Mike Brogden, Preeti Nijhar

Crime, Abuse and the Elderly

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines and analyses the experiences of older people as both victims and perpetrators of crime. Drawing upon research from both UK and US sources, it details the historical experience of the elderly as victims, the extent of present-day criminal victimisation in the home and institutions, the social theories which attempt to explain that experience, and the types of resolution available.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 286g
• ISBN-13: 9781903240021
• ISBN-10: 1903240026
• Artikelnr.: 25001830

Autorenporträt

Mike Brogden is an Honorary Professor at the Department of Applied Social Science, University of Lancaster, UK. Preeti Nijhar is a Lecturer in Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Bangor, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Abuse vs Crime in Criminological history 2. The mythologies
of elderly victimisation 3. Stereotyping the elderly and victims 4.
Victimisation in private and public space 5. Old people and the fear of
crime 6. Victimisation in household and care institutions 7. Sociological
explanations I: Gender and the political economy of older people 8.
Sociological explanations II: Organisation, power, neutralisation and
strain theory 9. The elderly in the criminal justice system I: Is there an
elderly crime wave? 10. The elderly in the criminal justice system II:
Experience of arrest and detention 11. Conclusion - towards a criminology
of the elderly