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Author Walsh, Jennifer Edwards.

Title Three strikes laws / Jennifer E. Walsh
Published Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2007

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Description xvii, 185 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Series Historical guides to controversial issues in America
Historical guides to controversial issues in America.
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [169]-179) and index
Subject Mandatory sentences -- United States -- History.
Life imprisonment -- United States.
Recidivists -- United States.
Mandatory sentences -- California.
Life imprisonment -- California.
LC no. 2006035283
ISBN 031333708X
9780313337086