African American felon disenfranchisement : case studies in modern racism and political exclusion / John E. Pinkard, Sr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pinkard, John E., 1943-

Series:

Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)

Criminal justice : recent scholarship

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ex-convicts--Suffrage--United States.

Ex-convicts.

African American criminals.

Political rights, Loss of--United States.

Political rights, Loss of.

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

Racism--United States.

Racism.

Election law--United States--States.

Election law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (249 p.)

Place of Publication:

El Paso : LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Utilizing a field study on felons that were within one year of completing incarceration, Pinkard analyzes the legal history, constitutionality, conflicting laws, political, and life chance consequences of felon disenfranchisement laws on African American felons and the African American community. Research and data presented in this book indicate that: felon disenfranchisement is based on moralistic beliefs, modern racism, and stereotypes about human differences and that permanent political marginalization of a particular segment of American society not only negates democracy in principle by di

Contents:

CONTENTS; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Introduction and Hypothesis; Background to the Problem; Theoretical Premise; Methodology; Summary; Chapter 2: Statement of the Problem; The US Constitutional Anomaly of African AmericanFelon Disenfranchisement; Social Policy and a Theory of Race Formation; Thematic Literature Review of Pertinent CriminalJustice Research; Chapter 3: The Right to Participate: A Matter of Law andMoral Certitude; A Matter of U.S. Constitutional Law; A Matter of State Law; Civil Rights Act 1964 and 1965 and the Courts; A Matter of Judicial Review

Chapter 4: New Jersey: A Case Study in AutomaticFelon Voter RestorationIntroduction; New Jersey: Voter Rights and Profiles; New Jersey Felon Voter Attitude Survey: A Matter ofChoice?; Do Ex-felon Voter Rights Matter in Essex County?; Chapter 5: Maryland: A Case Study of a State Mandating'Some' Permanent Disenfranchisement; Introduction; Maryland: Voter Rights and Profiles; Maryland Felon Voter Attitude Survey: A Matter ofChoice?; Do Ex-felon Voter Rights Matter in Baltimore City?; Chapter 6: Virginia: A Case Study of a State MandatingPermanent Felon Disenfranchisement; Introduction

Virginia: Voter Rights and ProfilesVirginia Felon Voter Attitude Survey:A Matter of Choice; Do Ex-felon Voter Rights Matter in Virginiaand Hampton County?; Chapter 7: Conclusion:; Examining the Felon Disenfranchisement Paradigm; A Felon Disenfranchisement Paradigm; Felon Enfranchisement: A Legal Argument; Judicial Review or Judicial Activism; Background to the Study; Comparative Case Studies of Felon Disenfranchisement; The Impact of Felon Disenfranchisementon the African American Community; Summary; Chapter 8: Epilogue; The Lessons of African American FelonDisenfranchisement; Postscript

AppendixEndnotes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781593327163

1593327161

OCLC:

843639793