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P3‐224: Elder abuse as an emerging public health concern: Identifying deficiencies in law enforcement policy
Author(s) -
Kincaid Linda,
Fettgather Robert
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
alzheimer's and dementia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.713
H-Index - 118
eISSN - 1552-5279
pISSN - 1552-5260
DOI - 10.1016/j.jalz.2015.06.1596
Subject(s) - elder abuse , enforcement , law enforcement , criminology , political science , imprisonment , population , domestic violence , law , medicine , environmental health , psychology , poison control , suicide prevention
The 2014-2015 Santa Clara County Civil Grand Jury received a complaint concerning failure of law enforcement to apply California Penal Code 368 to an investigation of false imprisonment and forced isolation of elderly residents in a San Jose, CA assisted living facility. San Jose Police Department reported, it does not appear to me that this situation is a criminal neglect matter...” A Santa Clara County Deputy DA responded, This is a civil issue.