Political Participation Amid Mass Incarceration
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Author(s)
White, Ariel R
Date Issued
2022
Journal
Annual Review of Political Science
Publisher
Annual Reviews
Citation
White, Ariel R. 2022. "Political Participation Amid Mass Incarceration." Annual Review of Political Science, 25 (1).
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Final published version
Abstract
Contact with the carceral state—ranging from police stops to prison time—is a frequent experience in the United States, particularly in communities marginalized on the basis of race and class. In recent years, political scientists have sought to measure the impacts of these encounters on individuals’ and communities’ political engagement. This review describes the main sources of evidence in this literature and what we learn from them. I present a series of stylized facts about the carceral state and political behavior, highlighting places where we know a great deal (such as the relative underrepresentation of people with criminal convictions among voters) and places where more work is needed (such as nonvoting participation and community spillovers). Then, I discuss policy proposals that seek to mitigate the political impacts of the carceral state, and what is and is not yet known about what they might accomplish.
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Political Science
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DOI of Published Version
https://doi.org/10.1146/ANNUREV-POLISCI-051120-014809
