Aas Geir
a The Norwegian University Police College , Oslo , Norway.
J Elder Abuse Negl. 2018 Jan-Feb;30(1):20-41. doi: 10.1080/08946566.2017.1364683. Epub 2017 Aug 17.
Over recent decades, domestic violence or family violence, violence against women and child abuse has received much attention in the media, in political discourse and in social research. However, abuse of older adults arouses limited interest. In government action against domestic violence and in police guidance manuals, the elderly receive little attention. The aim of this article is primarily to demonstrate how the police attempt to prevent elder abuse in close relationships, especially in parent-child relationships. This article highlights some contradictions between the need of the police to produce criminal cases (often contrary to the interests of the victims) on the one hand, and the police's duty to prevent further abuse on the other. Research has documented that help and prevention measures in question make the situation even worse for the victims they are meant to help.
在最近几十年里，家庭暴力或家庭虐待、针对妇女的暴力以及虐待儿童等问题在媒体、政治话语和社会研究中受到了广泛关注。然而，虐待老年人却引发了有限的关注。在政府打击家庭暴力的行动以及警方的指导手册中，老年人很少受到关注。本文的目的主要是展示警方如何试图预防亲密关系中的虐待老年人行为，尤其是在亲子关系中。本文强调了警方一方面需要产生刑事案件（这往往与受害者的利益相悖），另一方面又有预防进一步虐待行为的职责之间的一些矛盾。研究表明，上述所提及的帮助和预防措施实际上让本应得到帮助的受害者的处境变得更糟。
