TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2004//
TI  - The effect of three-strikes legislation on serious crime in California
JO  - Journal of criminal justice
A1  - Worrall, John L.
SP  - 283
EP  - 296
VL  - 32
IS  - 4
N2  - 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 /> 
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SN  - 0047-2352
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2004.04.001
ID  - ref1
ER  -