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Intro
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Contents
1: Introduction
Introduction
Studying the Older Prisoner: The Belgian Case
The Fieldwork
Structure Outline
References
2: The Construction of the 'Older Prisoner'
Deconstructing the 'Older Prisoner'
Meanings of Old Age
Chronological Age
Biological Age
Biological Condition
Older Prisoners' Relative Position
Accelerated Ageing
Functional Age
Daily Life
Communication
Ambulation and Exercise
Maintenance
Prison Work
Assessing Functional Age
Social Age
Familial Life Events
Involvement in Prison Work
Social Habits
Psychological Age
Behavioural Aspects
Perceptual Components
Subjective Ageing: Age Identity
Others-Perceived Age
The Older Adult in Prison
Institutional Ageism in Prison
The Management of the Older Prisoner
Segregation
Integration
Reviewing the Rationale
The Older Prisoner and the Prison Environment
Intergenerational Conflict
Intergenerational Ties
Bifurcation
References
3: The Older Prisoner and the Physical Prison World
Mathematical Space
The First Prison Setting4
The Second Prison Setting5
The Lived Space
Prison Setting No. 1
Privacy: Control
The Experience of Lived Space in Older Prisoners
Physical Demands and Comfort
Individuality: Identity and Connectedness
Out-Cell Accessibility
Prison Setting No. 2
Privacy: Control
Territoriality
Felt Space
Autonomy
Physical Demands and Comfort
Outside the Unit: Accessibility
Individuality: Identity and Connectedness
The (In)Significance for the Older Prisoner
References
4: The Older Prisoner and the Social Prison World
Vertical Relationships
Social Relations: Presence and Absence
Older Prisoners and Professionals of Custody and Care
The Sameness Principle and Otherness Principle
Towards Sameness
Institutional Thoughtlessness
Authority
Withholding Attention/Care8
Towards Otherness
Avoidance
Antilocution
Invalidation
Banishment
Infantilisation
Objectification
Medicalisation
Professional Script
Professionals of Care
The Vantage of Age: 'Old Heads' and 'Quiescent Older Adults'
Horizontal Relationships
'Fatiks': In-between Prisoner and Staff
Inmate-on-Inmate Relationships: Between Amity and Enmity?15
Amity
Older Prisoners as (Grand)parental Figures
Enmity
Intimidation and Victimisation
Older Prisoners as 'Signifiers'17
The Older Prisoner as the Other?
References
5: Surviving Prison in Old Age
The Meaning of Imprisonment for Older Adults
Meaningfulness and Coping2
Acute and Chronic Stressors
External Coping
Outside World Relationships4
Prison (Pas)Time: Prison Time and an Ageing Body
Activities and Time: Speeding Time's Passage in Prison
Internal Coping
Social Comparison
Adopting an Attitude of Resignation
Reviewing Life
Self-Comparison
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Contents
1: Introduction
Introduction
Studying the Older Prisoner: The Belgian Case
The Fieldwork
Structure Outline
References
2: The Construction of the 'Older Prisoner'
Deconstructing the 'Older Prisoner'
Meanings of Old Age
Chronological Age
Biological Age
Biological Condition
Older Prisoners' Relative Position
Accelerated Ageing
Functional Age
Daily Life
Communication
Ambulation and Exercise
Maintenance
Prison Work
Assessing Functional Age
Social Age
Familial Life Events
Involvement in Prison Work
Social Habits
Psychological Age
Behavioural Aspects
Perceptual Components
Subjective Ageing: Age Identity
Others-Perceived Age
The Older Adult in Prison
Institutional Ageism in Prison
The Management of the Older Prisoner
Segregation
Integration
Reviewing the Rationale
The Older Prisoner and the Prison Environment
Intergenerational Conflict
Intergenerational Ties
Bifurcation
References
3: The Older Prisoner and the Physical Prison World
Mathematical Space
The First Prison Setting4
The Second Prison Setting5
The Lived Space
Prison Setting No. 1
Privacy: Control
The Experience of Lived Space in Older Prisoners
Physical Demands and Comfort
Individuality: Identity and Connectedness
Out-Cell Accessibility
Prison Setting No. 2
Privacy: Control
Territoriality
Felt Space
Autonomy
Physical Demands and Comfort
Outside the Unit: Accessibility
Individuality: Identity and Connectedness
The (In)Significance for the Older Prisoner
References
4: The Older Prisoner and the Social Prison World
Vertical Relationships
Social Relations: Presence and Absence
Older Prisoners and Professionals of Custody and Care
The Sameness Principle and Otherness Principle
Towards Sameness
Institutional Thoughtlessness
Authority
Withholding Attention/Care8
Towards Otherness
Avoidance
Antilocution
Invalidation
Banishment
Infantilisation
Objectification
Medicalisation
Professional Script
Professionals of Care
The Vantage of Age: 'Old Heads' and 'Quiescent Older Adults'
Horizontal Relationships
'Fatiks': In-between Prisoner and Staff
Inmate-on-Inmate Relationships: Between Amity and Enmity?15
Amity
Older Prisoners as (Grand)parental Figures
Enmity
Intimidation and Victimisation
Older Prisoners as 'Signifiers'17
The Older Prisoner as the Other?
References
5: Surviving Prison in Old Age
The Meaning of Imprisonment for Older Adults
Meaningfulness and Coping2
Acute and Chronic Stressors
External Coping
Outside World Relationships4
Prison (Pas)Time: Prison Time and an Ageing Body
Activities and Time: Speeding Time's Passage in Prison
Internal Coping
Social Comparison
Adopting an Attitude of Resignation
Reviewing Life
Self-Comparison