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