Sexual Violence Against Older People

ISBN-13: 9781138284159 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 136 str.

Hannah Bows

Opis

This is the first monograph to examine sexual violence against people aged 60 and over in the UK; it situates the research findings in the context of feminist criminology and gerontology, and sets an agenda for future research, policy and practice.

O autorze

Hannah Bows is deputy director of the Centre for Research into Violence and Abuse and assistant professor in criminal law at Durham Law School. Her research focuses on different forms of violence against women, particularly domestic and sexual violence. Her recent work includes a national study of rape of older people, a national study profiling homicide of older people and a study exploring ‘risk’ in relation to older sex offenders and policing. Outside the university she is the deputy director of the British Society of Criminology Victims Network and chair of Age UK Teesside, and sits as a magistrate on the Durham and Darlington bench.