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• W177459719 abstract "This paper explores the influence age, sex, race, and offense type had on arrest and prosecution outcomes. Using Detroit Police Department arrest and case disposition data (1981), arrest outcomes and conviction rates for a stratified elderly offender sample (N = 571) were compared. Generally, dismissal rates among the elderly offender sample for all Part I offenses suggest the younger elderly, 55 to 59, have a higher dismissal rate than the older elderly, 65 and over. However, rates of dismissal for violent crimes among the elderly groups remain fairly stable--at a high rate. Dismissal rates for property offenses tend to decrease with advancing age. Factors such as race and sex appear to play a major role in case dismissals. Data on conviction rates for the elderly offender sample indicate that once the decision to prosecute the offender had been made, elderly suspects are more likely to be convicted and sentenced to jail or prison than younger offenders aged 17 to 21, or 35 to 44. THE ELDERLY OFFENDER: FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE PROSECUTION OUTCOMES Recently, criminologists and gerontologists have reported increases in crimes perpetrated by elderly persons in the United States (Shickor and Kobrin, 1978; Fienburg, 1983; Newman and Gerwirts, 1984; Bachand, 1984a). For example, one study revealed that arrests for serious offenses among persons aged 55 plus increased 100 percent from 1971 to 1980, while their relative portion in the population increased only 22.2 percent (Bachand, 1984b). According to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reports, over 378,000 older Americans were formally arrested for law violations in 1980 (UCR, 1980). It is important to note that arrest data is not necessarily an accurate reflection of a particular age group's involvement in criminal activity. For example, a person could be observed shoplifting, be arrested, and then be warned and released prior to formally being charged with a crime. Although technically arrested, the fact that the case was disposed of informally most often would result in the arrest not being officially recorded as an arrest statistic. Thus, if a particular age group was afforded lenient treatment by the police during the arrest phase of the criminal justice process, it would result in defla'id arrest statistics for that age group of offenders. There is evidence that both the police and store security personnel afford elderly persons lenient or preferential treatment in arrest situations. For example, Bachand (1964c) found in his research that: 1. Elderly offenders will be arrested less often for law violations if their criminal activity is concentrated in less serious crime categories. (Exception: drunken driving offenses) 2. The elderly offender's age, cumbined with a respectful attitude toward the police, will result in lower arrest rates than younger offenders. 3. Elderly shoplifters will be arrested less often" @default.
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• W177459719 title "The Elderly Offender: Factors That Influence Prosecution Outcomes." @default.
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