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Acknowledgements | |
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Introduction | |
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From Lizzie Borden to Dr. Shipman | |
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Demography and the criminological agenda | |
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Private space and public space | |
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Determinism versus free will | |
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General reading | |
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Abuse Versus Crime in Criminological History | |
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The exclusion of criminology | |
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Welfare versus justice responses to elder victimisation | |
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Following child and spouse abuse | |
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Further reading | |
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The Mythologies of Elderly Victimisation | |
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Introduction | |
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The Golden Age myth--the modernisation thesis | |
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The Golden Isles myth--neglect and abuse in comparative perspective | |
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Further reading | |
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Stereotyping the Elderly as Victims | |
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Introduction | |
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Ideologies--ageism, sexism, and the mythology of the elder victim | |
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Needs-based definitions | |
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Rights-based definitions | |
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Synopsis of Chapters 2 and 3 | |
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Further reading | |
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Victimisation in Private and Public Space | |
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Introduction | |
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Victimisation in private space | |
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Victimisation in public space | |
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Further reading | |
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Old People and the Fear of Crime | |
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Introduction | |
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The problem of fear | |
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Criticisms of the fear thesis | |
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Synopsis of Chapters 4 and 5 | |
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Further reading | |
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Victimisation in Private Space--the Household and Care Institutions | |
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Introduction | |
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Victimisation in the private space of the household | |
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External pressures | |
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Victimisation in care and nursing institutions | |
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The victim fights back--strategies of resistance | |
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Synopsis of Chapter 6 | |
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Further reading | |
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Sociological Explanations I: Gender and the Political Economy of Older People | |
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Introduction | |
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What's wrong with the abuse explanations | |
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Feminist criminology and elder abuse | |
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Elder victimisation--contributions from political economy | |
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Further reading | |
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Sociological Explanations II: Organisation, Power, Neutralisation, and Labelling | |
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Introduction--from context to content | |
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Exchange and power in organisational conflicts | |
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Stratification, moral holidays, and strain theory | |
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Labelling and social constructionism | |
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Synopsis of Chapters 7 and 8 | |
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Further reading | |
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The Elderly in the Criminal Justice Process I: Is there an Elderly Crime Wave? | |
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Introduction | |
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An elderly crime wave? | |
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Social constructionism and the elderly criminal | |
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Causes of crime by the elderly | |
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Further reading | |
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The Elderly in the Criminal Justice Process II: Experience of Arrest and Detention | |
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Introduction | |
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Leniency towards the elderly? | |
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Imprisonment and the squeaky wheel syndrome | |
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Synopsis of Chapters 9 and 10 | |
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Further reading | |
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Conclusion--Towards a Criminology of the Elderly? | |
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Introduction | |
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The diversity of the elderly | |
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Welfare versus criminal justice | |
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Private space versus public space, intimates versus strangers | |
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From structure to inter-personal relations | |
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The lack of history | |
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Bibliography | |
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Author index | |
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Subject index | |