01165nam a2200157   450000100060000010000410000610100080004720000800005533007190013546100700085460600180092470000200094270100170096270100180097985200100099721940  a20090218c2006       y0pory50      ba  aeng  aOregon's get tough sentencing reformea lesson in justice system adaptation  aOregon's Measure 11, a mandatory minimum sentencing policy passed in 1994, had fewer negative system impacts than had been anticipated by many state and local criminal justice administrators, due largely to the fact that prosecutors exercised the discretion provided them under the law to selectively prosecute cases. Consequently, fewer Measure 11- eligible cases were sentenced under the relevant statues than before passage of the measure, and more were sentenced to lesser related offenses. At the same time, incarceration rates and sentence lengths increased for both Measure 11 and lesser related offenses. Trial rates increased for two years after Measure 11 took effect before reverting to previous levels.  vV.5,n.1dFeb. 2006pp.5-36tCriminology & Public PolicycNew York  aREFORMA PENAL  aMERRITTbNancy   aFAINbTerry   aTURNERbSusan  jP.323