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The effect of three-strikes legislation on serious crime in California
- Source :
- Journal of Criminal Justice. 32:283-296
- Publication Year :
- 2004
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2004.
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Abstract
- Using county-level data from California for the years 1989–2000, this study explored the effect of three-strikes legislation on serious crime. It improved on most previous research in this area by controlling for how often prosecutors charged offenders under the three-strikes statute. Preliminary findings suggested that larceny was reduced by way of deterrence resulting from three-strikes and that all index crimes were reduced by way of incapacitation. Once county-specific trends were controlled for, however, the deterrent and incapacitative effects of three-strikes legislation disappeared altogether.
Details
- ISSN :
- 00472352
- Volume :
- 32
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Criminal Justice
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........3cf5ed3915db62f6197370b897b2434a