Punishment and Democracy - Three Strikes and You're Out in California (Hardcover)

This book is the most comprehensive treatment of the politics and the impact of the 'get tough' criminal sentencing legislation in the US. It includes a major empirical study of the celebrated California 'three strikes' law, the law that imposed a 25-years to life imprisonment the moment of a third felony conviction. 'Three Strikes' is the single most important assault on criminal recidivists in the twentieth century. This book tells the story of how such a revolutionary shift in punishment policy became law, the impact of that legislation on criminal punishments and crime rates in California, and the broad implications of Three Strikes for the ways in which punishment policy is made in democratic governments.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Studies in Crime and Public Policy
Release date:	March 2001
First published:	February 2001
Authors:	Franklin E Zimring (William G. Simon Professor of Law and Director of the Earl Warren Legal Institute) • Gordon Hawkins (Former Director of the Institute of Criminology at University of Sydney; and Senior Fellow) • Sam Kamin (Assistant Professor of Law)
Dimensions:	241 x 165 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	256
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-513686-9
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Crime & criminology > Penology & punishment > General
LSN:	0-19-513686-1
Barcode:	9780195136869

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