Kieso, Douglas W. <br/><br/>
Unjust sentencing and the California Three Strikes law  [electronic resource] / 
Douglas W. Kieso. 
 - New York :  LFB Scholarly Pub.,  2005. 
 - viii, 286 p. ;  23 cm. 
 - Criminal justice : recent scholarship .
 - Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC) .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-284) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. <br/>Palo Alto, Calif. : <br/>ebrary, <br/>2007. <br/>Available via World Wide Web. <br/>Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Mandatory sentences--California.<br/>Sentences (Criminal procedure)--California.
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<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>KFC1172  / .K54 2005eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>345.794/0772