Twenty Million Angry Men

The Case for Including Convicted Felons in Our Jury System
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-0-520-37917-6
Verlag: University of California Press

Buch, Englisch, 288 Seiten, Trade Paperback, Format (B × H): 230 mm x 153 mm, Gewicht: 440 g

Today, all but one U.S. jurisdiction restricts a convicted felon’s eligibility for jury service. Are there valid, legal reasons for banishing millions of Americans from the jury process? How do felon-juror exclusion statutes impact convicted felons, jury systems, and jurisdictions that impose them? Twenty Million Angry Men provides the first full account of this pervasive yet invisible form of civic marginalization. Drawing on extensive research, James M. Binnall challenges the professed rationales for felon-juror exclusion and highlights the benefits of inclusion as they relate to criminal desistance at the individual and community levels. Ultimately, this forward-looking book argues that when it comes to serving as a juror, a history of involvement in the criminal justice system is an asset, not a liability.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Binnall, James M.

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Kriminologie, Strafverfolgung
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kriminalsoziologie
• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Common Law (UK, USA, Australien u.a.)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1 • Framing the Issue
2 • Rotten to the Core?
3 • Honor Among Thieves
4 • Sequestering the Convicted: Part I
5 • Sequestering the Convicted: Part II
6 • Criminal-Desistance Summoned
7 • A Community Change Agent
8 • A Healthy Ambivalence
Conclusion

Epilogue
Appendix A

Appendix B
Appendix C
Notes

References
Index

Über Autor(innen)

James M. Binnall is an attorney and Associate Professor of Law, Criminology, and Criminal Justice at California State University, Long Beach.