ISBN 9780195341942 | 0195341945 Textbooks - "Locked Out Felon Disenfranchisement and American Democracy Studies in Crime and Public Policy" by Christopher Jeff Manza Christopher Uggen Manza Jeff Christopher Uggen Jeff and Uggen

Authors: Christopher - Jeff Manza - Christopher Uggen - Manza - Jeff & Christopher Uggen - Jeff and…
ISBN 10: 0195341945
ISBN 13: 9780195341942
Edition: First Hardcover Edit
Release: April 11, 2008
Format: Paperback (384 pages)
List Price: $18.95
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Tags: Nonfiction, Government, Public Policy,

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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--for election outcomes, for the reintegration of former offenders back into their communities, and for public policy more generally? Locked Out exposes one of the most important, yet little known, threats to the health of American democracy. It reveals the centrality of racial factors in the origins of these laws, and their impact on today's political landscape. Marshalling the first real empirical evidence on the issue to make a case for reform, the authors' groundbreaking analysis will inform all future policy and political debates on the laws governing the political rights of criminals.

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Locked Out: Felon Disenfranchisement and American Democracy (Studies in Crime and Public Policy)