Locked Out

Felon Disenfranchisement and American Democracy
Erscheinungsjahr 2006
ISBN: 978-0-19-514932-6
Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc

Buch, Englisch, 384 Seiten, Format (B × H): 242 mm x 166 mm, Gewicht: 714 g

Reihe: Studies in Crime and Public Policy

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 the health of American democracy today. It reveals the centrality of racial factors in the origins of these laws, and their impact on politics today. Marshalling the first real empirical evidence on the issue to make a case for reform, the authors' path-breaking analysis will inform all future policy and political debates on the laws governing the political rights of criminals.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Manza, Jeff

Uggen, Christopher

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Wahlen und Volksabstimmungen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Demokratie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziale Ungleichheit, Armut, Rassismus
• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Kriminologie, Strafverfolgung
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Über Autor(innen)

Jeff Manza is Professor of Sociology and Associate Director of the Institute for Policy Research at Northwestern University.
Christopher Uggen is Professor of Sociology and McKnight Presidential Fellow at the University of Minnesota.