- 160 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
This book offers an analytical review of the state of knowledge on elderly sexual abuse and presents new data that will confront some of the accepted ideas and some of the myths associated with this specific form of sexual violence. Sexual violence research has often considered children to be the most vulnerable population. However, another population just as vulnerable to sexual abuse but often overlooked by researchers, is the elderly. Evidence shows that elderly victims are more likely to be attacked by strangers, most likely to be victimized in their own homes, and are usually less capable of resisting a physical attack.
Drawing on a large and representative dataset, Elderly Sexual Abuse offers a full and theoretically informed picture of the offenders and their crimes. In addition to a specific chapter devoted to prevention and criminal investigation, the book also connects research to practice, exploring what the findings mean for professionals working with these cases and the criminal justice system.
This book is essential reading for all those engaged with sexual violence, victimization, elder abuse, and vulnerable populations.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title Page
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication Page
- Contents
- List of figures
- List of tables
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- About the authors
- Introduction: elderly sexual abuse: victimization proneness and vulnerability
- 1 Understanding elderly sexual abuse from a criminological approach
- 2 Elderly sexual abuse: description and unusual aspects
- 3 Elderly victims: a different crime-commission process?
- 4 Offendersâ types and offendersâ motivations in elderly sexual abuse
- 5 Lethal outcome in elderly sexual abuse
- 6 Elderly sexual abuse in residential care
- 7 Victimological processes of elderly sexual abuse in an extrafamilial context
- 8 Elderly and child victims: different age, same issue
- 9 Prevention and investigation of elderly sexual abuse
- Conclusion: Where have all the âgood oldâ people gone?
- Index