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`Three strikes and you're out': The impact of California's...
- Source :
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Crime & Delinquency . Oct97, Vol. 43 Issue 4, p457. 13p. 1 Chart, 2 Graphs. - Publication Year :
- 1997
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Abstract
- Assesses the impact of the mandatory sentencing law `three strikes and you're out' on the serious crime rate and on petty theft rate in California. Chronic or habitual offenders as targets of mandatory sentencing laws; Data and analytic strategy used in the study; Reasons why the three strikes law had little effect on serious crime.
- Subjects :
- *MANDATORY sentences
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00111287
- Volume :
- 43
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Crime & Delinquency
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 9710210169
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0011128797043004004