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Criminology: Three-Strikes Law Sociology of Criminology Soc047 11/08/05 Abstract Unfortunately, over the last decade, holding a statewide office in California required a pledge of allegiance to the state's Three-Strikes law. With a population afraid to walk outside their gated communities, "tough on crime" politicians flourished, taking victim's rights to extremes. Other states have Three-Strikes laws, but California's is the just plain ugly. It is the only one in the nation that considers non-violent felonies as second and third strikes. All that could possibly, very soon change. Discussion "In California, under the three strikes law a judge may impose a sentence of 25 years to life for any felony conviction if a criminal was previously convicted of too serious or violent felonies." (Siegel 2006) The Three-Strikes law was born of fear. In 1994, the California legislature approved the current 3-Strikes law in response to the murder of 9-year-old Polly Klaas. The intent was to make sure that...

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