The Elderly Offender and the Elderly Victim of Crime: A South African Overview

Exploring the Perceptions of Correctional Service Providers and Elderly Parolees of Post-Incarceration Social Work Programmes in Ethekwini Metropolitan

“…The surge in the number of elderly offenders has become a global epidemic, costing correctional facilities double the resources required to serve younger offenders (Bezuidenhout & Booyens, 2018). This fact has been confirmed by this study, which found that correctional service providers noticed a sharp increase in the number of elderly offenders released on parole, with serious implications for the implementation of social work programmes.…”

“…In Ireland parolees and ex-offenders perceived their transition from incarceration to the community as not symbolic of the birth of their freedom, but rather as the beginning of a strained and challenging journey without sufficient material and social support. Other challenges commonly experienced by both elderly and younger parolees include physical pain, emotional impairment and remorse, which further accelerate the ageing process for elderly parolees (Bezuidenhout & Booyens, 2018). However, it is important to note that the experiences of young and middle-aged parolees are remarkably different from those of their elderly peers (Porporino, 2014).…”

“…There has been a significant increase in elderly offenders in the South African prison population. In 2015 it was reported that there were 861 sentenced elderly inmates aged 61 years out of the total number of 161,984; of these elderly offenders, 822 were males and the remaining 39 were females (Bezuidenhout & Booyens, 2018). Yet little is known about the effectiveness of post-incarceration social work programmes meant to reintegrate and rehabilitate this group of offenders (Luallen, 2015).…”

“…Furthermore, Blowers (2015) argues that the Department of Correctional Services in South Africa has not fully understood the idea of providing programmes and services that target the unique needs of elderly offenders. The limited funding for the Department of Correctional Services to cater for the needs of elderly offenders is tantamount to the violation of the fundamental human rights of the elderly offenders, since little budgetary provision is made for the care of elderly offenders (Bezuidenhout & Booyens, 2018;Porporino, 2014). Literature on elderly parolees remains scarce, with most published records providing researchers, politicians and the lay public with relatively little helpful knowledge on this group of people (Stojkovic, 2007).…”

Comparison of Pranayama Yoga and Surya Namaskar Yoga Towards Dysmenorrhea in Adolescent Girl

“…The pathophysiology of dysmenorrhea is not known with certainty, but according to (Bezuidenhout & Mahlaba, 2018;Hewitt, 2020;Petraglia et al, 2017), there is hyperproduction of prostaglandins in the uterus, mainly PGF2a and PGF2, leading to an increase in uterine tone and contractions of great magnitude. Women with dysmenorrhea have higher levels of prostaglandins, and they are highest during the first two days of menstruation (Iacovides et al, 2015).…”