Punishment and Democracy Three Strikes and You're Out in California

Name: Punishment and Democracy Three Strikes and You're Out in California
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ISBN: 9780195171174

ISBN-10: 0195171179

ISBN-13: 9780195171174

Edition: 2003

Authors: Franklin E. Zimring, Gordon Hawkins, Sam Kamin

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"Getting tough on crime" has been one of the favorite rallying cries of American politicians in the last two decades, and "getting tough" on repeat offenders has been particularly popular. "Three strikes and you're out" laws, which effectively impose a 25-years-to-life sentence at the moment of a third felony conviction, have been passed in 26 states. California's version of the "three strikes" law, enacted in 1994, was broader and more severe than measures considered or passed in any other state. Punishment and Democracy is the first examination of the actual impact this law has had. Franklin Zimring, Sam Kamin, and Gordon Hawkins look at the origins of the law in California, compare it to…

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List price: $51.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/13/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 8.82" wide x 5.59" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



Introduction



Origins and Structure



Three Strikes Comes to California



The Largest Penal Experiment in American History



The Study



Building a Research Design



The Role of Recidivists in Urban California Crime



The Impact of Three Strikes on Criminal Punishment



Three Strikes as Crime Control



Impacts



The Jurisprudence of Imprisonment in California



Living with Three Strikes: Courts, Corrections, and the Political Process



Implications



The Changing Politics of Criminal Punishment



Democracy and the Governance of Criminal Punishment



Legacies and Lessons


References


Index