NIJ home page features elder abuse related topics and webcast on prosecutorial discretion
Via Lori Siegel/ ABA Eldebar Listserv:
The FEATURED TOPIC this week on the home page of the National Institute of Justice (NIJ)—the research, development, and evaluation agency of the U.S. Department of Justice—is “Preventing and Prosecuting Elder Abuse.” This highlights and provides easy access to a transcript and podcast of a session by that name from the NIJ annual conference last June. Participants at that session included:
- Andy Mao, Senior Counsel for Health Care Fraud and Elder Justice, Civil Fraud Section, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.
- Shelly Jackson, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
- Lori Stiegel, Senior Attorney, Commission on Law and Aging, American Bar Association, Washington, D.C.
- Page Ulrey, Senior Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, King County Prosecutor’s Office, Seattle
The session focused on two NIJ-funded studies. Shelly discussed her study that looked at factors affecting a prosecutor’s decision to bring an elder abuse case. I had the privilege of presenting preliminary findings of our study assessing five court-focused elder abuse initiatives across the country. Page discussed our findings and their implications to the field; Andy facilitated the session.
Thanks go to Carrie Mulford of NIJ, whose portfolio includes elder abuse, for organizing the conference session and for doing whatever it took to have NIJ give elder abuse such prominent coverage on its home page.
Through this week, you can access the transcript and podcast on the NIJ home page:
After this week, you can still find the transcript and podcast (and lots of other good information) on NIJ’s elder abuse page:http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/topics/crime/elder-abuse/welcome.htm