​News | Old, frail…and a criminal: The rise in Singapore’s silver criminals

The Straits Times, page B2

 

Observers noticed that over the last six years, the number of criminals aged 60 and older has climbed. Last year, 486 criminals aged above 60 were sent to prisons here, a 50 per cent increase from the number in 2013. Criminologist Olivia Choy, from NTU’s psychology department, said that rehabilitation for aged criminals is "new territory" for criminologists and the criminal justice system, as it goes against widely accepted thinking that crime diminishes with age.  

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