Although the absolute proportion of veterans compared with nonveterans in state and federal prison continues to decline, the number of older adult veterans who are imprisoned is rising. A multifaceted structured living program for geriatric prisoners in Nevada provides for the psychological, physical, and spiritual needs of aging incarcerated veterans. We hypothesized that the older adult veterans group would show more evidence of psychological and physical dysfunction, poor adjustment, and more life dissatisfaction than nonveterans because of high rates of posttraumatic stress disorder and depression among this subgroup. Our second hypothesis was that both the veteran and nonveteran older adult prisoner groups would report that they benefited from the True Grit treatment program. Finally, because substantial components of True Grit program were designed to treat combat-related issues, we hypothesized that the older adult veteran group would be more satisfied with the True Grit program than the nonveteran group. Evaluation results from 111 inmates indicated high life satisfaction and daily physical functioning, low psychological distress (depression, anxiety, and somatization), moderate prison context stress, and extremely high satisfaction with this program. The True Grit program provides a supportive environment fostering more adaptive coping, thereby ameliorating a certain amount of prison stress, while promoting a healthier aging in place experience for the elder inmates.

Although the literature concerning community-oriented policing and problem solving (COPPS) is rapidly growing, very little has been written concerning its relationship with ethics—a relationship that is critical to the success of COPPS. Many academics and practitioners are concerned that the potential for ethical dilemmas is increased with the shift to COPPS, given the nature of ethics training, decentralization, expanded discretionary authority and officers' greater proximity to citizens. This article discusses ethics in general as well as police ethics and ethical considerations under COPPS. In addition to academics and police practitioners, this information should also be useful to citizens, who demand and expect ethical behavior from their police. Included are four case studies of situations that are likely to occur within a COPPS framework; each scenano is accompanied by an ethical analysis of the situation.Community-oriented policing and problem solving (COPPS) is a rapidly spreading concept that offers the police new tools for addressing the recurrent problems that plague our communities. According to the California Department of Justice (1993:3), COPPS is & d q u o ; a philosophy, management style, and organizational strategy that promotes proactive problem solving and police community partnerships to address the causes of crime and fear as well as other community issues.&dquo; Under this strategy, police examine the underlying causes of crime and disorder with a view toward developing long-

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