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SOC 130 - The Elderly Crime, and the Criminal Justice System
This course is designed to study the agencies, processes and people involved in the criminal justice system as it focus on problems with the elderly. Legislatures, law enforcement, prosecution, courts, corrections issues are studied with respect to the elderly. Emphasis will be made on the challenges faced by the criminal justice system, when dealing with issues associated with senior citizens. Particular attention will be dedicated to different international approaches to these issues in the study of gerontology.
Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able:
· Explain the problems faced by the police in dealing with the Elderly as victims and as perpetrators.
· Recognize the various methods of fraud perpetrated against Medicare and Medicaid.
· Discuss the rising rate of elder abuse as it relates to the family, caretakers and nursing homes.
· Understand the impact of the Criminal Justice process on the Elderly as eyewitnesses and Jurors.
· Delineate the problem of sentencing elderly convicted offenders.
· Outline the strategies used to handle elderly prisoners.
· Discuss various international approaches to the relationship of the Elderly to the various criminal justice systems.
Prerequisites: Sociology 110 or Sociology 111