The effect of three-strikes legislation on serious crime in California |
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Authors: | John L. Worrall |
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Affiliation: | Department of Criminal Justice, California State University, San Bernardino, 5500 University Parkway, San Bernardino, CA 92407-2397, USA |
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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. |
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