Family Crimes Against the Elderly : Elderly Abuse and the Criminal Justice System Book

	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