Violence against the elderly and possibilities of prevention

Kostić, Jelena (2023) Violence against the elderly and possibilities of prevention. In: Elderly People and Discrimination: Prevention and Reaction. Institute of Criminological and Sociological Research; Vojvodina Bar Association, Belgrade ; Novi Sad, pp. 327-343. ISBN 978-86-80756-57-8; 978-86-910679-9-1

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Abstract

The elderly represents a particularly vulnerable social group. Due to their cognitive and physical predispositions, they are faced with various limitations and very often become victims of violence. Violence against the elderly is often perpetrated both by family members and employees of institutions for the care and accommodation of the elderly. In this paper, we deal with the phenomenology of this type of violence, as well as the possibilities of its prevention. We start from the assumption that the prevention of violence against the elderly isn’t recognized as one of the priority areas both at the global and national level, and that in the coming period, bearing in mind the accelerated aging of the population, it’s necessary to improve measures for the protection of the elderly, both from violence, as well as from poverty. In this paper, we deal not only with the analysis of the existing international and national legal framework, but also with the analysis of reports on the situation and dominant forms of violence against the elderly, which were carried out in the previous period at the international and level of the Republic of Serbia by different institutions and organizations. The goal of such analysis is to make recommendations for the improvement of various mechanisms for the prevention of violence against the elderly.

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