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- Title
Lifetime Felony Disenfranchisement in Florida, Texas, and Iowa: Symbolic and Instrumental Law.
- Authors
Sennott, Christie; Galliher, John F.
- Abstract
The article discusses the lifetime felony disenfranchisement (LFD) as an instrumental law to designed to control human behavior in the US. This is distinguished from symbolic law used to make a public statement. The origin of LFD can be traced back during the Civil War when racism was popular. The law increased its effectivity on African American, depriving them of the right to vote. State laws differ in the way the LFD is applied. Some states disenfranchise convicted felons while they are in prison, while other states extend it while the felons are in prison or on parole. States like Florida and Iowa, this occurs during first conviction while other states, it is activated on the second conviction.
- Subjects
UNITED States; POLITICAL science; AMERICAN law; FEDERAL laws; AFRICAN American suffrage; RACE discrimination; HUMAN behavior; PAROLE; PRISON reform
- Publication
Social Justice, 2006, Vol 33, Issue 1, p79
- ISSN
1043-1578
- Publication type
Article