An Exploratory Study Comparing Attitudes and Practices of Police Officers and Social Service Providers in Elder Abuse and Neglect Cases

Dolon, Ronald; Hendricks, James E.

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“…Representatives of other occupations in other settings might provide an entirely different picture of the helpfulness of professional and paraprofessional groups in cases of elder abuse and neglect. Some support for the notion that perceptions of helpfulness of community resources vary according to the occupations of respondents is provided by Dolon and Hendricks (1989). In that study the researchers found that, within one state, police and visiting nurses had sharply different perspectives on the effectiveness of occupational groups in dealing with cases of elder abuse and neglect.…”

Section: Journal Of Gerontological Social Workmentioning

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The Relative Contributions of Occupation Groups in the Discovery and Treatment of Elder Abuse and Neglect

Blakely¹,

Dolon²

1991

Journal of Gerontological Social Work

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The study analyzes data from a national survey of direct practice workers in Area Agencies on Aging. Rank orders of the ratings of the helpfulness of 14 occupational groups for abuse and neglect, respectively, are corn iled at both the discovery and treatment stages of intelvention. $tests are used to compare the performances of each occupational group in cases of abuse to performances in cases of neglect. Discussion focuses on factors Ghich might facilitate or inhibit-cooperation across occupational lines in discovering and treating elder abuse and neglect.Since researchers first began to call attention to the existence of elder abuse and neglect, numerous methods of discovering and treating these problems have been described in the literature. Quinn and Tomita (1986) give instructions on diagnosis and treatment which can be used by social workers, caregivers, and the general public. Fulmer and O'Malley (1987) and Tomita (1983) provide guidelines on identification, assessment, and intervention in cases of abuse and neglect which are targeted for health Y ~--B. E. ~lake$ is ~ssociate professor, ~e~a i r n e n t of Sociology, and Ronald Dolon is Professor,

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Section: Journal Of Gerontological Social Workmentioning

confidence: 97%

The Relative Contributions of Occupation Groups in the Discovery and Treatment of Elder Abuse and Neglect

Blakely¹,

Dolon²

1991

Journal of Gerontological Social Work

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“…Johnson et al (1994) examined how criminal justice agencies and a host of social service agencies viewed child abuse and spouse abuse and found that different approaches were followed by various agencies. Dolon and Hendricks (1989) focused specifically on attitudes about elder abuse among police officers and social service providers to see whether the groups had different beliefs about the factors contributing to elder abuse. They surveyed 51 police officers and 55 social service professionals and found that police officers believed family conflict was more important than social service workers did.…”

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Attitudes about Sanctioning Elder Abuse Offenders among Police Chiefs, Nursing Home Employees, and Students

Payne

Berg

James

2001

Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol

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Since the early 1970s, demographers and other social scientists have predicted an increase in the number of elderly people living in America. What has not increased to the same magnitude, however, is our understanding of the criminal victimization of elderly persons or our understanding how to respond to offenders who abuse elderly persons. Of concern in this research was the way that four groups perceive the sanctioning of offenses committed against elderly persons: police chiefs, nursing home administrators, nursing home staff, and students enrolled in sociology and criminal justice courses. By conceptualizing the perceptions of abuse among these four groups, steps can be taken toward either preventing or responding to crimes against elderly persons.In the mid-1970s the concept of "granny-bashing" began to appear in British medical journals and described instances where older citizens were abused by family members, caregivers, health care employees, and a host of other individuals (Baker, 1975;Ogg & Munn-Giddings, 1993). At the same time, predictions were made that the number of elderly citizens living in the United States would increase gradually throughout the 1980s and 1990s. Since then, two things have occurred. First, we have seen increases in longevity and the number of people ages 65 or older. Second, we have witnessed the evolution of the granny-bashing concept into other concepts viewed as more politically correct. These new concepts included battered parent, elder maltreatment, and elder abuse (Crystal, 1987;Katz, 1979;Pillemer, 1986). Although these new concepts have been forthcoming, research into the way elder abuse cases are handled in the legal system is relatively scarce in the literature.

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“…Research has been conducted focusing on police perceptions about elder abuse and the relationship between older persons' victimization rates and high fear of crime (Dolan 1989;Daniels 1999;Payne 1999;Payne 2000). Police have been found to be more punitive and focused on the crime than social workers who focus on the services to be implemented leading to more cases entering the justice system from law enforcement.…”

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The Association Between Statutory Penalties and Domestic Elder Abuse Investigations

Jogerst

Daly

Brinig

et al. 2005

Journal of Crime and Justice

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Adult Protective Services statutes designate penalties for those who inflict abuse on elders. These penalties are either civil or criminal, with criminal penalties delineated as misdemeanors or felonies. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the relationship of criminal penalties for the infliction of abuse on the rates of reported, investigated, and substantiated domestic elder abuse for all states. The District of Columbia and forty-three states' APS-related statutes make elder abuse crimes felonies while thirty provide misdemeanors for some or all aspects of elder abuse. Afer taking into account demographic factors that influence investigation rates, states were found to have higher investigation rates iftheir statute made abuse a felony, had longer prison terms, tracked reports of abuse allegations, required reporting by professionals, and had more words in the definitions of abuse. After taking into account demographic factors that influence substantiation Downloaded by [Wayne State University] at 17:02 26 November 2014 52 Journal of Crime h Justice rates, states were found to have higher rates ifthe statute made abuse a felony, tracked reports of abuse allegations, and had more words in the definitions of abuse. States recognizing the seriousness of elder abuse by listing harsher penalties may convey this commitment to investigators, who are therefore more likely to investigate and substantiate abuse allegations.

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An Exploratory Study Comparing Attitudes and Practices of Police Officers and Social Service Providers in Elder Abuse and Neglect Cases

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The Relative Contributions of Occupation Groups in the Discovery and Treatment of Elder Abuse and Neglect

The Relative Contributions of Occupation Groups in the Discovery and Treatment of Elder Abuse and Neglect

Attitudes about Sanctioning Elder Abuse Offenders among Police Chiefs, Nursing Home Employees, and Students

The Association Between Statutory Penalties and Domestic Elder Abuse Investigations

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