CJC 4220 - Criminal Justice and the Elderly

3(3 + 0)

Prerequisite: CJC 1010 or Permissions of instructor

This course focuses on criminal justice issues related to the elderly as victims, elder abuse, neglect, elder crime prevention programs, old age and crime, elder crime patterns, aging prisoners, and rehabilitative programs. State agencies and other groups involved with crime and the elderly are examined. It is designed to provide a theoretical approach to criminal justice professionals in the application of criminal justice policy implementation.