Studying older offenders. Graying of American prisons
Defining the older offender
Who are the older adults?
What happens as we age? Old age and crime. A historical view of older offenders
Establishing elderly crime trends
Older male/female crime trends
Alcohol and drug abuse and crime
Patterns of elderly crime. Explaining crime in old age. Theory and crime
The influence of age on crime
Biological and medical explanations
Personality disorders and other mental disorders
Continuity theory. Health concerns of aging inmates. Prison health mandates
Satisfaction with health care
Adjustment to prison life. New elderly offenders
Consequences of imprisonment
Making a life in prison. Housing and programming for aging inmates. Specialized versus mainstream housing
Environmental press theory
The growth of geriatric facilities
Selected state facilities
Emergence of hospice programs. Older women in prison. Older female offenders
Health-care utilization and needs
Health status of older females
Prison adaptation and coping
Responding to older female offenders
Consciousness-raising programs. Responding to aging offenders. Police discretion
The courts and sentencing
Diversion, probation, and parole
Project for older prisoners
Arguments for elder justice
Future research needs and challenges.
