Older people.
Older people.
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老年人。
DOI：
10.1002/cbm.612
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发表时间：
2004
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G. Yorston
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作者：
G. Yorston
老年人成为犯罪受害者的可能性远高于犯罪者。尽管多达一半的阿尔茨海默病患者存在攻击行为，但大多数痴呆症患者的攻击行为并不严重，可以通过初级保健和老年精神科服务得到很好的管理。尽管如此，仍有少数老年人犯下严重罪行。在英国，60 岁以上的人每年会犯下约 11 起凶杀案和 300 多起性犯罪案。许多肇事者患有精神障碍，但我们对他们知之甚少，因为没有对此群体进行令人满意的研究。除了那些在年老时首次犯罪而患有心理健康问题的人之外，还有一些因年轻时犯下严重犯罪行为而入狱或入院的人，又出现了新的心理健康问题。
Older people are much more likely to be victims of crime than perpetrators. Although aggression features in up to half of those with Alzheimer's disease, most aggression in the context of dementia is not serious and can be well managed by primary care and old age psychiatric services. Nonetheless, a small number of older people commit serious crimes. In the UK people over the age of 60 commit about 11 homicides and over 300 sexual offences each year. Many of the perpetrators are mentally disordered but we have little knowledge of them as there are no satisfactory studies of this group. In addition to those with mental health problems who offend for the first time in old age, a number of people, already in prison or secure hospital because of serious offences committed while younger, develop new mental health problems.