Older adults in jail: high rates and early onset of geriatric conditions

Health and Justice

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Greene, Meredith ^a   Ahalt, Cyrus ^a   Stijacic Cenzer, Irena ^a   Metzger, Lia ^a   Williams, Brie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Criminal justice; Geriatric conditions; Jail

Indexed keywords

EID: 85042367334     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21947899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40352-018-0062-9     Document Type: Article

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