Best Practice for Estimating Elder Abuse Prevalence in Australia: Moving towards the Dynamic Concept of ‘Adults at Risk’ and away from Arbitrary Age Cut-Offs

Emily Moir; Barbara Blundell; Joseph Clare; Michael Clare

doi:10.1080/10345329.2017.12036095

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Best Practice for Estimating Elder Abuse Prevalence in Australia: Moving towards the Dynamic Concept of ‘Adults at Risk’ and away from Arbitrary Age Cut-Offs

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Best Practice for Estimating Elder Abuse Prevalence in Australia: Moving towards the Dynamic Concept of ‘Adults at Risk’ and away from Arbitrary Age Cut-Offs

Emily Moir, Barbara Blundell, Joseph Clare and Michael Clare

Current Issues in Criminal Justice, Vol.29(2), pp.181-190

2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/10345329.2017.12036095

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Criminology

Social Work

Law

elder abuse

older people

age

prevalence

adults at risk

policy

Australia

In June 2017, the Australian Law Reform Commission (‘ALRC’) released the Inquiry on Protecting the Rights of Older Australians from Abuse. A national elder abuse prevalence study was a key recommendation to: (1) measure the extent of this problem within Australia; (2) help arrange availability and demand for resources, and responses delivered by statutory authorities and organisations; and (3) evaluate the effectiveness of services designed to prevent elder abuse (ALRC 2017). In the past, elder abuse prevalence research has relied on age ‘cut-offs’ to determine the older population and what proportion of this population has experienced abuse. This comment questions the validity of using static age ‘cut-offs’ in measuring elder abuse and suggests a move forward to dynamic measures of risk for adults in prevalence studies.

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Title: Best Practice for Estimating Elder Abuse Prevalence in Australia: Moving towards the Dynamic Concept of ‘Adults at Risk’ and away from Arbitrary Age Cut-Offs
Authors: Emily Moir (Author) - Griffith University
Barbara Blundell (Author) - Curtin University
Joseph Clare (Author) - University of Western Australia
Michael Clare (Author) - University of Western Australia
Publication details: Current Issues in Criminal Justice, Vol.29(2), pp.181-190
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
DOI: 10.1080/10345329.2017.12036095
ISSN: 2206-9542
Organisation Unit: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Law and Society; School of Law and Criminology - Legacy; Sexual Violence Research and Prevention Unit
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99513208802621
Output Type: Journal article

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