David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants

felony and been released at the age of
forty-eight. With Three Strikes, he
would serve, at minimum, twenty-five
years—and get out at sixty-eight.
Logically, the question to ask is: How
many crimes do criminals commit
between the ages of forty-eight and
sixty-eight? Not that many. Take a look
at the following graphs, which show the
relationship between age and crime both
for aggravated assault and murder and
for robbery and burglary.