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Elder Maltreatment in the African American Community

    Griffin, L. W., & Williams, O. J. (1992, March). Abuse among African-American elderly. Journal of Family Violence, 7 (1), 19-35.

    Griffin, L. W. (1999). Elder maltreatment in the African American community: You just don't hit your momma!!! In R. Totara (Ed.), Understanding elder abuse in minority populations (pp. 27-48). Philadelphia: Taylor and Francis.

    Griffin, L. W. (1998). Elder Abuse/Elder maltreatment among African Americans. In Domestic violence across the lifespan of African Americans: Traditional strategies and contemporary practices-Exploring the possibilities of popular culture interventions (pp. 95-103). Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

    Griffin, L. W. (1998). Understanding elder abuse. In R. L. Hampton (Ed.), Family Violence (pp. 260-287). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

    Griffin, L. W., Williams, O. J., & & Reed, J. G. (1998). Abuse of African American elders. In R. K. Bergen (Ed.), Issues of Intimate Violence (pp. 267-284). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

    Hall, P. A. (1986, Summer). Minority elder maltreatment: Ethnicity, gender, age, and maltreatment. Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 9 (4), 53-72.

    Korbin, L. E., Anetzberger, G. J., Thomasson, R., & Dutton, D. G. (1991). Abused elders who seek legal recourse against their adult offspring. Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect, 3 (3), 1-18.

    Moon, A., & Williams, O. J. (1993, June). Perceptions of elder abuse and help-seeking patterns among African-American, Caucasian American, and Korean-American elderly women. The Gerontologist, 33, 386-395.

    Olinger, J. P. (1991). Elder abuse: The outlook for federal legislation. Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect, 3 (1), 43-52.

    Pierce, R. L., & Trotta, R. (1986). Abused parents: A hidden family problem. Journal of Family Violence, 1 (1), 99-110.

    Stein, K. F. (1991). A national agenda for elder abuse and neglect research. Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect, 3 (3), 91-108.

    Timberlake, E., & Chipungu, S. S. (1992). Grandmotherhood: Contemporary meaning among African American middle-class grandmothers. Social Work, 37 (3), 216-222.

    U.S. Congress. Senate. Special Committee on Aging. (1995). Society's secret shame: Elder abuse and family violence. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office.

    Williams, O. J. (1992). Culture, elder maltreatment, and violence. Violence Update, 3 (4), 4-6.

    Williams, O. J., & Griffin, L. W. (1996). Elderly maltreatment: When the law is not enough. Journal of Multicultural Social Work.

    Williams, O. J., & Griffin, L. W. (1991). Elder abuse in the Black family. In R. L. Hampton (Ed.), Black family violence: Current research and theory (pp. 117-127). Lexington, MA: Lexington Books.