Introduction 

Elder abuse is a problem of which many people are unaware and that is associated with a taboo. It is ‘hidden’ behind closed doors, carried out by people very close to the older people themselves – their partners, children (or foster children), neighbours, friends or even professionals. Older people are beaten, denied food and bathing, their accounts are looted or they are pressured to change their wills. Violence against older people is a form of domestic violence, but it is very difficult to detect. Older people are even less willing to report abuse or press charges. Addressing the problem of elder abuse is a high priority In Rotterdam. Read more »

In Italy, between 2006 and 2009, the number of women killed at the hands of men amounted  to 439. In the majority of the cases the guilty were members of the family: husbands (36% of the cases), partners (18%), relatives (13%) or ex-husbands, partners and so on (9%). Read more »

 There is a singular disproportion between the vast amount of news articles regarding criminal episodes damaging shopkeepers and tourists on the one hand and the scarce availability of systematic data and specific statistics on the other. This may be because these statistics finish up in the more general ones on crimes committed, which every year documents the trends of criminality in our country (or in others).

On the other hand, we have noted the limited availability of those belonging to these categories to sacrifice time from their work to reply to the questionnaires which could help us to construct aspects of the problem not limited simply to quantities. Read more »

The phenomenon of domestic violence on old people has not yet been handled by the services organically with complete statistical findings. The data presented was collected by the Association LN-A Onlus, which has started up a ‘phone line in the Lombardy metropolis dedicated to those suffering maltreatment (TAM-Telefono Anziani Maltrattati Telephone for Maltreated Old People). According to this observation point, the phenomenon represents a considerable consistency in the reality of the city-life. Read more »

“Counselling crime victims in Kuressaare /children, women, elderly people”[1]

Legislative acts co-ordinating social welfare in Estonia are The Law of Social Welfare, The Law of Child Welfare, The UN convention of Children Rights, The Marital Law.

On 6th of November 2003 the bill of the victim relief law passed the first reading in the State Assembly, which starting from the next year will quarantine the improvement or retention of the managing of crime victims. Read more »