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Over the course of its history, the German Empire increasingly withheld basic rights-such as joining the army, holding public office, and even voting-as a form of legal punishment. Dishonored offenders were often stigmatized in both formal and informal ways, as their convictions shaped how they were treated in prisons, their position in the labour market, and their access to rehabilitative resources. With a focus on Imperial Germany's criminal policies and their afterlives in the Weimar era, Citizens into Dishonored Felons demonstrates how criminal punishment was never solely a disciplinary measure, but that it reflected a national moral compass that authorities used to dictate the rights to citizenship, honour and trust.

Ex-convicts --- Felon disenfranchisement --- Disenfranchisement, Felon --- Felony disenfranchisement --- Prisoners --- Political rights, Loss of --- Ex-cons --- Ex-offenders --- Ex-prisoners --- Formerly incarcerated persons --- Recidivists --- Suffrage --- Germany --- Politics and government

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Utilizing a field study on felons that were within one year of completing incarceration, Pinkard analyzes the legal history, constitutionality, conflicting laws, political, and life chance consequences of felon disenfranchisement laws on African American felons and the African American community. Research and data presented in this book indicate that: felon disenfranchisement is based on moralistic beliefs, modern racism, and stereotypes about human differences and that permanent political marginalization of a particular segment of American society not only negates democracy in principle by di

Felon disenfranchisement --- African American criminals. --- Political rights, Loss of --- Racism --- Election law --- Loss of political rights --- Punishment --- Suffrage --- Citizenship, Loss of --- Infamy (Law) --- Afro-American criminals --- Criminals, African American --- Negro criminals --- Criminals --- Disenfranchisement, Felon --- Felony disenfranchisement --- Prisoners --- States. --- Law and legislation --- Ex-convicts --- Ex-cons --- Ex-offenders --- Ex-prisoners --- Formerly incarcerated persons --- Recidivists