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Citizen convicts: Prisoners, politics and the vote
Cormac Behan
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Description for Citizen convicts: Prisoners, politics and the vote
Paperback. The first comprehensive study of prisoners and the right to vote Num Pages: 240 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBR; JKVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Prisoner enfranchisement remains one of the few contested electoral issues in twenty-first-century democracies. It is at the intersection of punishment and representative government. Many jurisdictions remain divided on whether or not prisoners should be allowed access to the franchise. This book investigates the experience of prisoner enfranchisement in the Republic of Ireland. It examines the issue in a comparative context, beginning by locating prisoner enfranchisement in a theoretical framework, exploring the arguments for and against allowing prisoners to vote. Drawing on global developments in jurisprudence and penal policy, it examines the background to, and wider significance of, this change in ... Read more
Prisoner enfranchisement remains one of the few contested electoral issues in twenty-first-century democracies. It is at the intersection of punishment and representative government. Many jurisdictions remain divided on whether or not prisoners should be allowed access to the franchise. This book investigates the experience of prisoner enfranchisement in the Republic of Ireland. It examines the issue in a comparative context, beginning by locating prisoner enfranchisement in a theoretical framework, exploring the arguments for and against allowing prisoners to vote. Drawing on global developments in jurisprudence and penal policy, it examines the background to, and wider significance of, this change in ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781526116970
SKU
V9781526116970
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Ref
99-15
About Cormac Behan
Cormac Behan is Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Sheffield -- .
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