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This book provides a systematic and scholarly examination of the major questions facing academics and practitioners working in the area of deviance and aging. Drawing on the theoretical and empirical work from established leaders in criminology and criminal justice, the editors provide large sample studies that identify the long-term trends in the area of aging and crime. This volume is a fine source of data about a minor facet of offensive behavior. Contemporary Sociology

The book provides a systematic and scholarly examination of the major questions facing academics and practitioners working in the area of deviance and aging. Drawing on the theoretical and empirical work from established leaders in criminology and criminal justice, the editors provide large sample studies that identify the long-term trends in the area of aging and crime. The introduction addresses the question of the real trends among older offenders and offers a detailed review of the criminological and criminal justice literature on older offenders. The section on criminological perspectives examines the question Why does criminal behavior decline with age? from both sociological and psychological perspectives. Other chapters discuss the application of social learning, control, and anomie theories of deviance to crime by older offenders; provide an econometric analysis of property crime; and consider research on alcohol abuse and homicide among elderly. The section dealing with criminal justice perspectives examines the dispositions of police, judiciary, and correctional management toward the elderly. This final section also includes coverage of special sub-populations of elderly offenders, such as violent offenders, and long-term offenders.

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• Introduction
• Elderly Crime and the Elderly Criminals Perspectives in Criminology Perspectives in Criminal Justice
• Bibliography
• Index

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Surpassing Elderly Criminals, ed. by William Wilbanks and Paul K.H. Kim (CH, Nov '84), McCarthy and Langworthy's Older Offenders is a comprehensive treatment of criminological theory and major criminal justice processing points in the study and treatment of elderly offenders. After dealing with the "fact" and "artifact" of elderly crime and reviewing previous research, the volume offers perspectives on elderly criminology in terms of deviant behavior theory, the relationship between drinking and crime, an analysis of homicide, and a study of property crime. Essays also present perspectives on criminal justice (including police disposition of elderly arrestees), the elderly defendant's role in criminal court, elderly federal felons compared to their younger counterparts in plea bargains, and care, concern for, and adjustment of elderly prison inmates. Older Offenders has a thorough index; references are everywhere, and the bibliography is extensive. Interesting, informative tables and figures appear throughout its well-structured chapters. Essays pertaining to perspectives on criminology, however, could be rather difficult for the uninitiated because of heavy reliance upon social science research and statistics. Upper-division undergraduates and above. -J. F. Cimini, University of Scranton

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BELINDA MCCARTHY is Associate Dean, School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham.

ROBERT LANGWORTHY is Assistant Professor in the Criminal Justice Department, University of Cincinnati.