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101			_aeng
200			_aOregon's get tough sentencing reform _ea lesson in justice system adaptation
330			_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.
461			_vV.5,n.1 _dFeb. 2006 _pp.5-36 _tCriminology & Public Policy _cNew York
606			_aREFORMA PENAL _91052
700			_aMERRITT _bNancy _918948
701			_aFAIN _bTerry _9115295
701			_aTURNER _bSusan _918949
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