How Large Should the Strike Zone Be in "Three Strikes and You're Out" Sentencing Laws?

Journal of Quantitative Criminology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 227-246

  Caulkins, Jonathan P ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Incapacitation; Sentencing; Three strikes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035594649     PISSN: 07484518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011098100458     Document Type: Article

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