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 women. It considers the theoretical limitations of our understandings and charts the gaps in empirical and theoretical research in this area and how this has hindered effective policy and practice responses to violence against older women. Taken together, this volume offers an important starting point from which future research can draw to address the gaps in knowledge and evidence. It also highlights issues that are particular to older women's experiences of violence compared with younger women. It highlights gaps in existing research and suggests a future research agenda and implications for practitioners. It will be of interest to researchers in social and health care, gerontology,sociology and social policy, feminist research and criminology.

Brings together the empirical work of researchers and activists in the area of violence against older women, to explore research, policy and practice, across two volumes Covers key concepts, theories, contexts, definitions and causes in Volume I, and explores challenges, issues, policy, and practice responses in supporting older survivors in Volume II Speaks to those in social and health care, gerontology, sociology and social policy, feminist research and criminology

Autorentext

Hannah Bows is Assistant Professor in Criminal Law at Durham Law School, Deputy Director of the Centre for Research into Violence and Abuse (CRiVA) and Co-Director of the Centre for Criminal Law and Criminal Justice. Her research interests are located within the areas of violence against women, gender and crime, victimology and feminist socio-legal theories. Over the last six years her work has mainly focused on violence crime against older people in the UK which has included projects examining domestic violence, sexual violence and, more recently, homicide. She is currently the PI on a British Academy funded project examining sexual violence and harassment at UK music festivals. Hannah is the Chair of Age UK Teesside and sits as a magistrate on the County Durham and Darlington bench. She is also Deputy Chair of the British Society of Criminology (BSC) Victims Network.

Inhalt

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.