Law Enforcement and Adult Protective Services Working Together: A
Team Approach to Elder Abuse CasesAge in Action; Vol. 19 (3),
Summer 2004.Journal article (scholarship)This article highlights the
Central Virginia Task Force on Older Battered Women (OBW Task Force), a regional
coalition of aging, domestic violence (DV), law enforcement, and legal services
agencies dedicated to raising awareness of the needs of women who experience
domestic violence/intimate partner violence and sexual assault in later life.
Established in 1998, the project focuses on developing collaborative and
interdisciplinary community responses to address violence against older women. A
case study is presented from Henrico County that illustrates how adult
protective services (APS) and the police department conducted a joint
investigation of a sexual assault of a 65 year old assisted living facility
resident. The following key elements for successful collaboration were
identified: the need for all members to understand and respect the expertise and
distinct role of each member; the need for investigators to attempt to conduct
joint interviews whenever possible; and to the need to ensure that time and
resources are shared effectively. (Note: This article is available online only
at: http://www.vcu.edu/vcoa/ageaction/AGEsu04.htm.)
2003
P5623-25Heisler, C. & Stiegel Enhancing the Justice System's
Response to Elder Abuse: Discussions and Recommendations of the "Improving
Prosecution" Working Group of The National Policy Summit on Elder Abuse
Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect; Vol. 14 (4), 31-54; 2002.**Journal
article (scholarship)This article elaborates upon two of the
recommendations identified through the "Improving Prosecution" working group
session of the National Policy Summit on Elder Abuse (December 2001, Washington,
D.C.): "improving the legal landscape by strengthening elder abuse laws" and
"increasing awareness within the justice system." The following topics were
considered: the role of the federal and state governments in increasing elder
abuse reporting and enhancing prosecution; the need for expert witnesses,
support, and technical assistance; the identification of barriers to accessing
the criminal justice system; the improvement of outcomes in criminal cases; and
the need for training of law enforcement, prosecutors, judges, coroners, court
personnel, and advocates. The authors also provide a historical perspective on
the response of the criminal justice system to elder abuse, which was initially
minimal, based in part upon the underreporting of the problem.
P5404-88* Johnson, K., for the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of
Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS
Nye Frank on 21 Apr 09Estate of Coleman v. Casper Concrete Co. 1997 WY 64 939 P.2d 233 Case Number: 96-30 Decided: 05/19/1997 Supreme Court of Wyoming -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cite as: 1997 WY 64, 939 P.2d 233 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The ESTATE OF KEITH D. COLEMAN, Deceased, By and Through its Personal Representative, Janice Coleman, Appellant(Plaintiff), v. CASPER CONCRETE COMPANY, a Wyoming Corporation; and Skorcz Electric, Inc., a Wyoming Corporation, Appellees(Defendants). Appeal from the District Court, Natrona County, The Honorable Dan Spangler, Judge Representing Appellant: Dallas J. Laird, Casper; and Richard R. Jamieson, Casper. Representing Appellee: Richard R. Wilking, Casper; and Earl J. Hanson of Hanson, Roybal, Lee & Todd, P.C., Billings, for Appellee Casper Concrete Company. Rebecca A. Lewis of Lewis & Associates, P.C., Laramie, for Appellee Skorcz Electric, Inc. Before TAYLOR, C.J., and THOMAS, MACY, GOLDEN,* and LEHMAN, JJ. * Chief Justice at time of oral argument. TAYLOR, Chief Justice. [¶1] In 1989, the State of Wyoming contracted with appellees to build a highway intersection and install traffic lights. In June of 1993, during a malfunction of those lights, a young man was killed in a collision with a drunk driver at the intersection. Although the State successfully sought shelter in immunity and the drunk driver eventually settled with the decedent's estate, suit survived against appellees on disparate theories of negligence, strict liability and res ipsa loquitur. From an adverse summary judgment, the decedent's estate prosecutes this appeal. We affirm. I. ISSUES [¶2] The decedent's mother, Janice Coleman, as personal representative of her son's estate (appellant), states the following issues: I. Whether the district court properly granted summary judgmen
