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Senior Citizens Behind Bars : Challenges for the Criminal Justice System / ed. by Jennifer M. Jolley, John J. Kerbs.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2022]Copyright date: ©2014Description: 1 online resource (287 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781626374928
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 365 .608460973 23
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgments -- 1 A Path to Evidence-Based Policies and Practices -- 2 Sentencing Policy and the Shaping of Prison Demographics -- 3 Bio-Psycho-Social Needs -- 4 Social Programming and Activities -- 5 Women and Issues of Care -- 6 Prisoners’ Rights and the Law -- 7 The Age-Segregation Debate -- 8 The Implications of Age-Graded Desistance -- 9 Health Issues and End-of-Life Care -- 10 Community Reentry and Aging Inmates -- 11 Future Considerations -- References -- The Contributors -- Index -- About the Book
Summary: Within two decades—if not sooner—at least one in three prisoners in the US will be a "senior citizen." Our prisons, however, were designed for a much younger population. Senior Citizens Behind Bars critically explores the unique set of challenges that older prisoners pose for the criminal justice system. Examining the lack of fit between the needs of older inmates and the correctional policies and practices that govern efforts to meet those needs, the authors confront such tough issues as health care, inmate victimization, and end-of-life care. Their rigorous, evidence-based analysis of both problems and solutions is a seminal contribution carefully designed for scholars and practitioners alike.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgments -- 1 A Path to Evidence-Based Policies and Practices -- 2 Sentencing Policy and the Shaping of Prison Demographics -- 3 Bio-Psycho-Social Needs -- 4 Social Programming and Activities -- 5 Women and Issues of Care -- 6 Prisoners’ Rights and the Law -- 7 The Age-Segregation Debate -- 8 The Implications of Age-Graded Desistance -- 9 Health Issues and End-of-Life Care -- 10 Community Reentry and Aging Inmates -- 11 Future Considerations -- References -- The Contributors -- Index -- About the Book

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Within two decades—if not sooner—at least one in three prisoners in the US will be a "senior citizen." Our prisons, however, were designed for a much younger population. Senior Citizens Behind Bars critically explores the unique set of challenges that older prisoners pose for the criminal justice system. Examining the lack of fit between the needs of older inmates and the correctional policies and practices that govern efforts to meet those needs, the authors confront such tough issues as health care, inmate victimization, and end-of-life care. Their rigorous, evidence-based analysis of both problems and solutions is a seminal contribution carefully designed for scholars and practitioners alike.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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