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Aging and the criminal legal system : community services, courts, corrections, and policy / Lindsey E. Wylie, Eve M. Brank.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wylie, Lindsey E., Author.
- Brank, Eve M., author.
- Series:
- American psychology-law series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Criminal justice, Administration of.
- Victims of crimes--Legal status, laws, etc.
- Victims of crimes.
- Older prisoners--Legal status, laws, etc.
- Older prisoners.
- Older people--Crimes against.
- Older people.
- Correctional law.
- Older people--Psychology.
- Aged--psychology.
- Criminal Law--organization and administration.
- Criminal Law--legislation & jurisprudence.
- Medical Subjects:
- Aged--psychology.
- Criminal Law--organization and administration.
- Criminal Law--legislation & jurisprudence.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 283 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Washington : American Psychological Association, 2025.
- Summary:
- "The population of older adults in the United States is growing rapidly. The criminal justice system, like every other system in society, must make changes to adapt to this shift in the country's age demographics. In many areas of law, policymakers have ignored developmental differences regarding older adults-even, at times, borrowing from the law as related to juveniles. Sometimes laws, policies, and procedures are built on ageist stereotypes. Systems such as prisons are often unable to provide for the needs of older adults. This book addresses some of these issues head-on. It summarizes the law and psychology related to older adults when they become victims, witnesses, and perpetrators of crime. It also discusses issues of forensic assessment and determining the appropriate sentences for older adults. The authors identify ways in which the law should or should not, and does or does not, consider the specific abilities and circumstances of older adults. The psychology of aging in the criminal legal system has become a topic of much interest to practitioners and academics. This book accomplishes just that, in exemplary fashion, providing unique, comprehensive coverage of the state of the science concerning the psychology of older adults in the criminal justice system while focusing on relevant psychological and legal foundations. With a basis in both law and policy, this book has potential to have a significant impact both on future academic work and on legal practice and policy."--Preface. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).
- Contents:
- Introduction: Aging and the law: Theoretical foundations
- I. Roles of older adults in the criminal legal system
- Issues in aging and the criminal legal system
- Older adults as legal decision makers
- Older adults as victims of crime
- Older adults as eyewitnesses
- Older adults as perpetrators of crime
- II. Aging and criminal legal system stages
- Involvement with law enforcement and the courts
- Forensic evaluation of older adults in criminal cases
- Older adults in the correctional system: "Aging in prison"
- Reduce, resentence, release, and prepare for reentry: Legal responses to aging in prison
- Next steps: Expanding legal responses to older adults
- Epilogue
- Suggested further reading
- References
- Index
- About the authors.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Washington, D.C. : American Psychological Association, 2025.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Aging and the criminal legal system
- ISBN:
- 1433843005
- 9781433843006
- 1433843013
- 9781433843013
- 1433849208
- 9781433849206
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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