureau of Elderly and Adult Services
Integrating Improved Assessments of Financial Judgment: Conceptual and Measurement
National Elder Mistreatment Survey: 5 Year Follow-up of Victims and Matched Non-Victims
Elder Abuse Prevention Demonstration Project:Planning Phase
Young Adult Court: A New Approach to Justice
Social Support Can Diminish Negative Effects of Elder Abuse
Interpersonal Conflict and Resolution: Assessing victimization and perpetration sequencing and proximal determinants
Developing a Taxonomy To Understand and Measure Outcomes of Success in Community-Based Elder Mistreatment Interventions
Just Science Podcast: Just Case Studies: A Mother's Tale - Part 2
Just Science Podcast: Just Case Studies: A Mother's Tale - Part 1
Identification of Risk and Protective Factors for Elder Financial Exploitation
Computers Learn To Detect Financial Abuse of the Elderly
Computer learning may provide a new avenue for creating tools to identify financial exploitation among elderly adults.