I.Problem Statement 3 -- Elder Abuse and the Criminal Justice System 4 -- Police Complaint Reports as Source of Information and Case Finding 6 -- Domestic Violence Victims and Willingness to Prosecute 7 -- Purpose of Study 8 -- II. Literature Review 11 -- Domestic Violence 11 -- Definition of Elder Abuse 14 -- Classification Schema for Types of Abuse 14 -- Case Finding 15 -- Profiles of Elder Abuse 17 -- Domestic Violence and the Criminal Justice System 20 -- Interdisciplinary Nature of Inquiry into Elder Abuse as a Criminal Justice Issue 21 -- Elder Abuse Detection and the New York City Criminal Justice System 24 -- Significant Variables in Elder Abuse As Identified in the Literature 25 -- Ethnic Differences 28 -- Significance of Examining Stated Willingness to Prosecute by Elder Abuse Victims 28 -- III. Research Methodology 33 -- Reliability and Validity of Data Collection 34 -- Data Collection 38 -- Coding of Data 39 -- Types of Offenses 42 -- Study Sample 44 -- Reliability/Validity 45 -- Plan of Analysis 45 -- Descriptive Statistics 46 -- Bivariate Analysis: Chi Square (for Independence/Association) 46 -- Multivariate Analysis: Logistic Regression 47 -- Multivariate Analysis: Classification and Regression Trees (CART) 47 -- IV. Description Of The Sample 49 -- Description of Complaint Reports Reflecting Elder Abuse 50 -- Description of Elder Abuse Victims 50 -- Description of Abusers 51 -- Living Arrangements Between Victims and Abusers 52 -- Who Reported Crime to Police 53 -- Willingness to Prosecute 53 -- Type of Abuse 54 -- Intensity of Abuse 55 -- Precincts Reporting 56 -- Sample Population of Elderly Victims as Compared with -- Boroughwide and Citywide Populations over 60 Years of Age on Selected Variables Discussed Above 58 -- Narrative Descriptions of Abuse as Reflected in Complaint Reports 60 -- Physical Abuse (High Intensity) 60 -- Physical Abuse (Low Intensity) 62 -- Financial Abuse (High Intensity) 63 -- Financial Abuse (Low Intensity) 64 -- Psychological Abuse (High Intensity) 65 -- Psychological Abuse (Low Intensity) 65 -- Family Dispute Case Description (Example) 66 -- V. Description of Findings 69 -- Hypotheses/Research Questions 70 -- Description of Study Population 73 -- Data Analysis 73 -- Victims' Characteristics Associated with Stated Willingness/Unwillingness to Prosecute Their Abusers 73 -- Abuser Characteristics Associated with Victims' Stated Willingness to Prosecute 75 -- Structural and Other Characteristics of Sample 76 -- Other Findings of Interest 79 -- Gender-Related Findings 79 -- Findings Related to Race/Ethnicity 80 -- Multivariate Analysis (Logistic Regression) 83 -- Classification and Regression Trees (CART) 86 -- Second Logistic Regression 88 -- Two-Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) 92 -- Description of Elder Abuse as Reported to the NYPD in Manhattan in 1992 95 -- Criminal Offenses Reported to NYPD Reflective of Elder Abuse 98 -- Feasibility of Developing Predictor Profiles of Elder Abuse Victims' Willingness/Unwillingness to Prosecute Their Abusers 100 -- Implications of Developing Predictor Profiles of Elder Abuse Victims' Willingness/Unwillingness to Prosecute Their Abusers 101 -- Policy Implications 102 -- Implications for the NYPD 102 -- Implications for Social Work Practice 106 -- Limitations of Study and Suggestions for Additional Research and Other Follow-up 111 -- A. NYPD Listing of Domestic Violence-Related Offenses 113 -- B. Additional Listing of Domestic Violence Offenses (New York State Penal Code) 115 -- C. Sample NYPD Complaint Report 119 -- D. Letter from Human Resource Administration Commissioner Barbara J. Sabol to New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly Requesting Access to Complaint Reports 121 -- E. Letter from New York City Police Department Liaison Sergeant Daniel Parente Accompanying Requested Complaint Reports for Research Study 125 -- F. Sample Data Entry Form with Coding Criteria 127 -- G. Addenda on Precinct/Community Board Data 129 -- H. Description of Sample of 295 Abuse Reports and Categories of Abuse by Offenses 137 -- I. NYPD Patrol Guide: Family Offenses/Domestic Violence Procedure No. 110-38; Revision No. 89-8 141.