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Elder crime
— patterns and current trends, 1980-2004 | | Author(s) | Ben Feldmeyer, Darrell Steffensmeier |
| Journal title | Research on Aging, vol 29, no 4, July 2007 |
| Pages | pp 297-322 |
| Source | http://www.sagepublications.com |
| Keywords | Offenders ; Crime ; Statistics [data] ; Longitudinal surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Age-standardization and Dickey-Fuller time-series techniques were used to examine recent trends in crime by older adults (age 55+), both alone and compared to younger age groups, using the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) arrest statistics for the 1980 to 2004 period. It was found that: arrest rates of older people have either declined or remained essentially stable across the majority of UCR offence categories; proportionate criminal involvement of older adults is about the same now as 25 years ago, but where change has occurred, the trend is toward a smaller share of criminal offending; and there has been very little change in the profile of the older offender, with arrests of older people continuing to be overwhelmingly for minor offences and alcohol-related violations. Shifts in crime by older adults have generally been paralleled by similar trends among younger adults, indicating that recent social, economic, and legal changes have had similar impacts on arrest patterns across age groups. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-091105201 A |
| Classmark | TGC: TWA: 6C: 3J: 7T |
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