March 2019 – Trauma Research Notes

Help Getting Help: Preliminary Findings on Service Needs and Barriers after Older Adult Maltreatment

by Julie Olomi, Naomi Wright, Leslie Hasche, & Anne DePrince Approximately one in ten older adults experience abuse, neglect and/or exploitation, according to national research (Lachs, & Pillemer, 2015; Laumann, Leitsch, & Waite, 2008). For practitioners and policy makers, national research makes clear how big of a problem older adult maltreatment is, but not howContinue reading “Help Getting Help: Preliminary Findings on Service Needs and Barriers after Older Adult Maltreatment”

Community-Based Providers Open Doors to Law Enforcement Reporting after Sexual Assault

by Anne P. DePrince & Naomi Wright Sexual assault remains one of the most under-reported crimes to law enforcement. Communities need information about practices that support women’s autonomous decision-making, particularly given how deeply personal and complex such decisions can be. In a forthcoming Violence against Women article, we asked whether women’s reporting decisions were affectedContinue reading “Community-Based Providers Open Doors to Law Enforcement Reporting after Sexual Assault”