Family Crimes against the Elderly: Elderly Abuse and the Criminal Justice System

Author: Patricia J. Brownell
Published: November 1998
Publisher: Taylor & Francis, Inc.
ISBN: 0815332092
Hardcover Book
Number of Pages: 184

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Adds a criminal justice to the health, mental health, and social service studies of the problem, drawing on police reports of elder abuse in a highly populated, racially and ethnically diverse city. The cases were those in which the elderly victims were willing to prosecute their offspring abusers. Brownell is with the New York City Human Resources Administration; this seems to be her Ph.D. dissertation, but she cites no date or institution.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents
List of Tables
Foreward
Acknowledgements xvii
I. Problem Statement 3
Introduction 3
Elder Abuse and the Criminal Justice System 4
Police Complaint Reports as Source of Information and Case Finding 6
Domestic Violence Victims and Willingness to Prosecute 7
Purpose of Study 8
II. Literature Review 11
Domestic Violence 11
Definition of Elder Abuse 14
Classification Schema for Types of Abuse 14
Case Finding 15
Profiles of Elder Abuse 17
Domestic Violence and the Criminal Justice System 20
Interdisciplinary Nature of Inquiry into Elder Abuse as a Criminal Justice Issue 21
Elder Abuse Detection and the New York City Criminal Justice System 24
Significant Variables in Elder Abuse As Identified in the Literature 25
Ethnic Differences 28
Significance of Examining Stated Willingness to Prosecute by Elder Abuse Victims 28
III. Research Methodology 33
Reliability and Validity of Data Collection 34
Data Collection 38
Coding of Data 39
Types of Offenses 42
Study Sample 44
Reliability/Validity 45
Plan of Analysis 45
Descriptive Statistics 46
Bivariate Analysis: Chi Square (for Independence/Association) 46
Multivariate Analysis: Logistic Regression 47
Multivariate Analysis: Classification and Regression Trees (CART) 47
IV. Description Of The Sample 49
Description of Complaint Reports Reflecting Elder Abuse 50
Description of Elder Abuse Victims 50
Description of Abusers 51
Living Arrangements Between Victims and Abusers 52
Who Reported Crime to Police 53
Willingness to Prosecute 53
Type of Abuse 54
Intensity of Abuse 55
Precincts Reporting 56
Sample Population of Elderly Victims as Compared with
Boroughwide and Citywide Populations over 60 Years of Age on Selected Variables Discussed Above 58
Narrative Descriptions of Abuse as Reflected in Complaint Reports 60
Physical Abuse (High Intensity) 60
Physical Abuse (Low Intensity) 62
Financial Abuse (High Intensity) 63
Financial Abuse (Low Intensity) 64
Psychological Abuse (High Intensity) 65
Psychological Abuse (Low Intensity) 65
Family Dispute Case Description (Example) 66
V. Description of Findings 69
Hypotheses/Research Questions 70
Description of Study Population 73
Data Analysis 73
Victims' Characteristics Associated with Stated Willingness/Unwillingness to Prosecute Their Abusers 73
Abuser Characteristics Associated with Victims' Stated Willingness to Prosecute 75
Structural and Other Characteristics of Sample 76
Other Findings of Interest 79
Gender-Related Findings 79
Findings Related to Race/Ethnicity 80
Multivariate Analysis (Logistic Regression) 83
Classification and Regression Trees (CART) 86
Second Logistic Regression 88
Discussion 90
Two-Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) 92
VI. Conclusion 95
Description of Elder Abuse as Reported to the NYPD in Manhattan in 1992 95
Criminal Offenses Reported to NYPD Reflective of Elder Abuse 98
Feasibility of Developing Predictor Profiles of Elder Abuse Victims' Willingness/Unwillingness to Prosecute Their Abusers 100
Implications of Developing Predictor Profiles of Elder Abuse Victims' Willingness/Unwillingness to Prosecute Their Abusers 101
Policy Implications 102
Implications for the NYPD 102
Implications for Social Work Practice 106
Limitations of Study and Suggestions for Additional Research and Other Follow-up 111
Appendix
A. NYPD Listing of Domestic Violence-Related Offenses 113
B. Additional Listing of Domestic Violence Offenses (New York State Penal Code) 115
C. Sample NYPD Complaint Report 119
D. Letter from Human Resource Administration Commissioner Barbara J. Sabol to New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly Requesting Access to Complaint Reports 121
E. Letter from New York City Police Department Liaison Sergeant Daniel Parente Accompanying Requested Complaint Reports for Research Study 125
F. Sample Data Entry Form with Coding Criteria 127
G. Addenda on Precinct/Community Board Data 129
H. Description of Sample of 295 Abuse Reports and Categories of Abuse by Offenses 137
I. NYPD Patrol Guide: Family Offenses/Domestic Violence Procedure No. 110-38; Revision No. 89-8 141
Bibliography 149

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