Living in infamy : felon disfranchisement and the history of American citizenship /

This title uncovers the origins of felon disfranchisement and traces the expansion of the practice to felons regardless of race and its spread beyond the South, establishing a system that affects the American electoral process today.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Holloway, Pippa
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Colección:Studies in crime and public policy.
Temas:
Political rights, Loss of > United States > States.
Ex-convicts > Suffrage > United States.
Election law > United States > States.
African American criminals.
Citizenship > United States.
Race discrimination > Law and legislation > United States.
Droits politiques > Perte > États-Unis > États.
Criminels noirs américains.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > Elections.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > General.
African American criminals
Citizenship
Election law > U.S. states
Ex-convicts > Suffrage
Political rights, Loss of > U.S. states
Race discrimination > Law and legislation
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • "Not infamous, nor subject to another man's will"
  • "Disqualified in Advance"
  • "A Chicken-Stealer Shall Lose His Vote"
  • Furtive Offenses and Robust Crimes
  • Making New Men: Pardons and Restorations of Citizenship Rights
  • Courts, Voting Rights, and Black Protest in the Early 20th Century.

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