Just Cause or Just Because?
Subtitle: Prosecution And Plea-bargaining Resulting In Prison Sentences On Low-level Drug Charges In California And Arizona
Publisher: RAND Corporation; Rand
Published: July 30, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 90
ISBN-13: 9780833037787
Subjects: Drugs of abuse; Penology; Criminal provisions; Arizona; Social Science; Legal Reference / Law Profession; Sociology; Law and legislation; Criminology; Criminal Law - General; Sentences (Criminal procedure); California
First sentence: In 2000 and 1996, respectively, California and Arizona voters approved ballot initiatives with the potential to have far-reaching effects on how the criminal justice system handles drug offenders.