Elderly Offenders
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Elderly Sex Offenders: What Should Be Done?
Elderly persons committing sexual offenses represent a growing group of individuals within the federal and state court systems, which creates a unique set of problems. Their advanced age sets them apart from other offenders in terms of their physical and mental needs during incarceration, as well as through society and the courts’ perception of what constitutes a fair sentence for these individ...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Psychiatry
سال: 1988
ISSN: 0007-1250,1472-1465
DOI: 10.1192/s0007125000222460