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Living in infamy : felon disfranchisement and the history of American citizenship / Pippa Holloway.
Series: Studies in crime and public policy: Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 2014Description: 1 online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780199349760 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Political rights, Loss of -- United States -- States | Ex-convicts -- Suffrage -- United States | Election law -- United States -- States | African American criminals | Citizenship -- United States
| Race discrimination -- Law and legislation -- United StatesAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780199976089DDC classification: 324.620869270973 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: This title uncovers the origins of felon disfranchisement and traces the expansion of the practice to felons regardless of race and its spread beyond the South, establishing a system that affects the American electoral process today.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
This title uncovers the origins of felon disfranchisement and traces the expansion of the practice to felons regardless of race and its spread beyond the South, establishing a system that affects the American electoral process today.
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on January 13, 2014).