TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2024//
TI  - Older adult homicide: investigating case, victim and perpetrator characteristics in a national sample from England and Wales
JO  - British journal of social work
A1  - Storey, Jennifer E.
A1  - Rogers, Michaela M.
A1  - Hohn, Richard E.
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - Older adult homicide (OAH) is the most severe, yet understudied, form of older adult abuse. This study examined the case, victim and perpetrator characteristics of OAH. A secondary analysis of national data from England and Wales (2008-2019) was conducted where cases of non-stranger OAH (victims aged sixty years and over) were compared to adult homicide (victims aged eighteen to fifty-nine years) at the case, victim (n = 3,274) and perpetrator (n = 2,763) levels. Logistic regression models used to identify characteristics that were OAH risk factors, showed only a slight increase in predictive power but high accuracy in classifying adult homicide cases. Nevertheless, some risk factors known to be predictors of older adult abuse were significant predictors of OAH (e.g. living with the perpetrator, the perpetrator's mental state). Implications for research, policy and practice are discussed.<p />
LA  - en
SN  - 0045-3102
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcae067
ID  - ref1
ER  -