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The Impact of "Strikes" in Sentencing Decisions: Punishment for Only Some Habitual Offenders

Arizona State University West

Sentencing research has continued to address how legal and extralegal variables influence sentencing decisions. However, little attention has been given to how the implementation of habitual offender laws has influenced the sentencing of repeat, violent offenders. In this study, criminal history record and prior strike offenses are used to measure sentence length of convicted felony offenders in Washington State. By using both additive and interactive models, findings show that the influence of criminal history record and prior strikes on sentencing decisions is indirectly related to offense type (i.e., person, property, sex, and drug cases). Findings shed light on the various measures of prior record and their role in sentencing research.

Key Words: three-strikes • sentencing • incarceration • offense seriousness

Criminal Justice Policy Review, Vol. 14, No. 1, 106-127 (2003)
DOI: 10.1177/0887403402250918


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