NCJ Number
29535
Date Published
Unknown
Length
109 pages
Annotation
INTERIM REPORT OF RESEARCH INTO THE CRIMINAL VICTIMIZATION OF 1830 ELDERLY PERSONS IN KANSAS CITY, MO. OVER AN APPROXIMATE 18-MONTH PERIOD, GIVING DATA ON HOW THE CRIMES WERE COMMITTED AND THEIR EFFECTS ON VICTIMS.
Abstract
DETAILED STATEMENTS ARE MADE ON SOME OF THE MOST SALIENT ASPECTS OF THE BURGLARY AND ROBBERY PATTERNS AGAINST THE ELDERLY CITIZENS OF KANSAS CITY. ALSO INCLUDED ARE SECTIONS DEALING WITH THE DEMOGRAPHIC AND SOCIAL PROFILE OF VICTIMS AND ASPECTS OF THE OFFENDER AND CRIMINAL TACTICS EMPLOYED AGAINST THEM. OTHER TYPE OFFENSES ARE DEALTH WITH IN SUMMARY FASHION BECAUSE PRIMARY ATTENTION WAS GIVEN TO STUDYING ROBBERY AND BURGLARY. ALTHOUGH VARIOUS DATA SOURCES WERE USED, EMPHASIS WAS ON PRIMARY DATA SUCH AS POLICE OFFENSE AND INVESTIGATIVE RECORDS, INTERVIEWS WITH THE VICTIMS OR NEXT OF KIN, AND WITH PAROLEES AND INMATES KNOWN TO HAVE COMMITTED THE TYPE OF CRIMES OF INTEREST. THE FINDINGS OF THIS STUDY ARE BEING USED TO DESIGN A DEMONSTRATION PROJECT, TO BE ATTEMPTED IN KANSAS CITY AND DENVER, WHICH WILL INSTITUTE PRACTICAL MEANS OF REDUCING THE INCIDENCE AND EFFECT OF THE CRIMINAL VICTIMIZATION OF THE ELDERLY. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)