老年人犯罪问题呈现出以下特点:犯罪率不高但增长较快;以财产犯罪为主,暴力和性犯罪增多,呈多元化趋势;手段具有隐蔽性、个体性、智能性等;地域主要本地化,农村老年人犯罪突出。对老年人犯罪的刑事政策应贯彻“宽严相济、宽和为主”的思想,并在诉讼程序和策略、裁判和处遇,以及刑事法规定上具体化。 The problems of the elderly in crime show the following characteristics: the crime rate is not high but the growth is rapid; property crime is the mainstay, and violence and sexual crime increase, showing a diversified trend; the means are concealed, individualistic and intelligent; The crime of rural elderly highlight. The criminal policy on crimes committed by the elderly should be implemented in accordance with the principle of “combining leniency and strictness with leniency”, and should be embodied in the procedural procedures and tactics, adjudication and treatment, and the provisions of criminal law.