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

by Patric Brownell

First Published in 1999. Family Crimes Against the Elderly, A Study of Elder Abuse and the New York Police Department represents an important contribution to the available knowledge on elder abuse as a criminal justice issue. While most studies of elder abuse to date have examined this social problem from a health, mental health or social service perspective, few have focused on it from the perspective of law enforcement.

178 pages, Hardcover

First published November 1, 1998