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- Title
Kriminaliteta nad starejšimi in izhodišča za varno staranje v Sloveniji.
- Authors
Klančnik, Anton Toni; Mrevlje, Tinkara Pavšič
- Abstract
Purpose: This paper presents statistical data on criminal offenses committed against elderly citizens (population above 64 years of age) in years from 2001 to 2011. According to projections of population ageing in the next fifty years the number of elderly crime victims is expected to grow. In order to contribute to the efforts towards a safer aging of citizens the paper draws attention to the criminal offences that put the elderly at the biggest risk. Design/Methods/Approach: The paper is a review of police statistical data in years between 2001 and 2011. Findings: Crime against the elderly in Slovenia has almost doubled from 2001 to 2011. Property crime is the most common offense against the elderly (over 80%), followed by crimes against human rights and freedom (over 5%), economic crime (almost 5%) and offences against life and limb (almost 3%). Research Limitations/Implications: The paper presents accessible data on crime against the elderly. The limitations of findings are thus linked to data that are difficult to access: about the elderly's hardhips at reporting crime and what kind of help are they offered when they do. Practical Implications: By analysing the characteristics of crime against the elderly in the last decade we have recognised areas of vulnerability which provide important information needed to form (or continue) a variety of preventive programs, trainings for workers of institutions that encounter elderly victims of crime, and organize appropriate programs for psychological, social and medical help to victims.
- Subjects
SLOVENIA; CRIMES against older people; POPULATION aging; CRIME victims; CITIZEN crime reporting
- Publication
Varstvoslovje: Journal of Criminal Justice & Security, 2013, Vol 15, Issue 3, p385
- ISSN
1580-0253
- Publication type
Article