Crime and Victimization of the Elderly

1. Auflage 1989
ISBN: 978-0-387-96973-2
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 310 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 493 g

Crime and Victimization of the Elderly provides a "state-of-the-art" review of the social scientific literature relating to the crime problems of older persons. Building upon a broad interdisciplinary base, the volume addresses a wide range of issues that will prove to be of interest and value to criminology and gerontology students and to practicing professionals. The book is divided into two major sections. The first focuses upon elderly offenders and the second is devoted to a discussion of elderly victims. All of the major topics normally covered in the criminology and victimology courses are given detailed consideration. These include: the nature and types of crimes committed by the elderly, theories of elderly crime, criminal justice reactions to the older offender, patterns of elderly victimization, explanations of elderly victimization patterns, fear of crime among older persons and the abuse of the elderly in domestic settings. The chapters provide a critical assessment of the formative as well as the most recent empirical research conducted in the United States, Canada and elsewhere. Each chapter includes lists of suggested readings and each major section includes an extensive list of bibliographic references. This book is an invaluable resource to criminologists, gerontologists and social service professionals as it raises questions and defines issues vital to an understanding of the elderly and their association with various aspects of crime.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fattah, Ezzat A.

Sacco, Vincent F.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

I: Crime and the Elderly.- One: Who are the Elderly?.- Two: Age as a Criminological Variable.- Three: Offences the Elderly Commit and their Explanations.- Four: The Elderly Offender and the Criminal Justice System.- Five: The Elderly Offender in Prison.- Six: Responding to Elderly Criminality: Sentencing, Punishment, Prevention.- Bibliography: Part I.- II: Victimization of the Elderly.- Seven: Age as a Victimological Variable.- Eight: General Patterns of Elderly Victimization.- Nine: The Cost of Elderly Victimization.- Ten: The Indirect Cost of Elderly Victimization.- Eleven: The Mistreatment of the Elderly in Domestic Settings.- Twelve: Crimes Against the Elderly: Policy and Planning.- Bibliography: Part II.