THE CONFERENCE WAS A NATIONAL FORUM AT WHICH PRACTITIONERS AND ACADEMICS FROM THE FIELDS OF LAW, GERONTOLOGY, AND LAW ENFORCEMENT PRESENTED INFORMATION AND DISCUSSED METHODS AND PROGRAMS FOR DEALING WITH THE CRIMINAL AND SOCIAL VICTIMIZATION OF OLDER ADULTS. FOLLOWING AN INTRODUCTORY DISCUSSION OF PERSPECTIVES ON JUSTICE AND OLDER AMERICANS, EIGHT ARTICLES DISCUSS THE VICTIMIZATION OF THE ELDERLY. INCLUDED ARE PAPERS ON CRIMES AGAINST THE ELDERLY; THE FEAR OF CRIME AMONG URBAN ELDERLY; CONSEQUENCES OF CRIME FOR MINORITY ELDERLY; VICTIMIZATION ON PORTLAND'S SKID ROW; SOCIAL VICTIMIZATION OF THE ELDERLY; SOCIAL VICTIMIZATION IN NURSING HOMES; DRUG PROBLEMS OF THE ELDERLY; AND THE LEGAL PROFESSION AND THE ELDERLY. PAPERS ON SOCIETY'S RESPONSE TO THE VICTIMIZATION OF OLDER AMERICANS DISCUSS LEGAL SERVICES, PERSON-CENTERED SERVICE DELIVERY, NONLAWYER DELIVERY OF LEGAL SERVICES, CRIMINAL JUSTICE RESPONSES TO THE PROBLEMS OF OLD AGE, VICTIM SERVICES PROGRAMS, RESIDENTIAL SECURITY TECHNIQUES, AND EVALUATION OF VICTIM ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS. OTHER PRESENTATIONS DISCUSS AGE AND THE FUTURE OF AMERICAN POLITICS; THE MICROSOCIOLOGY OF POLITICS AND AGING; AND LAW, JUSTICE, AND PUBLIC POLICY. SUBJECT AND AUTHOR INDEXES ARE INCLUDED. FOR INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, SEE NCJ-38978 AND 44337-44354.