Pure financial exploitation vs. Hybrid financial exploitation co-occurring with physical abuse and/or neglect of elderly persons

Psychology of Violence

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 285-296

  Jackson, Shelly L ^a   Hafemeister, Thomas L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW   (United States)

Author keywords

adult protective services; co occurring financial exploitation; elder abuse; financial exploitation; physical abuse and neglect

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859574993     PISSN: 21520828     EISSN: 2152081X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0027273     Document Type: Article

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