9780195149326-0195149327-Locked Out: Felon Disenfranchisement and American Democracy (Studies in Crime and Public Policy)

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

ISBN-13: 9780195149326
ISBN-10: 0195149327
Author: Jeff Manza, Christopher Uggen
Publication date: 2006
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Hardcover 384 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780195149326
ISBN-10: 0195149327
Author: Jeff Manza, Christopher Uggen
Publication date: 2006
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Hardcover 384 pages

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Locked Out: Felon Disenfranchisement and American Democracy (Studies in Crime and Public Policy) (ISBN-13: 9780195149326 and ISBN-10: 0195149327), written by authors Jeff Manza, Christopher Uggen, was published by Oxford University Press in 2006. With an overall rating of 3.5 stars, it's a notable title among other Criminal Law (Criminology, Social Sciences, Political Science, Politics & Government, Public Affairs & Policy) books. You can easily purchase or rent Locked Out: Felon Disenfranchisement and American Democracy (Studies in Crime and Public Policy) (Hardcover) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Criminal Law books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.58.

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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--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.

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