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  • Title: AIDS and age: SA's crime time bomb?
    Author: Schonteich M.
    Journal: AIDS Anal Afr; 1999; 10(2):1, 3-4. PubMed ID: 12346532.
    Abstract:
    The significance of AIDS and age as a contributing factor in the rise of crime rates is analyzed. The prevalence of HIV/AIDS epidemic will result to an increase in the orphan population during the next decade. These orphans will suffer not only loss and grief, but also the psychological impact of having to witness the death of a parent because of AIDS. Prejudice and social exclusion also exacerbates the loss, leading to a loss in orphaned children gaining access to education and health care. The absence of parental nurturing tends to result in juvenile delinquency and crime. The relationship between age and crime has been an issue of much criminological analysis. In the next 10-20 years, the peak in number of juveniles and young adults in proportion to the general population will exert an upward pressure in the crime rate. At about the same time, a rapid increase in the number of children growing up with and without a parent due to AIDS will also be experienced in South Africa.
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