Prisoners' Vote -

Prisoners' Vote

A Multidisciplinary and Comparative Perspective
Buch | Hardcover
152 Seiten
2024
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-22877-8 (ISBN)
168,35 inkl. MwSt
Through different legal and criminological angles and perspectives, this book addresses the controversial question of whether prisoners should have the right to vote, as well as the optimal modalities for such a vote.

By adopting a comparative approach to explore the legal systems of very different jurisdictions, such as the former Eastern Bloc, England, Ireland, the USA and France, the book reveals a recent trend in opening up the right to vote. It also looks at the recommendations of international and European institutions which, while relatively cautious, nevertheless support such progress. Examining the issue from a criminological viewpoint, the book investigates the role that prisoners’ votes could play in the social integration of these individuals into the community through political inclusion as citizens. Offering legal, theoretical and empirical bases, it blends a variety of perspectives to help readers establish an understanding of how prisoners' voting could contribute to improving their attachment to society and its values.

Concise and direct, Prisoners' Vote will be of great interest to upper-level students and scholars of law, criminology, sociology, criminal justice, and political science. It should also appeal to practitioners working in the criminal justice system and policy makers reflecting on whether and how, to open the right to vote to prisoners.

Martine Herzon-Evans teaches penology and criminology at the Université de Reims-Champagne Ardennes, France. Her research interests range from legitimacy of justice, sentences, problem-solving courts, offender treatment, prisons and reentry and domestic violence. Jérôme Thomas is a lecturer in information and communication sciences at the university of Reims Champagne-Ardenne / IUT de Troyes (France). His work focuses on the forms of expression, speech, and communication that occur in institutions of deprivation of liberty and control, such as psychiatric hospitals and prisons.

Introduction

Martine Herzog-Evans and Jérôme Thomas

PART 1 - Can Prisoners Vote?

Waking Up to Re-enfranchisement

Chapter 1 - Prisoner Voting Rights and International law

Steve Foster

Chapter 2 - Incarcerated Individuals’ Right to Vote in the Czech Republic

Petra Zhrivalova and Tereza Trebjalova

Chapter 3 - Criminal Disenfranchisement in Old Democracies: Comparing France, the UK, and, the United States

Alice Dejean de la Batie

PART 2 - Should Prisoners Vote?

Chapter 4 - To Feel Part of a Wider Community: The Case for Prisoner Voting

Cormac Behan

Chapter 5 - US disenfranchisement and Re-enfranchisement explained

Christopher Uggen, Robert Stewart and Emma Lookner

Chapter 6 - Prisoners’ Vote in France: Political Capital, Social Bond, and Desistance

Martine Herzog-Evans and Jérôme Thomas

Chapter 7 - Waking Up to Re-enfranchisement

Fergus McNeill

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Directions and Developments in Criminal Justice and Law
Zusatzinfo 1 Tables, black and white; 4 Line drawings, black and white; 4 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Gewicht 460 g
Themenwelt Recht / Steuern EU / Internationales Recht
Recht / Steuern Strafrecht Kriminologie
Recht / Steuern Strafrecht Strafverfahrensrecht
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10 1-032-22877-6 / 1032228776
ISBN-13 978-1-032-22877-8 / 9781032228778
Zustand Neuware
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