title: When a son steals money from his mother: courtroom perceptions of elder financial exploitation.
abstract: The perception of elder financial exploitation was investigated using community members (N = 104) and undergraduates (N = 143). Participants read an exploitation trial summary; an 85-year-old victim accused her son of stealing her money. Primary results indicated that alleged victims described as healthy rendered more guilty verdicts than those described as having a cognitive deficit; pro-victim judgments were higher for women than men; and younger and older community members' rendered more guilty verdicts than middle-aged mock jurors. The results are discussed in terms of the factors that impact the perception of exploitation in court.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506-0044, USA. golding@uky.edu
authors.forename: Jonathan M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Golding
authors.forename: Emily C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Hodell
authors.forename: Emily E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Dunlap
authors.forename: Nesa E
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: Wasarhaley
authors.forename: Peggy S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Keller
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001290:Attitude; D019548:Crime Victims; D004467:Economics; D004552:Elder Abuse / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D011570:Psychiatry; D012737:Sex Factors; D013336:Students, Health Occupations; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult