In fourteen states some or all former prisoners who have completed their sentences, their paroles, and the terms of their probation are prohibited from voting. This short book provides an overview of the history, nature, and consequences of denying ex-felons the right to vote. Readers learn of state practices, the arguments that have been used in court houses, legislatures, and the press to justify disenfranchisement, and the attempts to remedy the situation through recourse to state and federal governments. Elizabeth Hull enumerates the disproportionate effect of these policies on African-Americans and the ways current criminal justice practices cause those effects. The book contains an Appendix on the 2004 election.
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"well-researched...far-reaching and provocative." City Limits "Hull writes clearly and concisely in this instructive volume. She offers readers a valuable introduction to issues central to the debate about felony disenfranchisement, and the political consequences of such disenfranchisement." Corrections Managers' Report "Hull's treatment of the cumbersome administrative obstacles to recouping full citizenship is probably the book's strongest contribution to the disenfranchisement literature...Hull's [book will] appeal to those seeking an overview of disenfranchisement in the USA in a clear and succinct format." Theoretical Criminology "This book summarizes and explains the core of virtually every major problem related to U.S. disenfranchisement law, and does so with brevity sure to please both general readers and harried undergraduates." Political Science Quarterly
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A thought-provoking look at one population's loss of voting rights in the United States
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This review is from: The Disenfranchisement of Ex-Felons (Paperback)
HULL DOES IT AGAIN *****
Elizabeth Hull's books have always displayed her natural literary gifts and passion for her subjects (whose life wasn't changed by "Taking Liberties"), but her latest is a work of such scholarly brilliance that I strongly beleive every student interested in politics, government, or even journalism should be required to read it. With the startling statistics Hull uncovers about how many ordinary Americans have lost their constitutional right to vote it is amazing that this hugely relevant issue is given no attention in Congress! "The Disenfrachisement of Ex-Felons" is at times hilarious: (i.e. the Representative from Florida's feeble attempt to ratioanlize hypocritical state laws which ban voting rights for life for petty theft, but not for a single white-collar crime!) The book is at times frightening: ( millions of people, who pay taxes and obey the law, are left without the ability to participate in their governemnt because of minor infractions during their youth.) All in all, the text inspires such a catastrophic force of supreme emotion that readers will feel like they've experinced a mega-rollercoster ride in and out of the depths of modern political debate by the time it comes to its climactic, but magnificent, end. My opinion, the ride is well worth it. *****
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Heavy topic, well done,
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This review is from: The Disenfranchisement of Ex-Felons (Paperback)
I thought Elizabeth Hull's research was timely, thorough and informing.
For anyone interested in the effects of Felon Disenfranchisement on mondern day politics, this is a must-read.
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