Three Strikes and You're Out Estimated Benefits and Costs of California's New Mandatory-Sentencing Law
by Greenwood, P. W.; Rydell, C. P.; Abrahamse, A. F.; Caulkins, J. P.; Chiesa, J. R.Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1995-05-17
Publisher(s): RAND Corporation
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Summary
The authors report on the benefits and costs of California's new mandatory-sentencing law, which provides for progressively longer sentences with an increasing number of prior convictions for serious felonies.
Table of Contents
| Preface | p. iii |
| Summary | p. xi |
| Acknowledgments | p. xvii |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Sentencing Alternatives for Repeat Offenders | p. 4 |
| How the Analysis Was D1 | p. 10 |
| Benefits and Costs of the Sentencing Alternatives | p. 17 |
| Footing the Bill | p. 31 |
| the Jones Three-Strikes Law | p. 37 |
| Classification of Crimes as Serious or Violent | p. 44 |
| Tabular Specification of Alternatives | p. 48 |
| Parameter Estimates | p. 53 |
| Model Implementation | p. 65 |
| References | p. 69 |
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