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

By: Kieso, Douglas WContributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextSeries: Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)Publication details: New York : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2005Description: viii, 286 pSubject(s): Mandatory sentences -- California | Sentences (Criminal procedure) -- CaliforniaGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 345.794/0772 LOC classification: KFC1172 | .K54 2005Online resources: 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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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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