Elder Abuse (eBook, ePUB)

Forensic, Legal and Medical Aspects
Redaktion: Carney, Amy

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Elder Abuse: Forensic, Legal and Medical Aspects focuses on the psychological, financial and physical abuse and neglect that is widespread in elder abuse across socioeconomic levels. It provides expert information on forensic and legal topics that professionals need to understand to confront these crimes. The topics included are those most important in the detection and prosecution of elder abuse. Identification and epidemiology are discussed, as are types and presentations of abuse. Written at a level for both professionals and students who wish to gain a broader understanding of specific forensic topics in elder maltreatment, this book is an ideal source.

• Covers the physical, sexual, financial and psychological types of elder abuse
• Includes a section on domestic violence in the elderly, as well as wound identification
• Provides a multidisciplinary approach that is emphasized with special sections on death investigation, evidence collection, the medical examiner's responsibilities, and the response of the justice system

---

Dieser Download kann aus rechtlichen Gründen nur mit Rechnungsadresse in A, B, BG, CY, CZ, D, DK, EW, E, FIN, F, GR, HR, H, IRL, I, LT, L, LR, M, NL, PL, P, R, S, SLO, SK ausgeliefert werden.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
• Seitenzahl: 282
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. September 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780128163702
• Artikelnr.: 56964861

Inhaltsangabe

1. Epidemiology of Elder Abuse and Neglect
2. Identification of Elder Abuse
3. Dementia and Memory Disorders in Abuse in the Elderly
4. Interpersonal Violence and the Elderly
5. Wound Identification and Physical Abuse
6. Sexual Assault And Rape of the Older Person
7. Psychological Abuse
8. Multidisciplinary Collaboration
9. Death Investigation
10. Medication and Substance Use and Misuse in the Elderly
11. The Medical Examiner Response
12. The Criminal Justice Response to Elder Abuse