The disenfranchisement of ex-felons /
A thought-provoking look at one population's loss of voting rights in the United States.
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Philadelphia, PA :
Temple University Press,
2006.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The history of disenfranchisement laws
- 3. The toll on minority communities
- 4. Collateral damages and clemency
- 5. Justifications for disenfranchisement : pragmatic, principled, and philosophical
- 6. Reform : interest groups and strategies
- 7. State reforms
- 8. Voting : constitutional and civic concerns
- 9. Constitutional challenges and the Voting Rights Act
- 10. Cruel and unusual punishment and international law
- 11. The political consequences of disenfranchisement
- 12. Thinking the unthinkable.
