The disenfranchisement of ex-felons / Elizabeth A. Hull ; foreword by John Conyers, Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hull, Elizabeth.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political rights, Loss of--United States--States.

Political rights, Loss of.

Ex-convicts--Suffrage--United States.

Ex-convicts.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (232 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, PA : Temple University Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the 2004 presidential election, 4,686,539 Americans-a population greater than the city of Los Angeles-were barred from the polls. In a country that has extended suffrage to virtually every other class of citizen, ex-felons are the sole segment of our population deemed unworthy to exercise what the Supreme Court has called ""the right preservative of all other rights,"" the right to vote. The Disenfranchisement of Ex-Felons provides a comprehensive overview of the history, nature, and far-reaching sociological and political consequences of denying ex-felons the right to v

Contents:

Contents; Foreword by Representative John Conyers, Jr.; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. The History of Disenfranchisement Laws; 3. The Toll on Minority Communities; 4. Collateral Damages and Clemency; 5. Justifications for Disenfranchisement: Pragmatic, Principled, and Philosophical; 6. Reform: Interest Groups and Strategies; 7. State Reforms; 8. Voting: Constitutional and Civic Concerns; 9. Constitutional Challenges and the Voting Rights Act; 10. Cruel and Unusual Punishment and International Law; 11. The Political Consequences of Disenfranchisement; 12. Thinking the Unthinkable

AfterwordNotes; Selected Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-210) and index.

ISBN:

9786612567988

9781282567986

1282567985

9781439904411

1439904413

OCLC:

609859184