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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1. VerfasserIn: Sennott, Christie (VerfasserIn)
Beteiligte: Galliher, John F.
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2006
In: Social justice
Jahr: 2006, Band: 33, Heft: 1, Seiten: 79-94
Online Zugang: Volltext (Verlag)
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Schlagwörter:
African Americans > Southern States
African American suffrage
American law
Federal laws
History
History of crime
History of criminals
History of race relations in the United States
Human Behavior
Parole
Political Science
Prisoners > Suffrage
Prison reform
Race discrimination