Violence Against Older Women, Volume II: Responses (Palgrave Studies in Victims and Victimology)

This book brings together international research from scholars and activists on the forms of violence that older women experience into a unique, comprehensive two-volume set. This volume is concerned with understanding the consequences and impacts of violence against older women. The majority of policy and practice has been developed to reflect the dynamics and contexts of violence affecting young women, and most of the available support services had focused on the needs of those of child-bearing age. This volume sheds light on the specific needs and effectiveness of responses to violence against older women, and identifies both challenges and opportunities for developing services that meet older survivor's needs. It will be of interest to researchers in social and health care, gerontology, sociology and social policy, feminist research and criminology. Hannah Bows is Assistant Professor in Criminal Law at Durham Law School, Deputy Director of the Centre for Research into Violence and Abuse (CRiVA) and Co-Director of the Centre for Criminal Law and Criminal Justice. Her research interests are located within the areas of violence against women, gender and crime, victimology and feminist socio-legal theories. Over the last six years her work has mainly focused on violence crime against older people in the UK which has included projects examining domestic violence, sexual violence and, more recently, homicide. She is currently the PI on a British Academy funded project examining sexual violence and harassment at UK music festivals. Hannah is the Chair of Age UK Teesside and sits as a magistrate on the County Durham and Darlington bench. She is also Deputy Chair of the British Society of Criminology (BSC) Victims Network. Front Matter ....Pages i-xv Introduction (Hannah Bows)....Pages 1-11 Dewis Choice: A Welsh Initiative Promoting Justice for Older Victim-Survivors of Domestic Abuse (Sarah Wydall, Alan Clarke, John Williams, Rebecca Zerk)....Pages 13-36 Practitioner Preparedness for Working with Older Women and Intimate Partner Violence (Nikki Carthy, Carlie Bowman)....Pages 37-54 ‘They Come with a Package of Issues’: Challenges of Supporting Older Victims of Domestic Violence and Abuse (Erica Bowen, Rosalind Searle)....Pages 55-78 Overcoming Barriers: Exploring Specialist Interventions for Supporting Older Women to Escape Domestic Violence and Abuse (Michaela Rogers, Richinda Taylor)....Pages 79-99 Sexual Violence Against Older Women: Documenting the Practices of Aged Care Service Providers (Bianca Fileborn, Catherine Barrett)....Pages 101-122 Quality of Life of Abused Older Women: Moderating Influence of Coping Mechanisms (Liesbeth De Donder, Liet De Wachter, José Ferreira-Alves, Gert Lang, Bridget Penhale, Ilona Tamutiene et al.)....Pages 123-141 Serious Leisure as a Strategy to Reduce Loneliness and Social Isolation: A Preventive Response to Elderly Women Abuse (Maria Alexandra d’Araújo, Jaime Raúl Seixas Fonseca)....Pages 143-164 Empowering Older Women: Social Work Intervention with Survivors of Violence (Burcu Özdemir Ocakli)....Pages 165-185 Conclusion (Hannah Bows)....Pages 187-196 Back Matter ....Pages 197-200