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The book Abuse of Older Men represents a real turnaround in our usual understanding of elder abuse. Findings from various research studies and the majority of literature from all countries highlight that older women, generally and historically, are more likely to be presented as victims of maltreatment, whereas older men are more likely to be presented as abusers. In such a context, a notion of domestic violence in terms of a powerful male perpetrator in his societal and family network clearly emerges. At the same time, social and cultural norms still remain as strong barriers, hindering the recognition of male victims of abuse because of the usual socially constructed consideration of gender, where by nature women are considered pacific and men violent. Nevertheless, recent surveys show that both genders experience elder abuse though it may differ in terms of the types of violence experienced. In this respect, the book Abuse of Older Men, entirely dedicated to this specific theme with a multidisciplinary approach and interestingly achieved by collecting scientific contributions from different backgrounds criminology, psychology, health and social care represents a crucial and positive expansion of elder abuse literature. The ten chapters included in this anthology indeed highlight abuse as a health and social problem,

Jordan I. Kosberg (ed.) (2007). Abuse of Older Men. New York: Haworth Press, 202 pp. ISBN 978 0 7890 3541 7 (paperback)