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Author Walsh, Jennifer Edwards.

Title Three strikes laws / Jennifer E. Walsh.

Publication Info. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2007.

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Location Call No. Status
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  345.7307 W225T    Check Shelf
Description xvii, 185 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Series Historical guides to controversial issues in America
Historical guides to controversial issues in America.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [169]-179) and index.
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.
Subject Mandatory sentences -- United States -- History.
Life imprisonment -- United States.
Recidivists -- United States.
Mandatory sentences -- California.
Life imprisonment -- California.
ISBN 031333708X
9780313337086
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