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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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Holloway, Pippa (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Series:Studies in crime and public policy.
Subjects:
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
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xv, 236 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199349760
0199349762
0199976104
9780199976102
0199976090
9780199976096