Sexual predators who target elders: Findings from the first national study of sexual abuse in care facilities

Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 353-376

  Ramsey Klawsnik, Holly ^a   Teaster, Pamela B ^b   Mendiondo, Marta S ^b   Marcum, Jennifer L ^b   Abner, Erin L ^b  

^a Klawsnik and Klawsnik Associates   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abuse by facility staff; Abuse investigation; Elder sexual abuse; Facility abuse; Resident perpetrators; Sexual offenders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CRIME; FEMALE; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOME; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUALITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VICTIM; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COERCION; CRIME VICTIMS; ELDER ABUSE; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; SEX OFFENSES; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 58149464860     PISSN: 08946566     EISSN: 15404129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08946560802359375     Document Type: Article

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