Age Inequality: Different Ages

Question 1

Age Inequality - Youth and Crime:
ONS Defintion

Answer 1

Youth = 10-17 (able to enter YJS)
Young People = 18-24

Question 2

Age Inequality - Youth and Crime:
Alternatives used to avoid youth going into CJS

Answer 2

ASBOs
Reprimands / Cautions / Warnings from police
Penalty Notice Disorder (over 16s) - Not recorded on criminal record but police have access
Triage schemes which encourage restorative justice and discourage unnecessary criminalisation
RESULT: STEADY FALL IN YOUTH SENTENCING & FEWER REPEAT OFFENDERS

Question 3

Age Inequality - Youth and Crime:
ONS Statistics

Answer 3

ONS 2021 - Number of first entrants of the YJS has fallen by 20% since the previous year; 81% fall since March 2013

Question 4

Age Inequality - Youth and Crime:
Youth = overrepresented in CJS

Answer 4

Socialisation: NR - youth socialised poorly resulting in crime
Henry (Funct.) - Youth are more engaged in society
Youth are more delinquent (Willis - w/c boys delinquency)
Career criminals tend to start in their teens

Question 5

Age Inequality - Youth and Crime:
Owen & Cooper

Answer 5

Most first offences carried out by young people were acquisitive (theft / robbery)
- 21% violence
- 10% serious crime
- Those who committed robbery / burglary as their first offence were more likely to become chronic repeat offenders - Many committed serious crimes within 9 years

Question 6

Age Inequality - Adults and Crime:
Definition (+ stats)

Answer 6

Anyone over the age of 25
Most adults tend to be recidivists and substance abusers
- 27% of Wales prison population = recidivist
NOT ALL ADULT OFFENDERS GO TO COURT:
- 67% fines / 12% over 3 year sentence

Question 7

Age Inequality - Elderly and Crime:
Definition

Answer 7

Strategy for Older People in Wales (sfopiw): Over 50s
- Transition into older age needs consideration at age 50 so starts at 50

Government: Over pension age (65+)

Question 8

Age Inequality - Adults and Crime:
Strategy for Older People in Wales

Answer 8

DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE: Population is globally getting older (better healthcare / purified water / better nutrition)
- Population of older people is higher in Wales than the whole of UK

Question 9

Age Inequality - Adults and Crime:
Older People’s fear of crime

Answer 9

Older people have a greater fear of crime
- 0.2% chance of over 75 being a victim of violent crime
- 8.4% chance of young people being victims of violent crime
[Older people = viewed as vulnerable: less likely to be victimised by CJS; may explain lower crime rates]

Question 10

Age Inequality - Adults and Crime:
Henry (funct.)

Answer 10

Why Older People Commit Less Crime:
PROCESS OF DISENGAGEMENT: Gradual withdrawal from society
- Older people pass on their role in society to younger people
- Older people prepare themselves for death
Therefore are less likely to commit crime
TELECARE: Aid for old people
Introduced into prison systems to help protect older people as they prepare for death