Violence Against Older Women, Volume I Nature and Extent /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Bows, Hannah (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Palgrave Studies in Victims and Victimology
• Subjects: Victimology.; Critical criminology.; Hate crimes.; Violence.; Crime.; Social groups.; Family.; Ethnicity, Class, Gender and Crime.; Hate Studies.; Violence and Crime.; Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging.

This book brings together international research from scholars and activists on the forms of violence that older women experience into a unique, comprehensive two-volume set. This first volume consolidates the research on the forms, causes and extent of different forms of violence against older wome...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction, Hannah Bows
• 2. Perceptions Of Domestic Violence Against Older Women, Mikulioniene And Tamutiene
• 3. Violence Against Older Women In Health Care Settings, Mcgarry And Ali
• 4. You Can't Do That - Sexual Assault Of Older Women In Oz, Mann Et Al
• 5. Violence Against Older Women, Joosten And Dow
• 6 Elderly Missing Women Phenomenon, Ezdi
• 7. Eldercide, Bows
• 8. Violence And Fatal Violence Against Older Parents And Grandparents, Holt
• 9. Conclusion, Bows.