Skip to main content

SAGE Social Science Thesaurus

Search from vocabulary

Concept information

Preferred term

measurement of elder abuse, neglect, and maltreatment  

Definition

  • The field of elder mistreatment has been plagued by problems with how to measure the extent of the phenomenon. Prevalence estimates range from 10 to 32 per 1,000 elders, with overall national estimates between 500,000 and 1 million elders existing at any point in time. [Source: Encyclopedia of Victimology and Crime Prevention; Elder Abuse, Neglect, and Maltreatment: Measurement of]

Belongs to group

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-T5J83XLS-J

Download this concept: