Aging prisoners : crisis in American corrections / Ronald H. Aday.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Aday, Ron H.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Older prisoners--United States.

Older prisoners.

Older prisoners--Services for--United States.

Older offenders--United States.

Older offenders.

United States.

Physical Description:

x, 229 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2003.

Summary:

Provides a comprehensive analysis of the aging offender and prisoner in the criminal justice system.

Contents:

The Demographic Transition 2

1. Studying Older Offenders 7

Graying of American Prisons 9

Convergence of Trends 10

Truth in Sentencing 10

Increase in Long-Term Inmates 11

Defining the Older Offender 16

Older Inmate Diversity 17

Older Inmate Types 18

Who Are the Older Adults? 19

What Happens as We Age? 19

Chronic Health Conditions 20

Sensory Decline 21

Cognitive and Emotional Disorders 22

2. Old Age and Crime 29

A Historical View of Older Offenders 30

Uniform Crime Reports 34

Establishing Elderly Crime Trends 34

Older Male/Female Crime Trends 41

Alcohol and Drug Abuse and Crime 42

Patterns of Elderly Crime 44

Homicide 44

Sexual Offenses 48

Shoplifting 51

3. Explaining Crime in Old Age 59

Theory and Crime 60

The Influence of Age on Crime 61

Gender and Crime 64

Biological and Medical Explanations 65

Alcohol and Crime 66

Personality Disorders and Other Mental Disorders 67

Control Theories 71

Anomie and Strain Theory 73

Social Learning Theory 75

Disengagement Theory 76

Labeling Theory 77

Continuity Theory 79

4. Health Concerns of Aging Inmates 87

Prison Health Mandates 88

Health-Care Costs 89

Health of Older Inmates 90

The Michigan Study 92

The Iowa Study 92

The Mississippi Study 93

The Tennessee Study 93

Functional Health Status 94

Age, Race, and Health 95

Infectious Diseases 97

Health-Care Utilization 99

Mental Health Issues 101

Satisfaction with Health Care 103

Health-Care Intervention 105

Health Promotion 107

5. Adjustment to Prison Life 113

New Elderly Offenders 114

Long-Term Inmates 117

Consequences of Imprisonment 119

The Concept of Prisonization 119

Process of Depersonalization 120

Relationship Deterioration 122

Deterioration of Health 125

Coping with Death 127

Making a Life in Prison 129

Prison Work 129

Religious Activities 131

Prison Pastimes 133

Prison Relationships 134

6. Housing and Programming for Aging Inmates 143

Specialized versus Mainstream Housing 144

Environmental Press Theory 148

Application of Environmental Press Model 150

The Growth of Geriatric Facilities 153

Prison Programming 154

Support Groups 156

Reminiscing Groups 156

Remotivation Groups 157

Psychotherapy Groups 158

Selected State Facilities 158

South Carolina 159

North Carolina 159

Pennsylvania 161

Ohio 162

Prison Nursing Homes 163

Emergence of Hospice Programs 164

7. Older Women in Prison 171

Older Female Offenders 172

Health-Care Utilization and Needs 174

Health Status of Older Females 177

Prison Adaptation and Coping 179

Concerns of Declining Health 180

Family Relationships 182

Prison Friendships 183

Prison Activities 184

Prison Environment 185

Responding to Older Female Offenders 186

Housing and Health Needs 187

Work and Training Assignments 188

Staff Training 189

Special Programming 190

Consciousness-Raising Programs 193

8. Responding to Aging Offenders 199

Police Discretion 200

The Courts and Sentencing 202

Age and Prison Policies 208

Grouping Older Inmates 208

Compassionate Leave 210

Diversion, Probation, and Parole 210

Project for Older Prisoners 213

Arguments for Elder Justice 214

Future Research Needs and Challenges 215.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0275971228

0275971236

OCLC:

49704790