Elder crime patterns and current trends, 1980-2004

Research on Aging

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 297-322

  Feldmeyer, Ben ^a   Steffensmeier, Darrell ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Crime trends; Elder crime; Elderly well being; Life course

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CRIME; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUNKENNESS; HUMAN; THEFT; WELLBEING;

EID: 34347402981     PISSN: 01640275     EISSN: 15527573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0164027507300802     Document Type: Article

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