Brozowski, K. & Hall, D. R. (2010). Aging and risk: Physical and sexual abuse of elders in Canada. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 25(7), 1183-1199.
This section suggests a selection of international publications on mistreatment of older adults that have been published since 2007. A scientific literature review is carried out every six months in order to regularly enhance this reference list.
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Johnson, F., Hogg, J. & Daniel B. (2010). Abuse and protection issues across the lifespan : Reviewing the literature. Social Policy and Society, 9(2), 291-304.
Goergen, T. & Beaulieu, M. (2010). Criminological theory and elder abuse research – Fruitful relationship or worlds apart? Ageing International, 35(3), 185-201.
Lauder, W., Roxburgh, M., Harris J. & Law, J. (2009). Developping self-neglect theory: analysis of related and atypical cases of people identified as self-neglecting. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 16(5), 447-454.
Themes:
Explanatory theories and approaches* and self neglect*
Straka, S. M. & Montminy, L. (2008). Family violence: Through the Lens of Power and Control. Journal of Emotional Abuse, 8(3), 255-279.
Nahmiash, D. (2002). Powerlessness and abuse and neglect of older adults. Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect, 14(1), 21-47.
Lithwick, M., Beaulieu, M., Gravel, S. avec la coll. de Straka, S. (1999). The mistreatment of older adults: perpetrator-victim relationships and interventions. Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect, 11(4), 95-112.
Montminy, L. (1998). Pour mieux connaître et comprendre la problématique des mauvais traitements exercés envers les personnes âgées. Intervention, (106), 8-19.