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The effect of age on criminal processing — is there an advantage in being 'older'?
Author(s)	C Wayne Johnston, Nicholas O Alozie
Journal title	Journal of Gerontological Social Work, vol 34, no 4, 2001
Pages	pp 65-82
Source	http://www.tandfonline.com
Keywords	Drug taking ; Crime ; Age groups [elderly] ; Ethnic groups ; United States of America.
Annotation	Are older offenders treated more leniently than younger offenders, and to what extent does age-based preferential treatment extend to racial or ethnic minorities? According, hypotheses are tested which use data on the profile diversion review of 5,715 American drug offenders. Results for the entire sample indicate a positive effect beginning at about age 52. This effect extends to whites and native Americans, but not to blacks and Hispanics. These results introduce a significant caveat in the ubiquitous precept that all older offenders are treated more leniently in criminal processing. They support previous policy questions regarding how much racial or ethnic minority offenders benefit from generally accepted preferential treatment for the older offender. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-010717210 A
Classmark	ETD: TWA: BB: TK: 7T
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