04605nam 2200697 a 450 991046319270332120200520144314.01-59332-716-1(CKB)2670000000355740(EBL)1164445(SSID)ssj0000871069(PQKBManifestationID)12374515(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000871069(PQKBWorkID)10820009(PQKB)10477476(MiAaPQ)EBC1164445(Au-PeEL)EBL1164445(CaPaEBR)ebr10695513(OCoLC)843639793(EXLCZ)99267000000035574020130207d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAfrican American felon disenfranchisement[electronic resource] case studies in modern racism and political exclusion /John E. Pinkard, SrEl Paso LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC20131 online resource (249 p.)Criminal justice : recent scholarshipDescription based upon print version of record.1-59332-601-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.CONTENTS; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Introduction and Hypothesis; Background to the Problem; Theoretical Premise; Methodology; Summary; Chapter 2: Statement of the Problem; The US Constitutional Anomaly of African AmericanFelon Disenfranchisement; Social Policy and a Theory of Race Formation; Thematic Literature Review of Pertinent CriminalJustice Research; Chapter 3: The Right to Participate: A Matter of Law andMoral Certitude; A Matter of U.S. Constitutional Law; A Matter of State Law; Civil Rights Act 1964 and 1965 and the Courts; A Matter of Judicial ReviewChapter 4: New Jersey: A Case Study in AutomaticFelon Voter RestorationIntroduction; New Jersey: Voter Rights and Profiles; New Jersey Felon Voter Attitude Survey: A Matter ofChoice?; Do Ex-felon Voter Rights Matter in Essex County?; Chapter 5: Maryland: A Case Study of a State Mandating'Some' Permanent Disenfranchisement; Introduction; Maryland: Voter Rights and Profiles; Maryland Felon Voter Attitude Survey: A Matter ofChoice?; Do Ex-felon Voter Rights Matter in Baltimore City?; Chapter 6: Virginia: A Case Study of a State MandatingPermanent Felon Disenfranchisement; IntroductionVirginia: Voter Rights and ProfilesVirginia Felon Voter Attitude Survey:A Matter of Choice; Do Ex-felon Voter Rights Matter in Virginiaand Hampton County?; Chapter 7: Conclusion:; Examining the Felon Disenfranchisement Paradigm; A Felon Disenfranchisement Paradigm; Felon Enfranchisement: A Legal Argument; Judicial Review or Judicial Activism; Background to the Study; Comparative Case Studies of Felon Disenfranchisement; The Impact of Felon Disenfranchisementon the African American Community; Summary; Chapter 8: Epilogue; The Lessons of African American FelonDisenfranchisement; PostscriptAppendixEndnotes; Bibliography; IndexUtilizing 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 diCriminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)Ex-convictsSuffrageUnited StatesAfrican American criminalsPolitical rights, Loss ofUnited StatesPolitical rights, Loss ofUnited StatesStatesRacismUnited StatesElection lawUnited StatesStatesElectronic books.Ex-convictsSuffrageAfrican American criminals.Political rights, Loss ofPolitical rights, Loss ofStates.RacismElection lawStates.324.6/20869270973Pinkard John E.1943-983104MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910463192703321African American felon disenfranchisement2243860UNINA