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Article: Law enforcement gerontology.
- Article from:
- The FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin
- Article date:
- February 1, 1994
- Author:
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In today's troubled society, crime is a major concern of the elderly. Clearly, victimization of the elderly severely impacts their economic, physical, and mental health. In turn, it diminishes their quality of life.
Still, gerontologists give little attention to the crime problems of this socioeconomic group. Instead, they focus the bulk of their research on
explaining the aging process and discovering solutions to the physical and mental problems of the elderly.
Police administrators, on the other hand, recognize that crimes against the elderly require ardent attention by law enforcement. In response, some administrators have created an innovative, ...