Elderly Disadvantage In Relation To Crime

Question 1

What did the Financial Times (2015) say?

Answer 1

• number of over 60s in jail topped 4000 for the first time on record, more then double the figure 10 years ago
• number of inmates with dementia has risen while cases of diabetes and hypertension have also soared

Question 2

What did Age uk (2015) say?

Answer 2

• of those targeted by fraud scams, the financial loss for older victims was likely to be nearly twice as much per scam as that for younger aged groups