Punishment and Democracy: Three Strikes and You're Out in California
Zimring, Franklin EAuthor
Hawkins, GordonContributor
Kamin, SamContributor
New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press,
2001.
The authors provide a comprehensive treatment of the politics and impact of 'get tough' criminal sentencing legislation in the United States. The book includes a study of the celebrated California 'three strikes' law.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
The authors provide a comprehensive treatment of the politics and impact of 'get tough' criminal sentencing legislation in the United States. The book includes a study of the celebrated California 'three strikes' law.
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Prison sentences
Mandatory sentences
Punishment in crime deterrence
Recidivism
Crime prevention