When the Elderly Turn to Petty Crime: Increasing Elderly Arrest Rates in an Aging Population

Declines in offending in older age have been consistently observed in nearly every criminological study to date. Because of this, theories that address offending in older life focus exclusively on explaining decreases in crime or “desistance.” However, recent increases in elderly arrest rates in som...

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Main Author: Sugie, Naomi F. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2017
In: International criminal justice review
Year: 2017, Volume: 27, Issue: 1, Pages: 19-39
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Keywords:
Japan
Social Integration
elderly crime