Open AccessOlder Men and Older Women in the Arms of Criminal Law: Offending Patterns and Sentencing Outcomes
Author(s) -
Darrell Steffensmeier,
Mark Motivans
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
the journals of gerontology series b
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.578
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1758-5368
pISSN - 1079-5014
DOI - 10.1093/geronb/55.3.s141
Subject(s) - prison , psychology , punishment (psychology) , life imprisonment , sentence , imprisonment , criminology , social psychology , linguistics , philosophy
This study examines whether older defendants receive more lenient sentences compared with their younger counterparts and whether the effects of aging on sentencing outcomes manifests itself similarly across male and female offenders.
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