Risk Factors for Abuse Against Older Adults: What Judges Should Know
Title: Risk Factors for Abuse Against Older Adults: What Judges Should Know
Date: Thursday, July 11 ,2024
Recording w/ Closed Captioning and ASL Interpretation
Recording w/ Spanish Interpretation
Description: Dr. Jennifer E. Storey, PhD, is an Associate Professor in Forensic Psychology in the School of Psychology at the University of Kent, UK. Her research focuses on the assessment and management of violence including older adult abuse, stalking, and intimate partner violence. Hon. Janice Martin (Ret.) is a retired judge from Kentucky and veteran faculty of the Enhancing Judicial Skills in Abuse in Later Life Cases Workshop (EJS-ALL), a project of Futures Without Violence and the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges.
Dr. Jennifer E. Storey’s focus on older adult abuse has resulted in the development of a violence risk assessment tool for older adult abuse called the Harm to Older Persons Evaluation (HOPE). She is also working on projects related to older adult homicide, risk factors for older adult abuse, and how to decrease risky decision making among older adults to reduce their vulnerability to financial abuse. During this webinar, Dr. Storey will utilize a case example to navigate participants through a discussion of factors that increase vulnerability for abuse amongst the older population, as well as factors that increase an individual’s potential to cause harm against older adults. Dr. Storey will discuss the HOPE risk assessment instrument and provide an opportunity for judges to consider how the risk data applies to judicial decision-making in cases of abuse.
Learning Objectives:
As a result of this webinar, you will be better able to:
- Identify factors that increase vulnerability for abuse amongst older adults;
- Apply knowledge of risk related to abuse of older adults to judicial determinations.
Presenters:
Dr. Jennifer E. Storey
Hon. Janice Martin (Ret.)
Target Audience:
Judges, Judicial Officers, Court Staff, Attorneys, Advocates, others working with older adults
Questions?
Please contact Jennifer Talancon – jtalancon@ncjfcj.org
This project was supported by Grant No. 15JOVW-22-GK-03995-MUMU awarded by the Office on Violence Against Women, U.S. Department of Justice. The opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations expressed by program faculty and in program materials, including curriculum outlines, PowerPoint slides, handouts, contents of binders and CD-ROMs, and other program documents, are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women.
