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NCJ Number:	245072

Title:	Lifestyle, Routine Activities, and Felony-Related Eldercide

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Journal:	Homicide Studies Volume:17 Issue:2 Dated:May 2013 Pages:184-203

Author(s):	Aki Roberts; Dale Willits

Date Published:	May 2013

Annotation:	This study examined the relationship between macro-level elderly-specific lifestyle and routine daily activity measures and felony-related eldercide in 195 American cities.

Abstract:	The overrepresentation of felony-related incidents is a distinctive and interesting feature of eldercide. The current study examines the relationship between macro-level elderly-specific lifestyle and routine daily activity measures and felony-related eldercide in 195 American cities. Results from a negative binomial log-rate model indicate that the percentages of older adults living alone and with disability and the robbery rate (a proxy for exposure to felony-related eldercide) were positively associated with rates of felony-related eldercide. The relationship between the percentage of older adults not working and felony-related eldercide rates was also statistically significant but in an unexpected negative direction. Abstract published by arrangement with Sage Journals.

Main Term(s):	Elderly victims

Index Term(s):	Felony murder; Older Adults (65+); Routine activity theory

Publisher:	http://hsx.sagepub.com/

Page Count:	20

Format:	Article

Type:	Report (Study/Research)

Language:	English

Country:	United States of America



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