The disenfranchisement of ex-felons /

The disenfranchisement of ex-felons /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hull, Elizabeth
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2006.
Subjects:
Political rights, Loss of > United States > States.
Ex-convicts > Suffrage > United States.
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.