Practitioner understandings of older victims of abuse and their perpetrators: not ideal enough?

Walklate, Sandra ORCID: 0000-0002-1628-9713, Bows, Hannah and Bromley, Paige (2023) Practitioner understandings of older victims of abuse and their perpetrators: not ideal enough? The British Journal of Criminology: an international review of crime and society, 64 (3). pp. 620-637.

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Abstract

<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p>This article reports data from interviews with 66 professionals working across safeguarding, health, criminal justice and specialist domestic abuse services exploring their views about older victims’ experiences of domestic abuse. The findings reveal that older victims, despite embodying many of the criteria of Christie’s ideal victim, are not ideal enough as they fail to conform to the stereotype of the young, female victim of intimate-partner abuse. Similarly, their perpetrators, whether older partners or younger sons/other family members, fall short of the necessary criteria to be seen as legitimate offenders—they are not quite ideal—meaning domestic abuse against older adults is frequently repackaged as a health issue, with significant implications for professional practice.</jats:p>

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Clinical Research, Aging, 8 Health and social care services research, 8.1 Organisation and delivery of services, Mental health, Disputed aetiology and other, 3 Good Health and Well Being, 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
Divisions:	Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of Law and Social Justice
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	27 Sep 2023 08:32
Last Modified:	26 Apr 2024 06:04
DOI:	10.1093/bjc/azad057
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3173087