Locked out : felon disenfranchisement and American democracy / Jeff Manza and Christopher Uggen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Manza, Jeff.

Contributor:

Uggen, Christopher.

Series:

Studies in crime and public policy.

Studies in crime and public policy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ex-convicts--Suffrage--United States.

Ex-convicts.

Political rights, Loss of--United States.

Political rights, Loss of.

Punishment--United States.

Punishment.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (376 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

5.4 million Americans-1 in every 40 voting age adults--are denied the right to participate in democratic elections because of a past or current felony conviction. In several American states, 1 in 4 black men cannot vote due to a felony conviction. In a country that prides itself on universal suffrage, how did the United States come to deny a voice to such a large percentage of its citizenry? What are the consequences of large-scale disenfranchisement--both for election outcomes, and for public policy more generally? ""Locked Out"" exposes one of the most important, yet little known, threats to

Contents:

Introduction

Foundations

The racial origins of felon disenfranchisement

The disenfranchised population

The contemporary disenfranchisement regime

Political attitudes, voting, and criminal behavior

Disenfranchisement and civic reintegration

The impact of disenfranchisement on political participation

A threat to democracy?

Public opinion and felon disenfranchisement

Unlocking the vote.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-351) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-020752-3

0-19-534194-5

1-4294-3859-2

0-19-534885-0

1-280-83349-1

OCLC:

191924369