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Not Your Usual Suspect - Older Offenders of Violence and Abuse (Hardcover)
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Not Your Usual Suspect - Older Offenders of Violence and Abuse (Hardcover)
Series: Feminist Developments in Violence and Abuse
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As the average life expectancy continues to rise, the long-held
assumption that age is a protective factor against criminal
offending and victimisation is being challenged. Recognising that
people who commit offences later in life are an overlooked group in
criminology, Not Your Usual Suspect is the first collection to
assemble research on different forms of violence and abuse
perpetrated by individuals predominantly over 60. Examining
intersections of gender, crime and age, this collection highlights
how the increase in older people entering the criminal justice
system has emphasised the unpreparedness of policies and practices
for dealing with this cohort. Moving beyond existing research and
policy which has focused primarily on those who are sentenced in
later life for crimes they committed as younger adults - so called
historic crimes - the chapters pay crucial attention to those who
commit offences as long-term, repeat or first-time offenders in
later life. Offering an important contribution for researchers
across the criminological, gerontological, feminist and elder abuse
fields, Not Your Usual Suspect expands existing research to
consider the behaviour and drivers of older offenders, addressing
the increasingly important issue of how the needs of this group can
be addressed by policy and practice.
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