Locked Out: Felon Disenfranchisement and American Democracy

by Christopher Uggen and Jeff Manza

Book Overview

5.4 million Americans--1 in every 40 voting age adults-- are denied the right to participate in democratic elections because of a past or current felony conviction. In several American states, 1 in 4 black men cannot vote due to a felony conviction. In a country that prides itself on universal suffrage, how did the United States come to deny a voice to such a large percentage of its citizenry? What are the consequences of large-scale disenfranchisement--both...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195149327
• ISBN13: 9780195149326
• Release Date: March 2006
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.4"