Aging, gender and crime / Jason L. Powell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Powell, Jason L.

Series:

Social perspectives of aging

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Older people--Crimes against.

Older people.

Older women--Crimes against.

Older women.

Crime--Sociological aspects.

Crime.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (84 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Novinka, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book explores the issue of crime and its relationship to gender and ageing. This is a forgotten area of analysis in disciplines of criminology, gerontology and even in Feminist theorising. This book begins by exploring the relationships between crime, ageing and victimisation. The book then moves to assess the main issues associated with understanding imprisonment for older people. The book focuses its attention on gender and its relationship to mental health and institutional psychiatric care. The final part of the book explores the issue of theorising ageing and relationship to crime.

Contents:

Problematizing old age, victimisation and crime

Aging, crime and prisons

Gender, aging and the power of special hospitals

Rethinking gender, aging and crime.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from title page (ebrary, July 18, 2013).

ISBN:

1-61942-151-8