ABSTRACT
This chapter analyses critical information to guide the identification of physical and psychological markers of elder sexual abuse to be integrated by law enforcement and providers. It reviews the scope of the problem, identifies issues that were derived from a of elder victims of sexual abuse, outlines interviewing techniques with seniors, and suggests that interventions for victimized elders. Investigation and prosecution of an elder sexual crime present unique challenges to victims, the providers, and the criminal justice system. Medical, legal, and humanitarian costs of such crimes are immeasurable. Crimes against the elderly are of concern to law enforcement as well as health practitioners. Although official statistics are elusive, population data show that an increasing number of the baby boom generation will be aging into the elderly population in the first part of the 21st century. The issue of elder sexual activity is sometimes addressed in policy manuals of nursing homes with a on the sexual rights of the elderly.
