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African American felon disenfranchisement : case studies in modern racism and political exclusion /
Utilizing a field study on felons that were within one year of completing incarceration, Pinkard analyzes the legal history, constitutionality, conflicting laws, political, and life chance consequences of felon disenfranchisement laws on African American felons and the African American community. Re...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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El Paso [TX] :
LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC,
[2013]
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| Series: | Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | Utilizing a field study on felons that were within one year of completing incarceration, Pinkard analyzes the legal history, constitutionality, conflicting laws, political, and life chance consequences of felon disenfranchisement laws on African American felons and the African American community. Research and data presented in this book indicate that: felon disenfranchisement is based on moralistic beliefs, modern racism, and stereotypes about human differences and that permanent political marginalization of a particular segment of American society not only negates democracy in principle by diluting voter participation and equal representation but also assures the debasement of specific segments of society and the life chances of African Americans in particular. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 233 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-229) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781593327163 1593327161 1593326017 9781593326012 |