Jeff Manza is Professor of Sociology at New York University. Christopher Uggen Distinguished McKnight Professor of Sociology at the University of Minnesota.

• Introduction


• 1: Foundations


• 2: The Racial Origins of Felon Disenfranchisement


• 3: The Disenfranchised Population


• 4: The Contemporary Disenfranchisement Regime


• 5: Political Attitudes, Voting, and Criminal Behavior


• 6: Disenfranchisement and Civic Reintegration: Felons Speak Out


• 7: The Impact of Disenfranchisement on Political Participation


• 8: A Threat to Democracy?


• 9: Public Opinion and Felon Disenfranchisement


• 10: Unlocking the Vote


• Appendices, Notes, Index

Locked Out exposes felon disenfranchisement as one of the most important, yet little known, threats to the health of American democracy today. It reveals the centrality of racial factors in the origins of these laws, and their impact on politics, election outcomes, and public policy. Marshalling the first real empirical evidence on the issue to make a case for reform, the authors' path-breaking analysis will inform all future policy and political debates on the lawsgoverning the political rights of criminals.