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The hidden problem of time served in prison

ASSESSING THE POLITICAL AND CULTURAL FORCES BEHIND THE unprecedented increase in the use of incarceration in the United States in the late decades...
Social Research, 06/22/07 by Marc Mauer · More from publication
Race, class, and the development of criminal justice policy (1).

The profound racial disparities that permeate the criminal justice system are by now distressingly prevalent and well documented. Widespread...
Review of Policy Research, The, 01/01/04 by Mauer, Marc · More from publication
Introduction: the collateral consequences of imprisonment

In these early years of the twenty-first century, the United States holds the dubious distinction of maintaining the world's largest prison system,...
Fordham Urban Law Journal, 07/01/03 by Marc Mauer · More from publication
Some punishments begin after prison

Imagine for a moment that in a courtroom somewhere in America a woman named Eleanor Wilson has just been convicted of the sale of crack cocaine to...
Crisis, The, 05/01/03 by Mauer, Marc · More from publication
Once a criminal, never a voter? In eight states, those convicted of a felony lose the right to vote—forever. Should ex-felons be able to cast ballots after they're freed?

YES On Election Day 2000, Thomas Johnson had wanted to vote for George W. Bush, but Florida law prevented him from doing so. Johnson, who runs a...
New York Times Upfront, 09/06/02 by Marc Mauer · More from publication
social cost of America's race to incarcerate, The

In the mid-1980s, the United States was wracked by a profound health crisis that was both unique and frightening. As the nation began to learn of...
Phi Kappa Phi Forum, 01/01/02 by Mauer, Marc · More from publication

Disenfranchisement of felons: the modern-day voting rights challenge

On Election Day 2000 in Florida, in the midst of all the dimpled ballots and hanging chads, Thomas Johnson stayed home. Johnson, the African...
Civil Rights Journal, 01/01/02 by Marc Mauer · More from publication
Three strikes policy is just a quick-fix solution

California has been the bulwark of the 'three-strikes' law which is currently in effect in about 20 states. Supporters point the state's declining...
Corrections Today, 07/01/96 by Marc Mauer · More from publication
The truth about truth in sentencing

'Truth in sentencing' policies seek to clarify to the public how long an offender will be incarcerated. They also intend to raise the proportion of...
Corrections Today, 02/01/96 by Marc Mauer · More from publication
Tales of a criminal justice reformer

Reasonable discussion about criminal justice in the US has become distorted and thus distorted the reality of prisons and the formation of policy....
Criminal Justice Ethics, 01/01/96 by Marc Mauer · More from publication