The elderly and prison policy

Journal of Aging and Social Policy

Volumn 11, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 167-175

  Yates, Jeff ^a   Gillespie, William ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly prisoners; End of life care; First offense; Pops (Project for Older Prisoners); Prison populations; Prison sentences

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRISON; PRISONER;

AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRISONERS; PRISONS; PUBLIC POLICY;

EID: 0033654865     PISSN: 08959420     EISSN: 15450821     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J031v11n02_18     Document Type: Article

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