@article{ref1,
title="The effect of three-strikes legislation on serious crime in California",
journal="Journal of criminal justice",
year="2004",
author="Worrall, John L.",
volume="32",
number="4",
pages="283-296",
abstract="Using county-level data from California for the years 1989-2000, this study explored the effect of three-strikes legislation on serious crime. It improved on most previous research in this area by controlling for how often prosecutors charged offenders under the three-strikes statute. Preliminary findings suggested that larceny was reduced by way of deterrence resulting from three-strikes and that all index crimes were reduced by way of incapacitation. Once county-specific trends were controlled for, however, the deterrent and incapacitative effects of three-strikes legislation disappeared altogether.<p />",
language="",
issn="0047-2352",
doi="10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2004.04.001",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2004.04.001"
}