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Table of Contents | ||
List of Tables | ||
Foreward | ||
Acknowledgements | xvii | |
I. | Problem Statement | 3 |
Introduction | 3 | |
Elder Abuse and the Criminal Justice System | 4 | |
Police Complaint Reports as Source of Information and Case Finding | 6 | |
Domestic Violence Victims and Willingness to Prosecute | 7 | |
Purpose of Study | 8 | |
II. | Literature Review | 11 |
Domestic Violence | 11 | |
Definition of Elder Abuse | 14 | |
Classification Schema for Types of Abuse | 14 | |
Case Finding | 15 | |
Profiles of Elder Abuse | 17 | |
Domestic Violence and the Criminal Justice System | 20 | |
Interdisciplinary Nature of Inquiry into Elder Abuse as a Criminal Justice Issue | 21 | |
Elder Abuse Detection and the New York City Criminal Justice System | 24 | |
Significant Variables in Elder Abuse As Identified in the Literature | 25 | |
Ethnic Differences | 28 | |
Significance of Examining Stated Willingness to Prosecute by Elder Abuse Victims | 28 | |
III. | Research Methodology | 33 |
Reliability and Validity of Data Collection | 34 | |
Data Collection | 38 | |
Coding of Data | 39 | |
Types of Offenses | 42 | |
Study Sample | 44 | |
Reliability/Validity | 45 | |
Plan of Analysis | 45 | |
Descriptive Statistics | 46 | |
Bivariate Analysis: Chi Square (for Independence/Association) | 46 | |
Multivariate Analysis: Logistic Regression | 47 | |
Multivariate Analysis: Classification and Regression Trees (CART) | 47 | |
IV. | Description Of The Sample | 49 |
Description of Complaint Reports Reflecting Elder Abuse | 50 | |
Description of Elder Abuse Victims | 50 | |
Description of Abusers | 51 | |
Living Arrangements Between Victims and Abusers | 52 | |
Who Reported Crime to Police | 53 | |
Willingness to Prosecute | 53 | |
Type of Abuse | 54 | |
Intensity of Abuse | 55 | |
Precincts Reporting | 56 | |
Sample Population of Elderly Victims as Compared with | ||
Boroughwide and Citywide Populations over 60 Years of Age on Selected Variables Discussed Above | 58 | |
Narrative Descriptions of Abuse as Reflected in Complaint Reports | 60 | |
Physical Abuse (High Intensity) | 60 | |
Physical Abuse (Low Intensity) | 62 | |
Financial Abuse (High Intensity) | 63 | |
Financial Abuse (Low Intensity) | 64 | |
Psychological Abuse (High Intensity) | 65 | |
Psychological Abuse (Low Intensity) | 65 | |
Family Dispute Case Description (Example) | 66 | |
V. | Description of Findings | 69 |
Hypotheses/Research Questions | 70 | |
Description of Study Population | 73 | |
Data Analysis | 73 | |
Victims' Characteristics Associated with Stated Willingness/Unwillingness to Prosecute Their Abusers | 73 | |
Abuser Characteristics Associated with Victims' Stated Willingness to Prosecute | 75 | |
Structural and Other Characteristics of Sample | 76 | |
Other Findings of Interest | 79 | |
Gender-Related Findings | 79 | |
Findings Related to Race/Ethnicity | 80 | |
Multivariate Analysis (Logistic Regression) | 83 | |
Classification and Regression Trees (CART) | 86 | |
Second Logistic Regression | 88 | |
Discussion | 90 | |
Two-Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) | 92 | |
VI. | Conclusion | 95 |
Description of Elder Abuse as Reported to the NYPD in Manhattan in 1992 | 95 | |
Criminal Offenses Reported to NYPD Reflective of Elder Abuse | 98 | |
Feasibility of Developing Predictor Profiles of Elder Abuse Victims' Willingness/Unwillingness to Prosecute Their Abusers | 100 | |
Implications of Developing Predictor Profiles of Elder Abuse Victims' Willingness/Unwillingness to Prosecute Their Abusers | 101 | |
Policy Implications | 102 | |
Implications for the NYPD | 102 | |
Implications for Social Work Practice | 106 | |
Limitations of Study and Suggestions for Additional Research and Other Follow-up | 111 | |
Appendix | ||
A. | NYPD Listing of Domestic Violence-Related Offenses | 113 |
B. | Additional Listing of Domestic Violence Offenses (New York State Penal Code) | 115 |
C. | Sample NYPD Complaint Report | 119 |
D. | Letter from Human Resource Administration Commissioner Barbara J. Sabol to New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly Requesting Access to Complaint Reports | 121 |
E. | Letter from New York City Police Department Liaison Sergeant Daniel Parente Accompanying Requested Complaint Reports for Research Study | 125 |
F. | Sample Data Entry Form with Coding Criteria | 127 |
G. | Addenda on Precinct/Community Board Data | 129 |
H. | Description of Sample of 295 Abuse Reports and Categories of Abuse by Offenses | 137 |
I. | NYPD Patrol Guide: Family Offenses/Domestic Violence Procedure No. 110-38; Revision No. 89-8 | 141 |
Bibliography | 149 |
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