Locked out [electronic resource] : felon disenfranchisement and American democracy / Jeff Manza and Christopher Uggen. Manza, Jeff. Uggen, Christopher. Ex-convicts Suffrage United States. Political rights, Loss of United States. Punishment United States. JK1846 .M26 2006 324.620869270973 23 Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record. 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. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006. 2006. 2006 Text 1 online resource (xiv, 359 p.) : http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195149326.001.0001 eng Studies in crime and public policy Studies in crime and public policy. United States. United States. United States.