The Florida State University College of Criminology and Criminal Justice in partnership with Merrill Lynch and Seniors vs. Crime, will be conducting research on elder financial exploitation in The Villages.
To kick off their research, the College will be holding
Town Hall Meetings on financial fraud at 9:30 a.m. Monday, Nov. 9 at
Eisenhower Recreation Center and at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 10 at
Savannah Center.
Residents of The Villages are encouraged to attend one of
the two Town Hall Meetings to learn about financial fraud occurring in
The Villages, how to report financial fraud, and prevention tips from
Seniors vs. Crime.
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| Thomas Blomberg, dean and executive director |
Additionally, the Florida State University College of
Criminology and Criminal Justice will be conducting surveys about
residents’ experience with financial fraud. Interested residents will be
asked to participate in upcoming focus groups and interviews that the
college will be conducting.
The college will use the information collected from
surveys, focus groups, and interviews to gain insight into financial
exploitation victimization and avoidance. The study’s focus will be on
identifying some of the salient risk and protective factors associated
with elder financial exploitation.
“We believe that what we know in official statistics is
only the tip of the iceberg,” said Thomas Blomberg, dean and executive
director of the Center for Criminology and Public Policy Research. “We
want to have a better empirically valid description of how extensive
this problem is. In order to develop a better identification of risk and
prevention tactics we have got to get a better indicator of the
incidents and then the characteristics of those who are victims of fraud
and those who are not.”
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Florida State University to study elder financial exploitation in The Villages
2 comments:
I am so happy to see universities getting involved! Good going, FSU!
I find this very encouraging also!
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