The police response to the criminalization of elder abuse an exploratory study

Policing

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 605-625

  Payne, Brian K ^a   Berg, Bruce L ^b   Toussaint, Jeff ^c  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0005123619     PISSN: 1363951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/eum0000000006500     Document Type: Article

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