SURVEY OF CRIME AGAINST THE ELDERLY

• NCJ Number: 39043
• Journal: Police Chief Volume: 44 Issue: 2 Dated: (FEBRUARY 1977) Pages: 30-31
• Author(s): J H Tighe
• Date Published: 1977
• Length: 2 pages
• Corporate Author: International Assoc of Chiefs of Police
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

SUMMARY OF MAJOR FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS FROM A GENERAL POLICE SURVEY OF THE CONDITIONS AND CIRCUMSTANCES AFFECTING ELDERLY VICTIMIZATION IN MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA.

Abstract

IT WAS FOUND THAT SOME 59 PERCENT OF THE CITY'S PERMANENT RESIDENTS WERE OVER 60 YEARS OF AGE, THAT ROBBERIES AND BURGLARIES CONSTITUTED THE LARGEST NUMBER OF PART I OFFENSES COMMITED AGAINST THE ELDERLY, AND THAT OVER 90 PERCENT OF ALL PURSE SNATCHERS WERE DESCRIBED AS WHITE MALES OVER 18. ONLY 15 PERCENT OF CRIME VICTIMS OR OF ELDERLY CITIZENS AS A WHOLE HAD CHANGED THEIR LIFE STYLES AS A RESULT OF REAL OR FEARED CRIME. DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON SURVEY RESULTS INCLUDE INCREASED PUBLIC EDUCATION AND CRIME PREVENTION INFORMATION EFFORTS, SUCH AS PRINTED MATERIALS, ON-SITE SECURITY INSPECTIONS, AND A VICTIM FOLLOW-UP PROGRAM....ELW