Effective Responses to the Crime Problem of Older Americans: An Instructor's Guide.

Designed for use in conjunction with a handbook dealing with effective responses to the crime problem of older Americans, this instructor's guide contains information pertaining to organizing and conducting a course on preventing crimes against the elderly as well as a series of lesson plans. Various aspects of course structure are discussed, including general learning objectives for participants, training philosophy, introductory materials for training new instructors, course design, and reading and resources. Provided next are plans outlining lessons on the following topics: a sketch of America's elderly; patterns of crime against the elderly; fear of crime and its consequences; preventing street crimes, residential crimes, and consumer fraud; community crime prevention; victimization and its aftermath; meeting the needs of elderly crime victims; communicating with older individuals; advocating for an improved response to the elderly's crime problem; locating anti-crime resources; developing a comprehensive crime prevention program; and developing a training program for the elderly. (The above-mentioned handbook is available separately--see note.) (MN)