在社区释放的老年犯的福利
Gregory P Brown1, Christopher Greco1
1Nipissing University, North Bay, ON, Canada.
概括
社区释放的老年罪犯面临重大挑战,包括贫困,社会隔离,以及更高的心理健康问题和药物滥用风险. 原住民犯罪者经常从他们的社区和文化组织中获得关键的支持.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 犯罪学 犯罪学
- 社会工作 社会工作 社会工作
背景情况:
- 在全球范围内,假释和社区中老年罪犯的人口正在迅速增加.
- 年长的犯罪者代表了一个脆弱的人口群体,具有降低幸福感的高风险.
- 现有的研究往往忽视了刑事司法系统中老年人面临的具体挑战.
研究的目的:
- 调查生活在加拿大有条件释放社区的老年犯罪者 (50岁以上) 的福利和挑战.
- 识别犯罪人口中与衰老相关的特定风险和脆弱性.
- 探索社区和文化支持系统对土著老年犯罪者的作用.
主要方法:
- 与64名加拿大有条件释放的老年犯 (50岁及以上) 进行了半结构化采访.
- 包括各种各样的群体:长期犯罪者,重复犯罪者和首次老年犯罪者.
- 老年犯罪者与非犯罪者群体在衰老和福祉方面的经验比较.
主要成果:
- 老年犯罪者面临的老龄化问题与普通人群相似,但患精神健康问题,创伤和药物滥用 (复犯罪者) 的风险较高.
- 长期和首次老年犯罪者的很大一部分生活在贫困线以下.
- 三分之一的人因犯罪史和监禁而经历社会隔离;土著犯罪者从土著社区和文化组织获得重要支持.
结论:
- 社区中老年犯罪者是一个高风险群体,需要有针对性的支持服务.
- 贫困和社会孤立是影响该人口福祉的关键问题.
- 对于土著老年犯罪者来说,文化特定的支持系统是必不可少的,这凸显了基于社区的干预的重要性.
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