Statewide Profile of Abuse of Older Women and the Criminal Justice Response: Final Report

• NCJ Number: 222459
• Date Published: January 2008
• Length: 93 pages
• Agencies: NIJ-Sponsored

Annotation

This federally funded research project examines Rhode Island’s population of all women 50 and over who were victims of domestic violence reported to law enforcement over an entire year, offering a more complete profile of older women abuse, their abusers, the abuse, and the response of State authorities to their reported abuse.

Abstract

This federally funded research project examines Rhode Island’s population of all women 50 and over who were victims of domestic violence reported to law enforcement over an entire year, offering a more complete profile of older women abuse, their abusers, the abuse, and the response of State authorities to their reported abuse.