- "striking out" as crime reduction policy: The impact of "three strikes" laws on crime rates in US cities
- Author:
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Kovandzic TV / Sloan JJ / Vieraitis LM
- Date:
- 2004
- Publication:
- Justice Quarterly
- Topics:
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Crime, Legislation and Policy, U.S./National
- Keywords:
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CRIME, three strikes
The authors examined the effect of “three strikes” laws, whereby severe sentence enhancements are mandated for criminals with prior convictions, using information from FBI reports on crimes in cities...
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