학술논문
Three Strikes and You're Out: demographic analysis of mandatory prison sentencing
Document Type
Academic Journal
Source
Demography. Nov 1998, Vol. 35 Issue 4, p445, 9 p. Table
Subject
Language
ISSN
0070-3370
Abstract
A demographic analysis of mandatory prison sentencing was conducted. A multistate life-table model of population flows to and from prisons that incorporated age-specific transition rates estimated from administrative data from Florida was developed. The model was used to examine patterns of prison population growth and aging under many variants of three-strikes (3X) laws. Results indicate that 3X policies are poorly designed from a demographic point of view and are likely to cause large increases in prison populations.