Rapid diffusion and policy reform: The adoption and modification of three strikes laws

State Politics and Policy Quarterly

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 461-491

  Karch, Andrew ^a   Cravens, Matthew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Crime policy; Policy implementation; Policy innovation diffusion; Policy process; Privatization; Public policy; Racial policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84927724284     PISSN: 15324400     EISSN: 19461607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1532440014561867     Document Type: Article

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