Long-Overdue Recognition for the Critical Issue of Elder Abuse and Neglect: A Global Policy and Practice Perspective
From Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service and the International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse (INPEA) (Brownell), and Ryerson University School of Nursing and the INPEA (Podnieks)
Contact author: Patricia Brownell, Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service, 113 West 60 Street, 7th floor, New York, New York 10023. E-mail: brownell{at}fordham.edu.
This special section of Brief Treatment and Crisis Intervention presents three studies on elder abuse by members of the International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse (INPEA): one from the United States, one conducted in Japan, and the third conducted in Sweden. They are intended to exemplify research conducted internationally on elder abuse and stimulate ongoing research and evaluation studies on this social problem, as well as effective prevention, crisis intervention, and postvention strategies from a global perspective.
KEY WORDS: elder abuse, elderly crime victims, United Nations, international gerontology