CRIMINAL VICTIMIZATION OF ELDERLY WOMEN - A LOOK AT SEXUAL ASSAULT

• NCJ Number: 42843
• Author(s): P FLETCHER
• Date Published: 1977
• Length: 7 pages
• Corporate Author: Syracuse Rape Crisis Ctr
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

STATISTICS ON CRIMES AGAINST THE ELDERLY ARE GIVEN WITH PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO RAPE, AND PRINCIPLES FOR COUNSELING ELDERLY RAPE VICTIMS ARE OFFERRED.

Abstract

FEAR OF OTHER PEOPLE FINDING OUT ABOUT THE RAPE, MAJOR ALTERATION OF LIFESTYLE, INCREASED FEELINGS OF HELPLESSNESS, FEELINGS OF CONFUSION, FEELINGS ABOUT HER SEXUAL IDENTITY, AND A GREATER CHANCE OF PHYSICAL TRAUMATIZATION AS A RESULT OF THE ASSAULT ARE LISTED AS FACTORS TO BE CONSIDERED IN COUNSELING ELDERLY RAPE VICTIMS....RCB