FLORIDA'S PLAN TO REDUCE CRIME AGAINST THE ELDERLY, 1978 (ISSUED IN TWO NUMBERED VOLUMES)

• NCJ Number: 47457
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1978
• Length: 309 pages
• Grant Number(s): 75-AS-50-0004; 78-PFAX-0012
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice
• Corporate Author: Florida Bureau of Criminal Justice Assistance
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

PRIORITY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPLEMENTATION IN FISCAL YEAR 1978-79 ARE PRESENTED, ALONG WITH A MULTIYEAR, BROAD-BASED PLAN DESIGNED TO IDENTIFY PROBLEMS AND EFFECT SOLUTIONS REGARDING CRIMES AGAINST THE ELDERLY.

Abstract

A PROFILE OF FLORIDA'S ELDERLY IS DEVELOPED FROM AVAILABLE DATA, AND AN ANALYSIS OF AVAILABLE CRIME DATA RELATED TO THE ELDERLY IS PROVIDED. IN ADDITION, AN ANALYSIS OF A VICTIMIZATION SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE BUREAU OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE PLANNING AND ASSISTANCE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION AND THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF RETIRED PERSONS/NATIONAL RETIRED TEACHERS ASSOCIATION IN NOVEMBER 1977 IS PRESENTED. A STUDY OF THESE DATA INDICATES THAT WHILE THE ELDERLY IN FLORIDA ARE NOT OVERALL THE MOST CRIMINALLY VICTIMIZED SEGMENT OF THE STATE'S POPULATION, CERTAIN GROUPS OF OLDER PERSONS, UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, ARE GENERALLY MORE VULNERABLE TO PARTICULAR TYPES OF CRIMES BY CERTAIN TYPES OF OFFENDERS. ACTION COMMENDATIONS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 1978-79 CONSIST OF THE TOP 20 PRIORITY CONSIDERATIONS FOR IMPLEMENTATION. THE FIRST PRIORITY OBJECTIVE IS THE ACQUISITION OF GOOD DATA ON THE VICTIMS AND PERPETRATORS OF CRIME AGAINST THE ELDERLY. EACH RECOMMENDATION IS PRECEDED BY A SHORT STATEMENT REGARDING THE PROBLEM AT WHICH THE RECOMMENDATION IS TARGETED. THE RECOMMENDATION IS FOLLOWED BY THE SUGGESTED APPROACH FOR IMPLEMENTATION. THE MULTIYEAR PLAN SECTION OF THE REPORT CONSISTS OF AN ANALYSIS OF DATA AND INFORMATION ON THE FOLLOWING SEVEN ISSUES AND PROBLEMS: SERVICE DELIVERY COORDINATION; PUBLIC INFORMATION AND DATA DEVELOPMENT AND DISSEMINATION; CRIME PREVENTION; JUVENILE JUSTICE AND DELINQUENCY PREVENTION; LAW ENFORCEMENT; COURTS; AND CORRECTIONS. THE REPORT ALSO CONTAINS A SECTION WHICH INVENTORIES AGENCY RESOURCES AND SERVICES TO THE ELDERLY. VOLUME 2 CONSISTS OF APPENDIXES OF SUPPORTING DATA AND INFORMATION RELATING TO PARTICULAR PORTIONS OF THE PLAN. ALSO INCLUDED ARE TASK FORCE MEETING SUMMARIES AND HIGHLIGHTS OF PRESENTATIONS GIVEN BY SPEAKERS AT MEETINGS HELD THROUGHOUT THE STATE. (RCB)