Lifetime Felony Disenfranchisement in Florida, Texas, and Iowa: Symbolic and Instrumental Law

Part of a special issue on immigration rights and national insecurity. The writers discuss lifetime felony disenfranchisement (LFD) laws, which are well known to have much of their origins in American racism and the Civil War. They demonstrate how the instrumental use of LFD law has continued unabat...

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Authors: Sennott, Christie (Author) ; Galliher, John F. 1937- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2006
In: Social justice
Year: 2006, Volume: 33, Issue: 1, Pages: 79-94
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
Check availability: HBZ Gateway
Keywords:
Prison reform
Parole
Human Behavior
Race discrimination
African American suffrage
Federal laws
American law
Political Science
History
African Americans > Southern States
History of criminals
History of crime
History of race relations in the United States
Prisoners > Suffrage