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Victims of Financial Crime

Deem, D., Nerenberg, L., & Titus, R. (2013). Victims of financial crime. In R. C. Davis, A. J. Lurigio & S. Herman (Eds.), Victims of Crime (4 ed.) (pp.185-210). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Elder abuse policy and ​Procedure

Nerenberg, L. (2009). Elder abuse policy and procedure. In A. Jamieson & A. Moenssens (Eds.) Wiley Encyclopedia of forensic science. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons. 
​In the quarter century since elder abuse was first recognized; researchers, policy makers, and practitioners have struggled to achieve consensus on how to define the problem and what the appropriate response should be. This article describes the main subcategories of abuse and explains the controversies over definitions. It further describes common risk factors and impediments to assessment. It explains common interventions and emphasizes the need for multidisciplinary responses.

Communities respond to elder abuse

Nerenberg, L. (2006). Communities respond to elder abuse. In J. Mellor and P. Brownell (Eds.) Elder abuse and mistreatment: Policy, practice, and research (pp. 5-33). New York: The Haworth Press.

A national look at elder abuse multidisciplinary teams

Teaster, P. B., Nerenberg, L., & Stansbury, K. L. (2003). A national look at elder abuse multidisciplinary teams. In E. Podnieks, J. I. Kosberg & A. Lowenstein (Eds.), Elder Abuse: Selected papers from The Prague World Congress On Family Violence (pp. 91-107). Binghamton, NY: The Haworth Maltreatment & Trauma Press.

Culturally specific outreach in elder abuse

​Nerenberg, L. (1998). Culturally specific outreach in elder abuse. In T. Tatara (Ed.) Understanding elder abuse in minority populations (pp. 205-220). Philadelphia: Taylor & Francis.

Communities unite to combat elder abuse

 Nerenberg, L. (2016). Communities Unite to Combat Elder abuse. CSA Journal, 66 (2). 

In pursuit of a useful framework to champion elder justice

Nerenberg, L., Davies, M. & Navaro, A.E. (2012). In pursuit of a useful framework to champion elder justice. Generations, 36(3), 89-96.

Elder Abuse: Policy and Procedure 

Education and training of mandated reporters: Innovative models, overcoming challenges, and lessons learned

Gironda, M.W., Lefever,, K., Delagrammatikas, L., Nerenberg, L., Roth, R., Chen, E. A. and Northington, KR. (2010). Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect, 22(3-4): 340-64. doi 1080/08946566.2010.490188

Undue influence: A review of the literature

Nerenberg, L. (2010). Undue influence: A review of the literature.  Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco. 

Promoting practice-based policy

Nerenberg, L. (2010). Promoting practice-based policy. Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect 22 (3-4).
When service providers participating in the Archstone Foundation's Elder Abuse and Neglect Initiative met to discuss common concerns, they highlighted the need for a sustained and proactive approach to improving California's response to elder abuse. The Advocacy Work Group formed to identify unmet needs and barriers, including the shortage of mental health services for vulnerable older adults, the need for alternatives to guardianship, and insufficient coordination with other constituencies. The Work Group is currently developing a blueprint for promoting dynamic partnerships among stakeholders, facilitating the exchange of information, and advancing informed public policy and service development.

Elder Abuse: A women’s issue

Nerenberg, L. (2009). Elder Abuse: A women’s issue. In Elder abuse: A women’s issue. Mother’s day report (2009). Washington DC: OWL.

An adult protective services' view of collaboration with mental health services

Stanis, P.; Nerenberg, L.; Stansbury, K.L.; & Teaster, P.B. (2009). An adult protective services' view of collaboration with mental health services. Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect, 22 (3).

Communities respond to elder abuse

Nerenberg, L. (2006). Communities respond to elder abuse. (2006). Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 46 (3/4).

Preventing and responding to abuse of elders in Indian country

Nerenberg, L., Baldridge, D., & Benson, B. (2003). Preventing and responding to abuse of elders in Indian country. Albuquerque: National Indian Council on Aging.

A Feminist Perspective on Gender and Elder Abuse: A Review of the Literature ​​

Nerenberg, L.  (2002). A feminist perspective on gender and elder abuse: A review of the literature. National Committee for the Prevention of Elder Abuse
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​"...discrimination and disadvantage associated with both gender and age combine to compromise older women’s ability to achieve or maintain self-sufficiency and render them more likely to be poor and/or dependent. Negative perceptions and damaging stereotypes of old women further contribute to isolation, marginalization and brutality."

Developing a Service Response to Elder abuse
​Nerenberg, L. (2000) Developing a Service Response to Elder Abuse. Generations 24(2). 

Since the late 1970s, when elder abuse first emerged in the public's consciousness, the question of what actually constitutes abuse has stimulated ongoing and often heated debate. The disagreement has focused on what should and should not be included under the rubric of elder abuse. In defining the scope of the professional enterprise that studies elder abuse and provides services related to it, researchers, policy makers, and practitioners have attempted to tease out the common threads that connect such disparate acts as neglect by well-meaning caregivers, flagrant acts of physical cruelty, and exploitation by predatory strangers. The goal is to explain the underlying causes or motives for abuse and to shed light on victims' service needs.

​Forgotten Victims of Financial Crime and Abuse: Facing the ChallengE

Nerenberg, L. (2000) Forgotten victims of financial crime and abuse: Facing the challenge, Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect, 12:2, 49-73, DOI: 10.1300/J084v12n02_06

December 30, 2019 An Ecological Model of Elder Justice 
For the California Elder Justice Coalition's Elder Justice Viewpoints Blog 

​In the thirty-something years I’ve worked in the field of elder abuse prevention, I’ve seen abuse framed and re-framed as a medical syndrome, a caregiving issue, domestic violence, and a public health epidemic. The Elder Justice Act (EJA), enacted in 2010, enshrined abuse as a matter of social justice and individual rights. Although the new frame has been widely embraced, the EJA is narrowly focused and fails to address the myriad other threats (besides abuse) to older Americans’ rights. I wrote Elder Justice, Ageism, and Elder Abuse (Springer, 2019) to explore these threats and what our field can do about them. For more.

June 14, 2019 Elder Justice Writ Large: A Q&A with author Lisa Nerenberg
for the NYC Elder Abuse Center's Elder Justice Dispatch Blog

As World Elder Abuse Awareness Day approaches on June 15, our thoughts continue to turn to how we can move the conversation around aging and justice forward in new and innovative ways. Lisa Nerenberg, Executive Director of the California Elder Justice Coalition (CEJC), has been part of that critical conversation for decades. For this blog, NYCEAC interviewed Lisa to get an inside look into her writing and thought process on her new book, Elder Justice, Ageism and Elder Abuse (Springer, 2019), which offers a roadmap for promoting individual rights and social justice in aging policy and programs. For more.

February 16, 2019 Elder Justice Writ Large 
For the California Elder Justice Coalition's Elder Justice Viewpoints Blog 

​At a time when America's values are being ruthlessly challenged and aggressively defended, it seems like the perfect time to launch CEJC's National Elder Justice Academy. Our goals for the Academy, which is supported by a generous grant from the Huguette Clark Family Fund for Protection of Elders, are to sharpen advocates' tactical skills, provide information and promising models, and share ideas. Beyond that, we hope to start a national dialogue about elder justice—what it is and why we need it. For more.

...the U.N. Secretary General acknowledged the role of both sexism and ageism as contributing factors in elder abuse, and cast abuse within the broader landscape of “poverty, structural inequalities and human rights violations” that disproportionately affect women worldwide. In particular, the report cites patrilineal inheritance laws and land rights as factors contributing to the vulnerability of older women. 
                      From Elder Abuse: A Woman's Issue