DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA REPORT TO THE 1971 WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE ON AGING, APPENDIX 2 - METROPOLITAN POLICE CONTACTS WITH THE ELDERLY

• NCJ Number: 19532
• Author(s): P M BROSTOFF
• Date Published: 1971
• Length: 90 pages
• Corporate Author: Washington School of Psychiatry
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

A STUDY OF VICTIMIZATION OF AND THE PROVISION OF POLICE SERVICES TO THE ELDERLY IN WASHINGTON, D.C.

Abstract

THE VICTIMIZATION SURVEY ALSO DEALT WITH THE SOCIAL OR HEALTH PROBLEMS RESULTING FROM THE VICTIMIZATION AND THE METHODS BY WHICH THEY WERE HANDLED. CIRCUMSTANCES WERE EXAMINED UNDER WHICH OLDER PERSONS CAME TO THE ATTENTION OF THE POLICE WHEN NO CRIME HAD BEEN COMMITTED, BUT POLICE AID WAS SOUGHT BECAUSE OTHER COMMUNITY RESOURCES WERE UNKNOWN OR NOT AVAILABLE. METHODS AND TECHNIQUES WERE EXPLORED FOR QUICK AND APPROPRIATE REFERRAL FOR SERVICE BY POLICE IN DISPOSING OF PROBLEMS OF OLDER PERSONS ENCOUNTERED AS VICTIMS OF CRIME OR AS PERSONS NEEDING OR SEEKING HELP. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)