The disenfranchisement of ex-felons
by
Hull, Elizabeth.
Title
:
The disenfranchisement of ex-felons
Author
:
Hull, Elizabeth.
ISBN
:
9781592131853
9781592131846
Personal Author
:
Hull, Elizabeth.
Publication Information
:
Philadelphia, PA : Temple University Press, 2006.
Physical Description
:
xiv, 217 p. ; 21 cm.
General Note
:
Formerly CIP.
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 civil 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.
Subject Term
:
Political rights, Loss of -- United States -- States.
Ex-convicts -- Suffrage -- United States.
| Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | Copy |
|---|
| IIEMSA | General Books | 33168025435526 | 324.62 H913D 2006 | 1 |