Older Offenders: Current Trends

Abstract

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Introduction -- What Is in This Volume -- Naming the Offenders -- Sentencing: Blind Justice? -- Institutions: Custody, Care or Therapy? -- Future Research Agenda -- REFERENCES -- PART I: NAMING THE OFFENDERS -- Arrests for Major Crimes: Trends and Patterns for Elderly Offenders -- Introduction -- Method of Study -- Findings of the Study -- Summary and Conclusions -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- A Comparison of Retiree Criminal Characteristics with Habitual and Nonhabitual Older Offenders from an Urban Population -- Introduction -- The Disengagement Theory -- Data for the Study -- Findings: Nonhabitual Offenders -- Findings: Habitual Offenders -- Findings: Retirees -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- REFERENCES -- Aging and Aged in Organized Crime -- I. Introduction -- II. Definitions -- Old Age and Aging -- Organized Crime -- III. The Normative System -- IV. The Aged -- V. Intergenerational Problems -- VI. Standard of Life -- VII. Fears of the Aged -- VIII. Excuses and Justification -- IX. The Government and the Aged in Organized Crime -- X. Theoretical Considerations -- REFERENCES -- PART II: SENTENCING: BLIND JUSTICE? -- Defendant's Advanced Age as a Prepotent Status in Criminal Case Disposition and Sanction -- Introduction and Review of the Literature -- Objectives -- Method -- Limitations -- Findings -- In Conclusion -- REFERENCES -- The Elderly Offender and Sentencing Leniency -- Introduction -- Methodology -- Conclusions and Discussion -- NOTE -- REFERENCES -- Legal and Social Alternatives in Treating Older Child Sexual Offenders -- Introduction -- The Principle of Diminished Responsibility -- Rehabilitation versus Revenge -- Treament Alternatives -- Prisons -- Psychiatry -- Vocational Rehabilitation -- Institutionalization -- Mental Health -- Family Placement -- Conclusion -- REFERENCES