Victimization of the elderly homeless

Care Management Journals

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 15-21

  Dietz, Tracy ^a   Wright, James D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Crime; Homeless; Older adult; Routine activities theory; Victimization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL CRIME; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VICTIM; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; AGED; CRIME VICTIMS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 29644441235     PISSN: 15210987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/cmaj.2005.6.1.15     Document Type: Article

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