Enfranchising Convicted Felons: Current Research on Opinions towards Felon Voting Rights

Autor/in	Dawson-Edwards, Cherie
Titel	Enfranchising Convicted Felons: Current Research on Opinions towards Felon Voting Rights
Quelle	In: Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 46 (2008) 3-4, S.13-29 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1050-9674
Schlagwörter	Voting; Civil Rights; Criminals; Punishment; Philosophy; Public Opinion; Constitutional Law + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Abstimmung; Bürgerrechte; Grundrechte; Zivilrecht; Straftäter; Bestrafung; Philosophie; Öffentliche Meinung; Staatsrecht
Abstract	Due to their original intent, collateral consequences, such as felon voting restrictions, are still held to be civil in nature, but increasing evidence shows that over time their results have become punitive. Since felon disenfranchisement occurs as a collateral consequence once an individual has been convicted of a felony it arguably qualifies as an issue under the broader subject of punishment. If felony disenfranchisement was legally considered a punishment in 2007, would evolving standards of decency support its continued use? To answer this question this article will explore how punishments philosophies in the U.S. have changed in the last thirty years, then it will examine current opinion research that focuses on the re-enfranchisement or enfranchisement of convicted felons. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10