Locked Out - Manza, Jeff (Professor of Sociology, Professor of Sociology, Northwestern University) a Uggen, Christopher (Professor of Sociology, Professor of Sociology, University of Minnesota)

Exposes felon disenfranchisement as one of the most important, yet little known, threats to the health of American democracy. This book reveals the centrality of racial factors in the origins of these laws, and their impact on politics, election outcomes, and public policy.