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Elder Abuse

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Publications

Following are recent materials released by the Office of Justice Programs and other federal agencies related to elder abuse:

Defining and Studying Elder Abuse Polyvictimization
National Institute of Justice, January 2023

The Growing Problem of Transnational Elder Fraud
Office for Victims of Crime, March 2022

Multidisciplinary Team Works to Reduce Preventable Deaths of Older Adults
National Institute of Justice, May 2022

Assessment of Administrative Data on Elder Abuse, Mistreatment, and Neglect: Final Technical Report
Bureau of Justice Statistics-Sponsored, June 2021

A Scoping Review of Outcomes in Elder Abuse Intervention Research: The Current Landscape and Where to Go Next
National Institute of Justice-Sponsored, July 2021

Building Late-Life Resilience to Prevent Elder Abuse A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study of the EMPOWER Program
National Institute of Justice-Sponsored, January 2021

Office for Victims of Crime Grant Programs: Victim Services for Older Adults FY 2019 Topical Snapshot
Office for Victims of Crime, 2021

Attorney General's Annual Report to Congress on Department of Justice Activities to Combat Elder Fraud and Abuse
U.S. Department of Justice, October 2022

Insights on Adverse Effects of Elder Abuse
National Institute of Justice, July 2020

When Grandpa Gave Away the Farm: His Own Darn Fault, or a Case of Elder Abuse?
National Institute of Justice, April 2020

Defining Late-Life Poly-victimization and Identifying Associated Mental and Physical Health Symptoms and Mortality
U.S. Department of Justice-Sponsored, December 2020

Elder Abuse Victimization: What We Know from Research- and Practice-Based Evidence
Office for Victims of Crime, September 2020

Increasing Access to Healing Services and Just Outcomes for Older African American Crime Survivors: A Toolkit for Enhancing Critical Knowledge and Informing Action Within the Crime Victim Assistance Field
Office for Victims of Crime-Sponsored, July 2020

Demographic-based risk of reporting psychopathology and poor health among mistreated older adults in the national elder mistreatment study wave II
National Institute of Justice-Sponsored, 2020

Elder Abuse Victimization: What We Know From Research- and Practice-Based Evidence
Office for Victims of Crime-Sponsored, 2020

Multicenter Validation of an Emergency Department-Based Screening Tool to Identify Elder Abuse
National Institute of Justice-Sponsored, 2020

Who is in the revolving door? Policy and practice implications of recurrent reports to adult protective services
National Institute of Justice-Sponsored, 2020

Elder Abuse Prevention Demonstration: Planning Phase, Summary Technical Report
National Institute of Justice-Sponsored, December 2019

Elder Abuse Fatality Review Teams: A Replication Manual
Office for Victims of Crime-Sponsored, June 2019

Help-Seeking Among Victims of Elder Abuse: Findings From the National Elder Mistreatment Study
National Institute of Justice-Sponsored, June 2019

Forensic Markers of Physical Elder Abuse: Establishing a Medical Characterization and Identifying the Criminal Justice Approach to Investigation and Prosecution
National Institute of Justice-Sponsored, April 2019

Abuser Risk Measure: Reports by Alleged Victims to Adult Protective Services
National Institute of Justice-Sponsored, 2019

Exploring an Emerging Measurement Issue in Older Adult Maltreatment: Exploitation of Older Adults' Residences
National Institute of Justice-Sponsored, 2019

Lifting Up the Voices of Older Survivors
Office for Victims of Crime-Sponsored, 2019

Pilot Testing the Detection of Elder Abuse Through Car Emergency Care Technicians (DETECT) Screening Tool: results from the DETECT pilot project
National Institute of Justice-Sponsored, 2019

See the Publications List for additional and historical resources from the Office of Justice Programs.

Date Modified: June 14, 2023
Date Created: August 12, 2020