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Late in Life: Japan's Elderly Behind Bars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2025

Paul Murphy
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One of the most striking developments in Japanese criminality over the last two decades has been the rise in the number of elderly offenders. Thousands of elderly people who have led hardworking, respectable lives unblemished by criminal wrongdoing have become repeat criminal offenders after they retire.

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Asia-Pacific Journal , Volume 14 , Issue 19 , October 2016 , e1
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