The Older Prisoner seeks to situate the older prisoner from both a penological and gerontological perspective, organised around the following broad themes: the construction of the older prisoner, the physical prison world, the social prison world, surviving prison and giving meaning.
Diete Humblet is Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Criminology at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium. She is affiliated with the Centre of Expertise on Older Adult Care at University College Odisee and her main interest and research field covers the phenomenon of spending later life in prison.
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1. Introduction.- 2. The Construction of the ‘Older Prisoner’.- 3. The Older Prisoner and the Physical Prison World.- 4. The Older Prisoner and the Social Prison World.- 5. Surviving Prison in Old Age.- 6. ‘Thriving’ in Prison in Old Age.- 7. Conclusion.