The impact of 'three strikes and you're out'

Punishment and Society

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 131-162

  Austin, James ^a   Clark, John ^b   Hardyman, Patricia ^a   Henry, D Alan ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Pretrial Services Resource Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Deterrence; Habitual Offender; Incapacitation; Prosecutorial Discretion; Symbolic Reforms

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040562876     PISSN: 14624745     EISSN: 17413095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/14624749922227757     Document Type: Review

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