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Unjust sentencing and the California Three Strikes law [electronic resource] / Douglas W. Kieso.

By: Kieso, Douglas W.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Series: Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC): Publisher: New York : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2005Description: viii, 286 p. ; 23 cm.Subject(s): Mandatory sentences -- California | Sentences (Criminal procedure) -- CaliforniaGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 345.794/0772 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
The passage of AB971 -- The social construction of common criminals in the U.S. -- U.S. crime in the 1980s and 1990s -- California voters -- California initiatives and the three strikes law -- The three strikers and the counties that created them -- Discretion and the three strikes law -- Los Angeles County -- San Francisco and Alameda Counties -- Kern, Kings, and Del Norte Counties -- Orange County -- Policy research and constitutional analysis -- The element of randomness and lack of democracy -- The politics of three strikes after 1994 -- Justice and democracy -- Recommendations.
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345.794/0772 (Browse shelf) Available

Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-284) and index.

The passage of AB971 -- The social construction of common criminals in the U.S. -- U.S. crime in the 1980s and 1990s -- California voters -- California initiatives and the three strikes law -- The three strikers and the counties that created them -- Discretion and the three strikes law -- Los Angeles County -- San Francisco and Alameda Counties -- Kern, Kings, and Del Norte Counties -- Orange County -- Policy research and constitutional analysis -- The element of randomness and lack of democracy -- The politics of three strikes after 1994 -- Justice and democracy -- Recommendations.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2007. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.