Prisoners' Vote
Title | Prisoners' Vote PDF eBook |
Author | Martine Herzog-Evans |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
Pages | 165 |
Release | 2024-04-16 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1040019676 |
Through different legal and criminological angles and perspectives, this book addresses the controversial question of whether prisoners should have the right to vote, as well as the optimal modalities for such a vote. By adopting a comparative approach to explore the legal systems of very different jurisdictions, such as the former Eastern Bloc, England, Ireland, the USA and France, the book reveals a recent trend in opening up the right to vote. It also looks at the recommendations of international and European institutions which, while relatively cautious, nevertheless support such progress. Examining the issue from a criminological viewpoint, the book investigates the role that prisoners’ votes could play in the social integration of these individuals into the community through political inclusion as citizens. Offering legal, theoretical and empirical bases, it blends a variety of perspectives to help readers establish an understanding of how prisoners' voting could contribute to improving their attachment to society and its values. Concise and direct, Prisoners' Vote will be of great interest to upper-level students and scholars of law, criminology, sociology, criminal justice, and political science. It should also appeal to practitioners working in the criminal justice system and policy makers reflecting on whether and how, to open the right to vote to prisoners.
Talk Show
Title | Talk Show PDF eBook |
Author | C Sharpe |
Publisher | Xlibris Corporation |
Pages | 22 |
Release | 2020-12-21 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 166414921X |
Talk Show - Inmates Voting was written to raise support for the constitutional right to vote for nonviolent offenders. It is a short story on paperback or audio-tape which asked the question, why in America there are only two states that allow inmates to vote. Those states or Vermont and Maine!
Voting Eligibility (prisoners) Draft Bill
Title | Voting Eligibility (prisoners) Draft Bill PDF eBook |
Author | Great Britain: Ministry of Justice |
Publisher | The Stationery Office |
Pages | 40 |
Release | 2012-11-22 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 9780101849920 |
The European Court of Human Rights has described the UK's current blanket ban on prisoner voting as 'general, automatic and indiscriminate' and found it to be in breach of article 3 of protocol 1 of the European Convention on Human Rights. The ECHR requires the UK to bring forward legislative proposals to amend our current legislation to be compliant with the Convention. The Government is putting forward three options to a Committee of both Houses for full Parliamentary scrutiny. The three options are: a ban for prisoners sentenced to 4 years or more; a ban for prisoners sentenced to more than 6 months; a continued ban for all convicted prisoners. When the Joint Committee has finished its scrutiny the Government will reflect on its recommendations it will continue the legislative process by introducing a Bill.
Citizen convicts
Title | Citizen convicts PDF eBook |
Author | Cormac Behan |
Publisher | Manchester University Press |
Pages | 254 |
Release | 2016-05-16 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1526101734 |
Prisoner enfranchisement remains one of the few contested electoral issues in twenty-first-century democracies. It is at the intersection of punishment and representative government. Many jurisdictions remain divided on whether or not prisoners should be allowed access to the franchise. This book investigates the experience of prisoner enfranchisement in the Republic of Ireland. It examines the issue in a comparative context, beginning by locating prisoner enfranchisement in a theoretical framework, exploring the arguments for and against allowing prisoners to vote. Drawing on global developments in jurisprudence and penal policy, it examines the background to, and wider significance of, this change in the law. Using the Irish experience to examine the issue in a wider context, this book argues that the legal position concerning the voting rights of the imprisoned reveals wider historical, political and social influences in the treatment of those confined in penal institutions.
Should Prisoners Be Allowed to Vote?
Title | Should Prisoners Be Allowed to Vote? PDF eBook |
Author | Adam Godwin |
Publisher | |
Pages | 36 |
Release | 2017-05-08 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781521251720 |
"Should prisoners be allowed to vote?" This book is the first comprehensive evaluation of arguments on both sides of the debate.The author, Adam Godwin, gained a masters degree investigating this divisive political issue.This book examines the morality and usefulness of removing the voting rights of convicted prisoners in the U.K. It examines the arguments used to defend disenfranchisement and examines whether or not the practice is coherent with the traditional goals of our criminal justice system. It is centred around the British system, though arguments apply to any system of prisoner disenfranchisement.
Criminal Disenfranchisement in an International Perspective
Title | Criminal Disenfranchisement in an International Perspective PDF eBook |
Author | Alec C. Ewald |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 303 |
Release | 2009-04-13 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 0521875617 |
The book analyzes a contemporary policy question at the nexus of democracy, criminal justice, and constitutional citizenship.
Voting by convicted prisoners
Title | Voting by convicted prisoners PDF eBook |
Author | Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Political and Constitutional Reform Committee |
Publisher | The Stationery Office |
Pages | 36 |
Release | 2011-02-09 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 9780215556400 |
This short report sets out a summary of evidence taken by the Political and Constitutional Reform Committee looking into the issue of voting by convicted prisioners, in advance of the debate taking place on 10 February 2011. Evidence was taken from legal experts, including the former Lord Chancellor, Lord Mackay of Clashfern. The main purpose is to gather expert evidence on how the United Kingdom law in this area relates to the European Convention on Human Rights as interpreted through the binding judgments of the European Court of Human Rights.