Defining an age cut-off for older offenders: a systematic review of literature.
Purpose: In the literature, 65 years is commonly used as the age to designate an older person in the community. When studying older prisoners, there is much variation. The purpose of this paper is to investigate how researchers define older offenders and for what reasons.Design/methodology/approach:...
| Publicado en: | International Journal of Prisoner Health Vol. 16; no. 2; pp. 95 - 117 |
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| Formato: | research Journal Article |
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Emerald Publishing Limited
2020
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=143098925&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 143098925 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 17449200 15UK jtl: International Journal of Prisoner Health issn: 17449200 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2020 vid: 16 iid: 2 pid: 465 pub: Emerald Publishing Limited artinfo: ui: 143098925 143098925 NLM33634649 143098925 10.1108/IJPH-11-2019-0060 NLM33634649 143098925 ppf: 95 ppct: 22 formats: tig: atl: Defining an age cut-off for older offenders: a systematic review of literature. aug: au: Merkt, Helene Haesen, Sophie Meyer, Leila Kressig, Reto W. Elger, Bernice S. Wangmo, Tenzin affil: Institute for Biomedical Ethics, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland sug: subj: Prisoners Classification Age Factors Public Offenders Classification Research Subjects Classification Male Health Services Needs and Demand Classification Middle Age Female Nomenclature Aged, 80 and Over Aged Human Middle Aged: 45-64 years Aged, 80 & over Aged: 65+ years Male Female ab: Purpose: In the literature, 65 years is commonly used as the age to designate an older person in the community. When studying older prisoners, there is much variation. The purpose of this paper is to investigate how researchers define older offenders and for what reasons.Design/methodology/approach: The authors reviewed articles on health and well-being of older offenders to assess terminology used to describe this age group, the chosen age cut-offs distinguishing younger offenders from older offenders, the arguments provided to support this choice as well as the empirical base cited in this context.Findings: The findings show that the age cut-off of 50 years and the term "older" were most frequently used by researchers in the field. The authors find eight main arguments given to underscore the use of specific age cut-offs delineating older offenders. They outline the reasoning provided for each argument and evaluate it for its use to define older offenders.Originality/value: With this review, it is hoped to stimulate the much-needed discussion advancing towards a uniform definition of the older offender. Such a uniform definition would make future research more comparable and ensure that there is no ambiguity when researchers state that the study population is "older offenders". pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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