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Three strikes laws / Jennifer E. Walsh.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Walsh, Jennifer Edwards.
- Series:
- Historical guides to controversial issues in America
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mandatory sentences--United States--History.
- Mandatory sentences.
- Life imprisonment--United States.
- Life imprisonment.
- Recidivists--United States.
- Recidivists.
- History.
- United States.
- Mandatory sentences--California.
- Life imprisonment--California.
- California.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 185 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2007.
- Contents:
- Rising crime rates and the get-tough movement
- The three strikes solution
- The California controversy
- Constitutional challenges to three strikes and you're out
- Implementation and impact of three strikes laws
- Effectiveness of three strikes laws
- Attempts to reform three strikes laws.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [169]-179) and index.
- ISBN:
- 031333708X
- OCLC:
- 74353848
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