Punishment and Democracy - Three Strikes and You're Out in California (Paperback, New ed)

This book is the definitive analysis of the politics and impact of "get tough" criminal sentencing legislation. Zimring, Hawkins, and Kamin examine the origins of the law in California, compare it to other crackdown laws, and analyse large samples of offenders arrested in Los Angeles, San Diego, and San Francisco in the year before and the two years after the law went into effect. The study presents compelling evidence that the new regime has been enormously over-rated as a crime prevention measure.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Studies in Crime and Public Policy
Release date:	December 2003
First published:	November 2003
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:	230 x 145 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	256
Edition:	New ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-517117-4
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Crime & criminology > Penology & punishment > General
LSN:	0-19-517117-9
Barcode:	9780195171174

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