Vujic, Suncica; Commandeur, Jacques; Koopman, Siem Jan - 2012
Virginia on reported crime rates. The Commonwealth of Virginia abolished parole and reformed sentencing for all felony offences … committed on or after January 1, 1995. To examine the impact of Virginia's change in legislation on reported crime rates from … Virginia. For other violent crimes such as rape and aggravated assault the evidence of a significant reduction in crime rates …