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Trading Democracy for Justice: Criminal Convictions and the Decline of Neighborhood Political Participation

Trading Democracy for Justice: Criminal Convictions and the Decline of Neighborhood Political Participation

Burch, Traci

Paperback

Series: Chicago Studies in American Politics

CriminologyGeneral Political Science

ISBN10: 022606493X
ISBN13: 9780226064932
Publisher: Univ Of Chicago Pr
Published: Aug 21 2013
Pages: 272
Weight: 0.80
Height: 0.50 Width: 5.90 Depth: 8.90
Language: English
The United States imprisons far more people, total and per capita, and at a higher rate than any other country in the world. Among the more than 1.5 million Americans currently incarcerated, minorities and the poor are disproportionately represented. What's more, they tend to come from just a few of the most disadvantaged neighborhoods in the country. While the political costs of this phenomenon remain poorly understood, it's become increasingly clear that the effects of this mass incarceration are much more pervasive than previously thought, extending beyond those imprisoned to the neighbors, family, and friends left behind.

For Trading Democracy for Justice, Traci Burch has drawn on data from neighborhoods with imprisonment rates up to fourteen times the national average to chart demographic features that include information about imprisonment, probation, and parole, as well as voter turnout and volunteerism. She presents powerful evidence that living in a high-imprisonment neighborhood significantly decreases political participation. Similarly, people living in these neighborhoods are less likely to engage with their communities through volunteer work. What results is the demobilization of entire neighborhoods and the creation of vast inequalities-even among those not directly affected by the criminal justice system.

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