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NCJ 222460
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Title:
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Statewide Profile of Abuse of Older Women and the Criminal Justice Response: Summary
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Author(s):
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Andrew Klein Ph.D. ; Terri Tobin Ph.D. ; Amy Salomon Ph.D. ; Janice Dubois M.S.W.
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Corporate Author:
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Advocates for Human Potentia, Inc.
United States
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Date Published:
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12/2007 |
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Page Count:
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18 |
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Sponsoring Agency:
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Grant Number:
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2006-WG-BX-0009 |
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Sale Source:
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National Institute of Justice/NCJRS
Box 6000
Rockville, MD 20849
United States |
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Document:
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Agency Summary:
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Agency Summary |
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Dataset:
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR22740 |
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Type:
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Applied research |
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Language:
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English |
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Country:
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United States |
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Annotation:
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A summary is presented of a federally supported study profiling the abuse of older women in Rhode Island as reported to police and the criminal justice system response. |
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Abstract:
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Study results indicate larger than expected intimate abuse among older women (50 years and older), especially among married couples, supplemented by even greater abuse by mostly male predatory offspring and grandchildren as women reach age 60. Specifically, as women victims of abuse age, the percent abused by current or former intimate partners declined from 62.4 percent for those aged 50 to 59 to 34.3 percent for those aged 60 and older. As older women victims reach 60 years or older, the abuse by non-intimate family members increased significantly from 35.5 percent to 65.2 percent. In the first of its kind study and funded by the U.S. Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice, researchers examined every domestic violence report made to State and local law enforcement across the State of Rhode Island in 2002 involving women victims, 50 years or older, whether or not police ultimately arrested the alleged suspect. References and appendix |
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Main Term(s):
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Abused women ; Elderly victims ; Rhode Island |
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Index Term(s):
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Older adults ; Domestic relations ; Battered wives ; Domestic assault ; Female victims ; Domestic assault arrest policies ; NIJ grant-related documents |
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Note:
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See NCJ-222459 for the final report. |
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To cite this abstract, use the following link:
https://www.ncjrs.gov/App/Publications/abstract.aspx?ID=244359
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