NCJ Number
31941
Journal
Police Chief Volume: 43 Issue: 2 Dated: (FEBRUARY 1976) Pages: 19-20 AND 22-23
Date Published
1976
Length
4 pages
Annotation
IT IS IMPORTANT FOR POLICE TO REALIZE THAT CRIME IMPACTS MORE SERIOUSLY ON OLDER PEOPLE, THAT OLD PEOPLE ARE A VALUABLE RESOURCE FOR AND HAVE A VESTED INTEREST IN CRIME PREVENTION PROGRAMS, AND THAT THEY ARE INFLUENTIAL.
Abstract
SIX KEYS TO THE CHANGING POLICE PERSPECTIVE ON THE ELDERLY ARE GIVEN. THEY ARE THE DIFFERENTIAL IMPACT AND DISTINCTIVE ASPECTS OF CRIME AGAINST THE ELDERLY; FULLSERVICE POLICING; GENERAL VICTIM ORIENTATION IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE; THE SYSTEMS APPROACH IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE; COMMUNITY-BASED CRIME CONTROL AND 'SEGMENTALISM'; AND POLITICAL ACTIVISM AND THE PRIORITIZATION AND LEGITIMATION OF OLDER PERSONS' NEEDS.