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Community reentry and older adult offenders
— redefining social work roles | | Author(s) | Doreen Higgins, Margaret E Severson |
| Journal title | Journal of Gerontological Social Work, vol 52, issue 8, 2009 |
| Publisher | Routledge, 2009 |
| Pages | pp 784-802 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Prisoners ; Needs [elderly] ; Social work ; Living in the community ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The number of older adults in US prisons continues to rise. In 2002, adults aged 50+ made up 8% of the US prison population, up from 4% a decade previously. Many older offenders are released to communities that are poorly equipped to meet their special needs and largely unprepared for the social and fiscal costs of their re-entry. The focus of gerontological social work education on the returning older adult offender has been limited. This article examines social work roles in community re-entry or reintegration of older adult offenders. Best practices from the gerontological social work literature are presented and implications for social work practice are discussed. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-101122205 A |
| Classmark | TGF: IK: IG: K4: 7T |
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