Fear of Crime Among the Elderly
Subtitle: A Multi-Method Study of the Small Town Experience (Garland Studies on the Elderly in America)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Routledge; Garland Pub.
Published: July 25, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 180
ISBN-13: 9780815337843
Subjects: Crime & criminology; Elderly; Rural communities; Sociology; Older people; Victimology; Psychology Of Adulthood; Social Science; Politics / Current Events; USA; Gerontology; Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare; Social Science / Gerontology; United States; Criminology; Case studies; Crimes against; Fear of crime; Interviews
First sentence: The graying "baby boom" generation, armed with improved health awareness and care, assures that the number of elderly individuals in the United States will continue to increase well into the 21st century.