Criminal Disenfranchisement in an International Perspective Book

Contributors vii

Foreword: Waves of Democracy and Criminal Disenfranchisement Jeff Manza xi

Acknowledgments xv

Introduction Alec Ewald Brandon Rottinghaus 1

Part 1 Contemporary Disenfranchisement Law

1 Voting Rights and Human Rights: A Comparative Analysis of Criminal Disenfranchisement Laws Laleh Ispahani 25

2 Punishment and Social Exclusion: National Differences in Prisoner Disenfranchisement Christopher Uggen Mischelle Van Brakle Heather McLaughlin 59

Part II Disenfranchisement in Comparative Perspective: Legal and Political Approaches

3 U.S. Felon Disenfranchisement: Parting Ways with Western Europe Nora V. Demleitner 79

4 The Right to Universal, Equal, and Nondiscriminatory Suffrage as a Norm of Customary International Law: Protecting the Prisoner's Right to Vote Richard J. Wilson 109

5 Our 'Crooked Timber': Why Is American Punishment So Harsh? Elizabeth A. Hull 136

Part III Voting Rights and People with Criminal Convictions: Case Studies

6 The Politics and Legality of Prisoner Disenfranchisement in Australian Federal Elections Ronnit Redman David Brown Bryan Mercurio 167

7 The Campaign for Prisoner Voting Rights in Ireland Claire Hamilton Rick Lines 205

8 The Ballot as a Bulwark: Prisoners' Right to Vote in South Africa Lukas Muntingh Julia Sloth-Nielsen 221

9 The Right to Vote in Danish Prisons Anette Storgaard 244

10 In Defense of Prisoner Disenfranchisement Christopher P. Manfredi 259

Index 281