CJ 3450 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Three-Strikes Law, Vocational Education

• School: App State
• Department: Criminal Justice
• Course: CJ 3450
• Professor: matthew Robinson

Document Summary

Three strikes laws upheld by the us supreme court. Ewing vs. california: upheld sentence of 25 years to life for theft of golf clubs from golf course. Lockyer vs. andrade: upheld sentence of 50 years to life for theft of vhs tapes from k mart. Logic: it"s okay with citizens of california so not constitutional. Average sentences have increased over the years at federal level (getting longer) Percentage of time served at state and federal level has increased over the years. About 6. 9 million people are under some form of correctional supervision (2014) 2. 8% of adults under some form of correctional supervision almost 1% are incarcerated. From bureau of justice statistics: in 2014, 6. 9 million people were on probation in jail or prison, or on parole , 4. 7 million under community supervision (probation or parole) 857,000 on parole: 2. 2 million under institutional supervision (jail, state, or prison) 1. 6 million prison (only 212,000 in federal prison)