Ageing, crime and society
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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 eld. Read more... Abstract: Bringing together a group of authorities to address key issues on the subject of crime and ageing, this book considers older people as both victims and perpetrators of crime, and also examines the conditions faced by older prisoners. It seeks to expose how violence against the aged may be normalized within families and care homes. Read more... Content: Ageing, crime and society : an invitation to a criminology / Azrini Wahidin and Maureen Cain -- Rethinking criminology : the case of 'ageing studies' / Jason L. Powell and Azrini Wahidin -- Crime, abuse, and social harm : towards an integrated approach / Mike Borgden and Preeti Nijhar -- Crime and older people : the research agenda / Judith Phillips -- 'As if I just didn't exist' : elder abuse and neglect in nursing homes / Thomas Görgen -- The realities of elder abuse / Gary Fitzgerald -- Deconstructing distraction burglary : an ageist offence? / Stuart Lister and David Wall -- Reassuring older people in relation to fear of crime / Alan Burnett -- Local responses to elder abuse : building effective prevention strategies / Jill Manthorpe -- Global developments in relation to elder abuse / Bridget Penhale -- 'No problems -- old and quiet' : imprisonment in later life / Azrini Wahidin -- 'Unregarded age in corners thrown' / Debby Jacques -- Managing the special needs of ageing prisoners in the United States / Ron Aday -- Older offenders and community penalties : a framework for thinking / Gaynor Bramhall -- Towards a better government for older people and the policy implications in the criminal justice system / Mervyn Eastman.
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