Elders, crime, and the criminal justice system: myth, perceptions, and reality in the 21st century

Foreword: Putting Elders and the Criminal Justice System into Historical Perspective / W. Andrew Achenbaum and Mary A. Schieve

Introduction / Max B. Rothman, Burton D. Dunlop and Pamela Entzel

1. Police and Elders / W. Clinton Terry III and Pamela Entzel

2. Elders As Victims of Crime, Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation / Rosalie S. Wolf

3. Elders As Perpetrators / Edith Elisabeth Flynn

4. Elders in the Courtroom / William E. Adams, Jr.

5. Impact of the Criminal Justice Process on Older Persons / Sanford I. Finkel and Inez J. Macko

6. Older Eyewitness / A. Daniel Yarmey

7. Suggestibility of Older Witnesses / Brian H. Bornstein, Christy J. Witt and Katie E. Cherry / [et al.]

8. Elders and Jury Service: A Case of Age Discrimination? / Pamela Entzel, Burton D. Dunlop and Max B. Rothman

9. Sentencing the Older Offender: Is There an "Age Bias"? / Darrell Steffensmeier and Mark Motivans

10. Older Prisoner: Social, Psychological, and Medical Considerations / John J. Kerbs

11. Arguments and Strategies for the Selective Decarceration of Older Prisoners / John J. Kerbs

12. Elders and the Criminal Justice System in England / Judith Phillips, Anne Worrall and Alison Brammer

13. Elders and the Criminal Justice System in Germany / Arthur Kreuzer and Ulrike Grasberger

14. Elders and the Criminal Justice System in Israel / Malca Alek and Sarah Ben-David

15. Elders and Japanese Corrections / Elmer H. Johnson

16. Epilogue: Policy Implications for the 21st Century / Burton D. Dunlop, Max B. Rothman and Pamela Entzel.