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truth-in-sentencing laws: a standalone construct

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truth-in-sentencinglaws1 CONSTRUCTTruth-in-sentencing lawsSHEPHERD · COURTS

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Courts and sentencing

laws requiring offenders to serve a large fixed share, often 85 percent, of their imposed sentence before release.

In courts and sentencing, truth-in-sentencing laws refers to laws requiring offenders to serve a large fixed share, often 85 percent, of their imposed sentence before release. This meaning comes from Shepherd (2002) in The Journal of Law and Economics.[1]

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  1. Shepherd, J. M. (2002). Police, Prosecutors, Criminals, and Determinate Sentencing: The Truth about Truth‐in‐Sentencing Laws. The Journal of Law and Economics, 45(2), 509-533. https://doi.org/10.1086/340644

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