RT Article
T1 The portrayal of elder abuse in the national media
JF American journal of criminal justice
VO 29
IS 2
SP 269
OP 284
A1 Beard, Holly
A2 Payne, Brian K.
LA English
YR 2005
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1764208331
AB Over the last two decades, researchers and policy makers have begun to devote more attention to the problem of elder abuse. Still, compared to studies on other types of family violence, research on elder abuse is scarce. To better understand how elder abuse is portrayed in the media and using “newsmaking criminology” as a theoretical framework, this study considers how 11 newspapers describe the phenomenon. In all, 530 articles about elder abuse were content analyzed using standard rules of content analysis. Results suggest that certain types of elder abuse are excluded from the press. In addition, the press tends to define elder abuse as a crime, but not as a domestic violence offense. Implications are provided.
K1 Background Check
K1 Family Violence
K1 Child Sexual Abuse
K1 Child Abuse
K1 Domestic Violence
DO 10.1007/BF02885739