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Description

1. x, 229 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Subject

1. Older offenders > United States
2. Older prisoners > Services for > United States
3. Older prisoners > United States

Contents

1. Studying older offenders. Graying of American prisons -- Defining the older offender -- Older inmate diversity -- Older inmate types -- Who are the older adults? -- What happens as we age? Old age and crime. A historical view of older offenders -- Uniform crime reports -- Establishing elderly crime trends -- Older male/female crime trends -- Alcohol and drug abuse and crime -- Patterns of elderly crime. Explaining crime in old age. Theory and crime -- The influence of age on crime -- Gender and crime -- Biological and medical explanations -- Alcohol and crime -- Personality disorders and other mental disorders -- Control theories -- Anomie and strain theory -- Social learning theory -- Disengagement theory -- Labeling theory -- Continuity theory. Health concerns of aging inmates. Prison health mandates -- Health-care costs -- Health of older inmates -- Health-care utilization -- Mental health issues -- Satisfaction with health care -- Health-care intervention -- Health promotion.
2. Adjustment to prison life. New elderly offenders -- Long-term inmates -- Consequences of imprisonment -- Making a life in prison. Housing and programming for aging inmates. Specialized versus mainstream housing -- Environmental press theory -- The growth of geriatric facilities -- Prison programming -- Selected state facilities -- Prison nursing homes -- Emergence of hospice programs. Older women in prison. Older female offenders -- Health-care utilization and needs -- Health status of older females -- Prison adaptation and coping -- Responding to older female offenders --Consciousness-raising programs. Responding to aging offenders. Police discretion -- The courts and sentencing -- Age and prison policies -- Diversion, probation, and parole -- Project for older prisoners -- Arguments for elder justice -- Future research needs and challenges.

Owning institution

1. Harvard Library

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

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