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If_ you.. have issues viewing or accessing this file, please contact us at NCJRS.gov. ... - , // r""1.. irnSEARCH INTO CRIMES AGAINST THE ELDERLY (PART 1) JOIN'r I-IEARINGS BEFORE THE SELEOT OOMMITTEE ON AGING StJ,BCOMMITTEE ON DOMESTIC AND INTER;NATIONAL SCIENTIFIC PLANNING, ANALYSIS AND COOPERATION OF THE COMMITTEE ON_ SOJtENCE .AND TEOH1~OLDGY v SUBCOMMITTEE ON HOUS]:NG AND CONSUMER INTERESTS 0;'1' THE SELEOT OOMMITTEE ON AGING HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES '. , 1 NINETY-FIFTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION- JANUARY 81, 1978 Printed for the use of the Select Committee on AgIng and the .OoIJUlllttee on Science and 'l'echnology Comm. Pub. No. 95-122 U.S, GOVERNMENT PRINT~G OFFICE 2!-224 WASHINGTON: 1078 SELECT dOIDfITl'EE ON AGING CLAUDE PEPPIm. Florida, OhllitT1OOn EDWARD R. ROYBAL. CaliflJrn!a WILLIAM C. W~LER, Virginia, FRED B. ROONEY, Pennsylvania. Ew.k'ng Minority Member MARIO lHAGGl. New York JOHN J:'AUL llAM~RSCHMIDT, Arkansaa W ALTlllR FLOWERS. Alabama. WlLLIAM' S. COHEN. Maine. IKE F. ANDREWS. North Carol1na. RONALD A. SARASIN, Connecticut JOHN L. BURTON, California w..lLLIAM F. WALSH, New York lllDW.A.R.D 1'. BEARD, Rhode Island CHARLES E. GRASSLEY. Iowa. MICHAEL T. BLOUIN, Iowa JAMES ABDNOR. South Dakota. DON BONKER. Washington THAD COCHRAN, Mlseissippl THOMAS J.DOWNEY. New York: MATTHEW J. RINALDO. New Jersey JAMli',S J. FLORI~ Ncw-1ersey ~raRC ;r.. MARKS. Pennsylvania. HAROLD E. FORD, Tennessee RALPH S, REGULA, Ohio ;WILLIAM J. HUGBlllS, New. Jersey' MARILYN LLOYD, Tennessee JIM SANTINI, Nevada TED RISENHOOVER, Okll,lhoma ROBERT F. DRINAN, Massachusotts DAVID W. EVANS, Indiana HELll;...~ S. MEYNER, New Jerael' MARTY RUSSO, Dl1nol8 S:t!ANLEY N. LUNDINE, New York MARY ROSE OAKAR, Ohio ROBaR1! S. WEINER, Stat! Dlrectof' ;T'\ME$ .A.. BILlIINNAN, ASMstant to thf/ Ohairman EDWAR!)' F. HOWAR1), General COU1l88l ROBETTA BRETSCB, Minority Staff DiNtctfJ" SUBDOMMlTi'EE' M'EM.BERSmp (CLAUDE l;'El1'PER, Florida, Ohoirman Of till! full oomm'tt6J; and WILLIAM C. WAMl'ER. Virginia, Rank4n.g.. Minority M6l1&lJesr,o.re. members of all lIubcommlttees. ex otllelo.) SunCO!.£MI'l'TEE ON ROUSING AND CONSUME-It. INTERESTS " EDWARD R. R9Y.BAL, C8,lifornla. ahairman JIM SANTINI, Nevada. JOHN PAUL l.IAMMERSCHMIDT, Ark~ TED RISENHOOVER, Oklahoma Bas, Ra.nking Minority Ml!l1l11er ROBERT F. DRI:1,AN, Massachusetts WILLlAM F. W ALSR, New Y,.rk DAVID W. EVANS, Indiana' MA'l::rBlllW J. RINALDO, New Jersey STANLEY N. LUNDINE. New York MARY ROSE OAKAR. Ohio MARIO BIAGGI. New York JoSl!l GARZA. Majority Staff Director l;'ATRlca C. UWDlNWII, AUmlAt~ Staff Di"~!ltor (II) COMMITTEE ON SOIENCE' AND TECHNOLOGY OLIN E. TEAGUE, To:s:as, Chairman DON Ftl'QUA. Florida JOHN W. WYDLER, JR., New York WALTER FLOWERS, .Alabama LARRY WINN, JR., Kansill ~,OBERT A. ROEl, New Jersey, LOUIS FREY, JR., Florida MIKlIl McCORMACK, Washington BARRY M. GOLDWATER, JR., cautomla \ GEORGE E. BROWN, JR., Callfornia GARY A. MYERS, Pennsylvania J DALE MILFORD. Texas HAMILTON JJ'ISII, JR., New York RAY THORNTON, Alkansas M.Al\"UlDL LUJAN, JR., New ~fex1co [ JAMES H. SCHEUER, New York CARL D. PURSELLr: Michigan 1 RICHARD L. OTTINGER, New York HAROLD C. HOLLENBECK, New Jerse,. .1 TOM HARKIN, Iowa ELDO~ RUDD, Arizona JIM LLOYD, Calitomia ROBERT K. DORNAN, Callfomla JEROME A. AMBRO, New York ROBERT S. W ALKlllR. P~Ill1!!l'lvanla ROBERT (BOB) KRUEGlllR, Texas ED:w.IN B. FORSyTED'll, New Jersey MARILYN LLOx"D, Tennessee JAMES J. BLANCHARD. Michigan TIMOTHY E. WIRTH, Colorado STEPHEN L. NEAL, North Carolina THOMAS J. DOWNEY. New York DOUG WALGREN, Pennsylvania RONNIE G. FLIPPO• .Alabama DAN GLICKMAN, Kansas BOB GAMMAGE, Texas ANTHONY C. BEILENSON, Calltornta .ALBERT GORE, JR., Tennessee WEB WATKINS, Oklahoml\ ROBERT A. YOUNG, M1ssonri C:S:.U~LlIIS A. M08SlIIK, E;caoutiv6 DJre"tc,. R.utOLD Aj: GOULD, Dtlputy m1'llcto,. PHILlti B. YI!IAGElt, (Jounsfll JAMES E. \'f,n.SON, Pechnical Ocnauliant WILLUM G. W'IILLS, Jr., Ptlcljll4caJ Oon,uUanf RALPH N. Rlu:o. Tee/lntca. CQ1t.8ultant ROBIIRT C. KIIrcHAl!«, Oountel JOHN P. ANDIIlLIN, Jr., BmflllCft OcinBultant JAMES W. SPlIlNSLlIlY. Oounsel RElGIlU. A. DAVIS, OMe! Oltlr1c;: PAUL A. V ANL>Clt Mn>II, Minority Bta!! a(}tIf'Bel SUBCO],nnTTEE ON DOMESTIO AND INTERlUTIONAL SCIENTIFIC PLANNP:VG, .ANALYsIS " AND COOPERATION . J.AM1IiS H. SCHEUER, New York, ohafrm(ln JAMES J. BLANCHARD, Michigan CARL B. PURSELL, Michigan STEPHEN L. NEAL, North Carolina ROBERT S. WALKER, Pennsylvania ANTHONY C. BEILENSON, Calitornla, EDWIN B. FORSYTHE, New Jerae7 DAN GLICKMAN, Kansas ALBDRT GOREl, .TR., Tennessee DALE MILFORD, Texas (Ill) \I \\ CONTENTS M):)C8J!:BS ST~S OhairIllan Clande Peppel'_____________________ ,""" ________ Pale Chairman James H. Scheuer_________________________________ _ 2 Chairman Edwar4 R. RoybaL. ___________________________________ _ 5 Representative Mario Biaggi__________________________________ _ 6 7 Representative John Paul Hammerschmidt____________ ~,~---------- 8 CHBONOtoGIO.lt.L LIST OF WITNESSES Goldsmith, JECk, associate profeseor at the Center for the Administration of Justice, The American University, and Sharon Goldsmith, codirector of the Institute on Crime and the Elderly at The Ameri()an University_. 9 Sparks,~e~k,~.J Dr. Richard__________________________________________________ F., School of Criminal Justice, Rutgers University, ~ 21 Bindeland, Michael J., Ph. D., professor and associate dean, School of Criminal Justice, State University of ~ew YOt'k, All;)any, ~.Y ______ _ 80 Lebowitz, Barry D., :?h. D., ~ational Institute of Mental Health, Depart- ment of Health, E~.ucaticn, and Welfare______________________ _ 45 .Al>PJ:Nmns Appendix 1. C1;;.ronologicalllst of witnesses' prepared statements: Jack and Sharon Goldl>IDith.. ______________..... _______~ 53 Ricl1ard F. Sparks.. _____ ,____________________________________ • 56 BarryMiehael D. J. Lebowitz Hindelang_________ {lJrepared ..,_______________________________ jointly with Ellen II. Richardeon; __ 74-62 (V) 1 . I I RESEARCH INTO CRiMES AGAINST THE ELDERLY (Part I) ;J'ANUA'BY 31, 1978 U.S. HOUSE Oll~ REPRESENTATIVES, SELECT CO:M::M:ITl'E.E o~r AGING; SunoomnT.I!EE ON DO.ll!ESTIO AND INTERNATIONAL SCIEN'I'IJ!'IO PLANNING, ANALYSlfI. AND COOPERATION OF THE OO!DUT'l'EE ON SOIENCE AW TEcHNOLOGY; AND SUBaOM:~ :M:lT'l.1Ejjl ON HOUSING AND CON~ INTERESTS OF THE SELECT COMl'd:ITI'.EE ON AGINa WasJWngton, D.O. The committee and subcommittees met, pursuant to notice at 10 :05 a.m., in room 340, Cannon. HQUse Office Building, Hon. Claude Pepper (chairman of the Select Committee on A~g) ~ James H. Scheuer ( chairman of the Subnvammittee on DomestIc and International Plan ning, Analysis and Cooperation -of the Committee on Science n.nd Technology) ; and Edwa1'd R. Roybal (chairman of the Subcommittee on Housmg and Consumer Interests of the Select Committee on Aooing) , pr~siding. _. Members present : Representatives Pepper of Florida; Scheuer of New York j I.lloyd of Tennessee; Roybal of California; Walsh of New York; BiagJP of New York; and Risenltoover of Oklahoma. Staff present: ~elect Committee on Aging: Robert S. Weiner, staff director; Kathy Gardner, professional staff member; lUld MariE' Cunninghmn, executive secretary. Subcommittee on Domestic and International Planning, Analysis and Cooperation: .ronah Shaclrnai, technical consultant; Jim Gallagher, minority staff; and Carol Pompliano, secretary. Subcmnmittee on Housing and Consumer I'Il~ terests: Jose Ga'rZa, majority staff director; Patricia Lawrence, minority staff director: and MeHssa Pollak, research assistant. Mr. SCHEUER. The hearings in the research into violent crimes against the elderly will commen~ today. We have the great honOT of having the presence of Congressman Olaude Pepper of Florida at these hearings and he win C'hair these hearings as long as the Rules Committee-which is now meeting doesn't can lrini away. Senator Pepper has had a lifelong concern and involvement with the problems of the elderly; he is 0.1so as knowledgeable as any other Memb~r 0:£ Congress on the subject of crime as he served as C'hlJ,irman of the Select Committee on Crime. So the essential depth of his humanity is a deep lrnowledge f.):f the aging and a deep knowledge 0:£ the crime all combined to give him remarkable insight into the 'Emblems of crimes a~ainst the elderly, and we are delighted to have him chair these meetmgs this morning.-' I am delighted to intl"odu0e him as chairman of this session. Con~ gressman Claude Pepper 'J! Florida. (1) 2 OPEN'mG STATEMENT OF OlIAIRMAN CLAUDE PEPPElt Mr. P~. Well, thank you very much, Mr. Ohairman. I would not want to begin my statement in a dispensatious way, but I must correct one of the remarks made by the distinguished ~hairman~ I'm not the chairman. I am the cochairman along with hUrl. He is the chairman and I am delighted to be able to work with Mr, Sdheuer, OM of my distinguished and devoted friends. He is cne of ott1' greatest Members of the Co:qgress in this important work in which he is ellgaged. As I saId, I want to thank my distinguished colleague from New York for erlending the :full House Select Oommittee on Aging and its Subcommittee on Housing and Oonsumer Interests this oppor~ tunity to join with him and his distinguished committee on continuing the investigation into research into violent behavior. It is It particular pleasure for me to take }!art in these hearings with my friend, Jim Sclieuer, because I know of his deep commitment to the problems and the concerns of 17he elderly. Wben our antimandatory retirement bill faced House floor schedul ing difficulties last year, it was Mr. Scheuer who had the preemptive time on lilie floor, who was kind and generous enough to accord the privilege to our Select Committee on Aging of taking up our bill against mandatory retirement and making it possible for that bill to be passed by the House by: an overriding majority. We will always be most grateful as will the elderly people of this country, now and here after, to Mr.