Using simulation modeling to evaluate sentencing reform in California: Choosing the future

Journal of Experimental Criminology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 241-266

  Auerhahn, Kathleen ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Prison populations; Selective incapacitations; Sentencing reform; Three strikes

Indexed keywords

EID: 51749107732     PISSN: 15733750     EISSN: 15728315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11292-008-9056-2     Document Type: Article

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