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Informationen zum Autor Kathleen M. Brown, PhD, APRN-BC, is Assistant Professor at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing as well as a practicing Women's Health NP and a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner for the Northampton County, PA, Sexual Assault Response Team. Klappentext 2010 AJN Book of the Year Award Winner in Gerontologic Nursing! "[This book] is a wonderful guide to adult and elder forensics, and an important reference for all health care providers who care for adults and the elderely...Highly recommended. --CHOICE It's about time this book was written! While excellent instructional texts exist, this book fills a niche for the nonspecialty health professional encountering victims of violence in the routine course of care¿ñThis book should not only be on the shelf in every ED, but also in the armamentarium of providers working in the outpatient setting; public health clinics; residential facilities¿ñand student health clinics." --AJN Nurses and other health care professionals who work with victims and perpetrators of violence are often confronted with issues that they may not have prior training in, such as identifying and managing victims of violent crime. This book is designed to serve as a quick resource for practicing health care providers treating adults and older adults, as well as students or practitioners new to the field. The book not only has full descriptions of principles of evidence, but also offers detailed guidelines on how to conduct a forensic assessment of adults and older adults. Additionally, the authors examine the concepts of competency and guardianship, and provide guidelines for navigating the justice system. The authors provide current, concise, and easy-to-use information in short chapters that assist practitioners with the prevention of crimes and the identification and management of both victims and offenders.Key features: Presents general principles of forensics, such as assessment and documentation, principles of evidence, and expert witness testimony Covers a wide range of classes of adult victims, including victims of intimate partner violence, human trafficking, stalking, and sexual assault Discusses various types of offenders, such as long-term offenders, those in correctional facilities, abusive parents, and female offenders Includes a section on unnatural deaths, covering suicide, homicide, and medicolegal death investigation Zusammenfassung Designed to provide a quick resource for practicing adult and older adult health care providers! this book can also serve as a resource for student practitioners. It includes descriptions of principles of evidence! conducting a forensic assessment! competency! guardianship! and navigating the justice system. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface: The Forensic Aspects of Adult & Older Adult Forensics SECTION I: GENERAL PRINCIPLES1. Cultural Aspects of Forensics 2. The Cycle and Continuum of Violence 3. Forensic Assessment and Documentation4. Principles of Evidence5. Navigating the Justice Systems6. Expert Witness Testimony7. Competency, Guardianship and Civil Commitment 8. Violence in Health Care Settings9. Professional Stress and BurnoutSECTION II: OLDER ADULTS AS VICTIMS10. Effects of victimization on adults and older adults11. Victimization of adults and older adults with physical, cognitive and mental disabilities 12. Intimate Partner Violence in adults13. Intimate Partner Violence in older adults14. LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) Intimate Partner Violence15. Elders abused by family members16. Elders abused by health care workers17. Female victims of sexual assault18. Male victims of sexual assault19 Elder victims of sexual assault20. Victims of human trafficking21. Victims of personal injury22. Stalking23. Resources for adult and older adult victims of violenceSECTION III: OLDER ADULTS AS OFFENDERS24. Substance abuse and offending25. Offenders wit...
