Parker, Robert Nash - In: California Journal of Politics and Policy 5 (2012) 2, pp. 206-231
Abstract Although political leaders and the public believe that California’s “tough on crime” policies, most notably … its “Three Strikes” sentencing framework, put into effect in 1994, are responsible for a 100% crime drop in California … since 1992, the evidence from research and a logical examination of data on violent crime state by state over the past 50 …