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dc.contributor.authorAas, Geir
dc.date.accessioned2017-09-21T05:42:06Z
dc.date.available2017-09-21T05:42:06Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.issn1540-4129
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/2455867
dc.description.abstractOver recent decades domestic violence or family violence, violence against women and child abuse has received much attention in the media, in political discourse and in social research. However, abuse of older adults arouses limited interest. In government action against domestic violence and in police guidance manuals, the elderly receive little attention. The aim of this article is primarily to demonstrate how the police attempt to prevent elder abuse in close relationships, especially in parent-child relationships. Police work connected to criminal elder abuse has been documented through statistics, and the numbers reveal that very few cases end up in court. Most of this article focuses on prevention and assistance. Despite resistance among the elderly to involve the police in their desperate situations, policing at least has the capacity to make a difference for many elderly victims, especially through home visits, motivation, dialogue and interdisciplinary collaboration. Yet some dilemmas remain when policing elder abuse. This article highlights some contradictions between the need of the police to produce criminal cases (often contrary to the interests of the victims) on the one hand, and the police’s duty to prevent further abuse on the other. Research has documented that help and prevention measures in question make the situation even worse for the victims they are meant to help.nb_NO
dc.language.isoengnb_NO
dc.subjectelder abusenb_NO
dc.subjectmishandlingnb_NO
dc.subjecteldrenb_NO
dc.subjectinterdisciplinary collaborationnb_NO
dc.subjecttverrfaglig samarbeidnb_NO
dc.subjectpolice rolenb_NO
dc.subjectpolitirollennb_NO
dc.subjectpolicingnb_NO
dc.subjectpolitiarbeidnb_NO
dc.subjectpreventionnb_NO
dc.subjectforebyggingnb_NO
dc.subjectNorwaynb_NO
dc.subjectNorgenb_NO
dc.titleThe Norwegian police and victims of elder abuse in close and familial relationshipsnb_NO
dc.typeJournal articlenb_NO
dc.typePeer reviewednb_NO
dc.source.pagenumber1-22nb_NO
dc.source.journalJournal of Elder Abuse & Neglectnb_NO
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/08946566.2017.1364683


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