Cruel justice: three strikes and the politics of crime in America's Golden State

Kimber Reynolds : outside the daily planet -- The natural -- Justice seldom seen in America -- Mike Reynolds's world -- Mike Reynolds's law -- A menace to society -- Child of the '50s -- Roots of the backlash -- The new yellow press -- Tough love : Sue Reams and her boy -- "Weird...

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Main Author: Domanick, Joe (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: Berkeley, Cal. [u.a.] University of California Press 2004
In:Year: 2004
Online Access: Autorenbiografie (Verlag)
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Availability in Tübingen:Present in Tübingen.
UB: KB 20 A 2303
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Imprisonment > Government policy > California
Kalifornien > Freiheitsstrafe
Kalifornien > Strafverfahrensrecht > Reform > Geschichte 1994
Kalifornien > Strafzumessung > Geschichte 1994-2003
Klaas, Polly Hannah
Klaas, Polly Hannah > 1981-1993
Mandatory sentences > California
Murder > California > Case studies
Prison sentences > California
Punishment in crime deterrence > California
Reynolds, Kimber
Reynolds, Kimber > 1973-1992
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Summary:Kimber Reynolds : outside the daily planet -- The natural -- Justice seldom seen in America -- Mike Reynolds's world -- Mike Reynolds's law -- A menace to society -- Child of the '50s -- Roots of the backlash -- The new yellow press -- Tough love : Sue Reams and her boy -- "Weird ducks and blind fools" -- Right out of her own bedroom -- Another piercing scream -- "Guns don't kill people" -- The prince of "J" Street : Don Novey comes on board -- Polly Klaas : America's child -- Happily shaking fate's sorry hand -- Checking the weather vane -- Looking East, looking West -- Say hello to Hitler, Dahmer, and Bundy -- Pizza face -- Another Reynolds bill : "ten-twenty-life" -- Jean Valjean redux -- The more committed executioner -- Lenny, drug court, and three strikes -- The modification -- Shane and A.J. -- A "Taliban-type" law
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:XIII, 320 S.
ISBN:0520205944