Cruel Justice: Three Strikes and the Politics of Crime in America S Golden State
- ISBN-10
- 0520246683
- ISBN-13
- 9780520246683
- Series
- Cruel Justice
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 320
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005-08-15
- Publisher
- Univ of California Press
- Author
- Joe Domanick
Description
From an award-winning journalist comes an investigative look, through the stories of people on both sides of the law, at the development and impact of the three strikes legislation in California.
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