title: Media surveillance of elder sexual abuse cases.
abstract: Print media is a source of data for sensitive and invisible crimes such as elder sexual abuse. For this study, newspaper reports were searched over 2 years for articles about elder sexual abuse. After 112 cases of elder sexual abuse were identified, the information was used to develop a database for descriptive analysis.
authors.affiliation: Center for Distance Learning, Empire State College/SUNY, Saratoga Springs, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Leonard I
authors.initials: LI
authors.lastname: Morgenbesser
authors.forename: Ann W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Burgess
authors.forename: Rachel R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Boersma
authors.forename: Erica
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Myruski
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016208:Databases, Factual; D004552:Elder Abuse / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D053604:Forensic Nursing; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009524:Newspapers as Topic; D011159:Population Surveillance / Q000379:methods*; D011902:Rape / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014481:United States