TY - BOOK AU - Manza,Jeff AU - Uggen,Christopher TI - Locked out: felon disenfranchisement and American democracy T2 - Studies in crime and public policy SN - 9780199943975 (ebook) : AV - JK1846 .M26 2006 U1 - 324.620869270973 23 PY - 2006/// CY - Oxford PB - Oxford University Press KW - Ex-convicts KW - Suffrage KW - United States KW - Political rights, Loss of KW - Punishment N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - The authors expose felon disenfranchisement as one of the most important, yet little known, threats to the health of American democracy. Their book reveals the centrality of racial factors in the origins of these laws, and their impact on politics election outcomes, and public policy UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195149326.001.0001 ER -