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Locked out : felon disenfranchisement and American democracy / Jeff Manza and Christopher Uggen.

By: Contributor(s): Series: Studies in crime and public policyPublisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006Description: xiv, 359 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0195149327 (cloth)
  • 9780195149326
Subject(s): Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction -- Foundations -- The racial origins of felon disenfranchisement -- The disenfranchised population -- The contemporary disenfranchisement regime -- Political attitudes, voting, and criminal behavior -- Disenfranchisement and civic reintegration -- The impact of disenfranchisement on political participation -- A threat to democracy? -- Public opinion and felon disenfranchisement -- Unlocking the vote.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-351) and index.

Introduction -- Foundations -- The racial origins of felon disenfranchisement -- The disenfranchised population -- The contemporary disenfranchisement regime -- Political attitudes, voting, and criminal behavior -- Disenfranchisement and civic reintegration -- The impact of disenfranchisement on political participation -- A threat to democracy? -- Public opinion and felon disenfranchisement -- Unlocking the vote.