Elders, crime, and the criminal justice system : myth, perceptions, and reality in the 21st century /

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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...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Rothman, Max B., Dunlop, Burton David, Entzel, Pamela
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Springer Pub., ©2000.
Colección:Springer series on life styles and issues in aging.
Temas:
Crime and age > United States.
Older offenders > United States.
Older people > Crimes against > United States.
Victims of crimes > United States.
Criminal justice, Administration of > United States.
Crime.
Criminal law.
Older people.
Crime
Prisoners
Crime Victims
Criminal Law
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Criminalité > Facteurs liés à l'âge > États-Unis.
Criminels âgés > États-Unis.
Personnes âgées > Crimes contre > États-Unis.
Justice pénale > Administration > États-Unis.
Criminalité.
Droit pénal.
Personnes âgées.
crimes (events)
criminal law.
elderly.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Criminology.
Older people
Criminal law
Crime and age
Criminal justice, Administration of
Older offenders
Older people > Crimes against
Victims of crimes
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Putting elders and the criminal justice system into historical perspective / W. Andrew Achenbaum and Mary Schieve
  • Introduction / Max Rothman, Burton Dunlop, and Pamela Entzel
  • Elders and crime. Police and elders / W. Clinton Terry III and Pamela Entzel
  • Elders as victims of crime, abuse, neglect, and exploitation / Rosalie Wolf
  • Elders as perpetrators / Edith Elisabeth Flynn
  • Elders and the criminal court. Elders in the courtroom / William E. Adams, Jr.
  • Impact of the criminal justice process on older persons / Sanford I. Finkel and Inez J. Macko.
  • The older eyewitness / A. Daniel Yarmey
  • The suggestibility of older witnesses / Brian H. Bornstein [and others]
  • Elders and jury service : a case of age discrimination? / Pamela Entzel, Burton Dunlop, and Max Rothman
  • Elders and imprisonment. Sentencing the older offender : is there an "age bias"? / Darrell Steffensmeier and Mark Motivans
  • The older prisoner : social, psychological, and medical considerations / John Kerbs
  • Arguments and strategies for the selective decarceration of older prisoners / John Kerbs.
  • An international perspective. Elders and the criminal justice system in England / Judith Phillips, Anne Worrall, and Alison Brammer
  • Elders and the criminal justice system in Germany / Arthur Kreuzer and Ulrike Grasberger
  • Elders and the criminal justice system in Israel / Malca Alek and Sarah Ben-David
  • Elders and Japanese corrections / Elmer Johnson
  • Conclusions. Epilogue : policy implications for the 21st century / Burton Dunlop, Max Rothman, and Pamela Entzel.

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