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| Ageing, crime and society | | Author(s) | Azrini Wahidin, Maureen Cain |
| Publisher | Willan Publishing, Uffculme, Cullompton, Devon, 2006 |
| Pages | 276 pp |
| Source | Willan Publishing, Culmcott House, Mill Street, Uffculme, Cullompton, Devon EX15 3AT. Website: www.willanpublishing.co.uk |
| Keywords | Crime ; Elder abuse ; Prisoners ; Research Reviews. |
| Annotation | Contributions from a group of leading authorities examine key issues on crime and ageing, and consider older people as both victims and perpetrators of crime, also the conditions faced by older prisoners. This book draws on criminology, gerontology, sociology and social policy, to help understand the complex relationship that older men and women have with crime. First, three programmatic papers identify directions for a criminology of ageing or the "unyoung". Another five papers concern elder abuse and/or neglect in local or international contexts, and in settings such as nursing homes. "Conventional crime" is dealt with in two papers - on distraction burglary and fear of crime. Throughout, the reader is referred to major research and studies, for example, the Prison Inspectorate thematic report, 'No problems - old and quiet' (2004). This forms the theme of one of the last five contributions on older prisoners and offenders, which are variously on imprisonment in later life, the special needs of ageing prisoners, and penalties for older offenders. A forward by Lord David Ramsbotham (HM Chief Inspector of Prisons, 1995-2001) reinforces the rationale for this book. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-070119001 B |
| Classmark | TWA: QNT: TGF: 3A:6KC |
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