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| Table of Contents | |
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| List of Tables | |
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| Foreward | |
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| Acknowledgements | |
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| Problem Statement | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Elder Abuse and the Criminal Justice System | |
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| Police Complaint Reports as Source of Information and Case Finding | |
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| Domestic Violence Victims and Willingness to Prosecute | |
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| Purpose of Study | |
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| Literature Review | |
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| Domestic Violence | |
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| Definition of Elder Abuse | |
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| Classification Schema for Types of Abuse | |
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| Case Finding | |
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| Profiles of Elder Abuse | |
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| Domestic Violence and the Criminal Justice System | |
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| Interdisciplinary Nature of Inquiry into Elder Abuse as a Criminal Justice Issue | |
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| Elder Abuse Detection and the New York City Criminal Justice System | |
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| Significant Variables in Elder Abuse As Identified in the Literature | |
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| Ethnic Differences | |
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| Significance of Examining Stated Willingness to Prosecute by Elder Abuse Victims | |
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| Research Methodology | |
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| Reliability and Validity of Data Collection | |
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| Data Collection | |
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| Coding of Data | |
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| Types of Offenses | |
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| Study Sample | |
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| Reliability/Validity | |
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| Plan of Analysis | |
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| Descriptive Statistics | |
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| Bivariate Analysis: Chi Square (for Independence/Association) | |
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| Multivariate Analysis: Logistic Regression | |
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| Multivariate Analysis: Classification and Regression Trees (CART) | |
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| Description Of The Sample | |
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| Description of Complaint Reports Reflecting Elder Abuse | |
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| Description of Elder Abuse Victims | |
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| Description of Abusers | |
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| Living Arrangements Between Victims and Abusers | |
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| Who Reported Crime to Police | |
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| Willingness to Prosecute | |
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| Type of Abuse | |
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| Intensity of Abuse | |
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| Precincts Reporting | |
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| Sample Population of Elderly Victims as Compared with | |
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| Boroughwide and Citywide Populations over 60 Years of Age on Selected Variables Discussed Above | |
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| Narrative Descriptions of Abuse as Reflected in Complaint Reports | |
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| Physical Abuse (High Intensity) | |
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| Physical Abuse (Low Intensity) | |
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| Financial Abuse (High Intensity) | |
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| Financial Abuse (Low Intensity) | |
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| Psychological Abuse (High Intensity) | |
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| Psychological Abuse (Low Intensity) | |
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| Family Dispute Case Description (Example) | |
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| Description of Findings | |
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| Hypotheses/Research Questions | |
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| Description of Study Population | |
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| Data Analysis | |
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| Victims' Characteristics Associated with Stated Willingness/Unwillingness to Prosecute Their Abusers | |
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| Abuser Characteristics Associated with Victims' Stated Willingness to Prosecute | |
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| Structural and Other Characteristics of Sample | |
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| Other Findings of Interest | |
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| Gender-Related Findings | |
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| Findings Related to Race/Ethnicity | |
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| Multivariate Analysis (Logistic Regression) | |
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| Classification and Regression Trees (CART) | |
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| Second Logistic Regression | |
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| Discussion | |
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| Two-Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Description of Elder Abuse as Reported to the NYPD in Manhattan in 1992 | |
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| Criminal Offenses Reported to NYPD Reflective of Elder Abuse | |
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| Feasibility of Developing Predictor Profiles of Elder Abuse Victims' Willingness/Unwillingness to Prosecute Their Abusers | |
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| Implications of Developing Predictor Profiles of Elder Abuse Victims' Willingness/Unwillingness to Prosecute Their Abusers | |
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| Policy Implications | |
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| Implications for the NYPD | |
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| Implications for Social Work Practice | |
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| Limitations of Study and Suggestions for Additional Research and Other Follow-up | |
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| Appendix | |
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| NYPD Listing of Domestic Violence-Related Offenses | |
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| Additional Listing of Domestic Violence Offenses (New York State Penal Code) | |
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| Sample NYPD Complaint Report | |
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| Letter from Human Resource Administration Commissioner Barbara J. Sabol to New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly Requesting Access to Complaint Reports | |
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| Letter from New York City Police Department Liaison Sergeant Daniel Parente Accompanying Requested Complaint Reports for Research Study | |
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| Sample Data Entry Form with Coding Criteria | |
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| Addenda on Precinct/Community Board Data | |
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| Description of Sample of 295 Abuse Reports and Categories of Abuse by Offenses | |
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| NYPD Patrol Guide: Family Offenses/Domestic Violence Procedure No. 110-38; Revision No. 89-8 | |
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| Bibliography | |