U.S. Department of Justice

Political Consequences of the Carceral State

Publication year: 2010 | Cataloged on: Sep. 26, 2010

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  • 024675

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  • 2010
  • 59 pages.

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ANNOTATION: This study is “the first systematic empirical exploration of how criminal justice involvement shapes the citizenship, political capital, and political voice of a growing swath of Americans” (p. 2). These sections follow and abstract: the political impact of the carceral state; characterizing the punitive intervention; understanding how the carceral state shapes citizenship; data and measures; results for the relationship between custodial involvement and political attitudes and behavior, reduced confidence in government, diluted political engagement, decline in voting and registering to vote, commitment to civic activities and groups; and discussion of citizenship, inequality, and American politics.
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