The prisoner's right to vote and civic responsibility: Reaffirming the social contract?

Probation Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 224-237

  Easton, Susan ^a  

^a Elliott Jaques Building   (United States)

Author keywords

citizenship; prisoner disenfranchisement; punishment; social contract; voting rights

Indexed keywords

EID: 84996183715     PISSN: 02645505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0264550509337455     Document Type: Article

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