Elders, Crime, and the Criminal Justice System

Elders, Crime, and the Criminal Justice System
Author: Max B. Rothman, JD, LLM
Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
Total Pages: 416
Release: 2004-01-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0826117481
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This book provides a comprehensive analysis of interactions between older people and the criminal justice system. The editors present current research on elders in a multitude of roles, from victim and offender to attorney, defendant, witness, juror, and prisoner. Of particular interest are chapters on the psychological and medical conditions of elder prisoners, and issue around selective decarceration. Each contributor documents empirical data and identifies social, policy, and ethical implications, where applicable. Recommended for gerontologists, sociologists, social workers, and professionals in the legal and criminal justice fields.

Family Crimes Against the Elderly

Family Crimes Against the Elderly
Author: Patricia J. Brownell
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2014-01-14
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1135676690
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First Published in 1999. Family Crimes Against the Elderly, A Study of Elder Abuse and the New York Police Department represents an important contribution to the available knowledge on elder abuse as a criminal justice issue. While most studies of elder abuse to date have examined this social problem from a health, mental health or social service perspective, few have focused on it from the perspective of law enforcement.

Crime and Elder Abuse

Crime and Elder Abuse
Author: Brian K. Payne
Publisher: Charles C Thomas Publisher
Total Pages: 333
Release: 2005
Genre: Older people
ISBN: 0398075662
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This book will help to advance understanding among policymakers, practitioners, and educators and prepare them to limit the negative consequences associated with victimization of older adults. This second edition builds on the earlier edition in five ways. First, new research has been added into each chapter. Second, the tables and figures have been updated, with applied critical thinking questions now included in order to make the tables and figures more interactive with readers. Third, various sections have been added in different chapters. Fourth, chapters 2-7 now include box inserts which include brief overviews written by professionals who are discussing some aspect of elder abuse. Finally, chapter 7 has been added. This new edition will help shed some light on what can be done to prevent elderly persons from being victimized, or at least minimize the consequences of victimization when abuse does occur. It will be of interest to those in several different disciplines, including criminology, gerontology, social work, social welfare, sociology, psychology, victimology, medicine and other social sciences.

Crime, Abuse and the Elderly

Crime, Abuse and the Elderly
Author: Mike Brogden
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 202
Release: 2013-01-11
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1135990344
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This book examines and analyses the experiences of older people as both victims and perpetrators of crime. Drawing upon a wealth of research from British and North American sources, the authors detail the historical experience of the elderly as victims, the extent of present-day criminal victimisation in the home and institutions, the social theories which attempt to explain that experience, and the types of resolution available. The book also addresses the experiences of elderly people in the criminal justice process - the offences to which they are prone, and the implications for penal policy of an increase in the elderly penal population. Crime, Abuse and the Elderly breaks new ground in its focus on the experiences of elderly people as criminal victims in private space, its insistence on a proper engagement of criminology with crimes involving older people, and in its argument that much so-called abuse can be explained criminologically and should be dealt with by the criminal justice system rather than by treatment and welfare agencies. It will be essential reading for students, academics and professionals concerned with the experiences of the elderly.

Violence Against Elders

Violence Against Elders
Author: John W. Witt
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 116
Release: 1993-04
Genre:
ISBN: 156806845X
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What The Elderly Should Know About Crime

What The Elderly Should Know About Crime
Author: Sampson Ike Oli
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 223
Release: 2011-12-27
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1469130882
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Perspectives on Elderly Crime and Victimization

Perspectives on Elderly Crime and Victimization
Author: Peter C. Kratcoski
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 281
Release: 2018-03-28
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 331972682X
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This textbook focuses on the criminality and victimization of the elderly population. It provides a global perspective on the extent of the elderly crime and victimization, with international comparisons for addressing the problem. It explores the extent and types of crimes committed by the elderly, the characteristics of older criminals, and the responses of the criminal justice system (including prisons and institutions) to elderly criminals, including: diversion programs, community-based treatment programs, and special programs including health & mental health care services for older prisoners. The second part of the book covers victimization of the elderly. Research findings show that certain crimes including fraud, theft, and certain types of financial crimes disproportionately affect older people, and these types of crimes are growing in prevalence. This work explores the characteristics of older victims and the types of crimes that affect them. Finally, the book presents comparative international research on approaches to crime prevention, education, and legislation to address the victimization of the elderly. This work will be of interest to students in criminology and criminal justice, as well as related fields such as sociology, and gerontology.

A Mutual Concern

A Mutual Concern
Author: National Institute of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice
Publisher:
Total Pages: 16
Release: 1979
Genre: Government publications
ISBN:
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Ageing, Crime and Society

Ageing, Crime and Society
Author: Azrini Wahidin
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 295
Release: 2013-05-13
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1134008546
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The relationship between ageing and crime has been a much neglected issue, the focus rather being on youth. This books aims to redress this imbalance, bringing together a group of leading authorities to address key issues on the subject of crime and ageing, considering older people as both victims and perpetrators of crime, and looking too at conditions faced by older prisoners. The book draws upon both criminology and gerontology, as well as sociology and social policy, to help understand the complex relationship between ageing and the criminal justice system, and argues that the needs of elders must be far more firmly on the penal policy agenda than is the case currently. Ageing, Crime and Society will be concerned with 'unsilencing' a group who because of their age and status have been muted by the criminal justice system.