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Direct linkKelly, John; Datta, Anusua – College Teaching Methods & Styles Journal, 2009
This study uses California crime statistics for the years 1984-2004, to determine what effect, if any, the increased sentencing standards under the three-strikes legislation in California have had in deterring crime. This study follows a new approach in differentiating between the incapacitation effect and the deterrent effect of the law.…
Descriptors: Crime, Correctional Institutions, Statistical Analysis, Violence
