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Real Reform, Real Suppression: Criminal Records, Disenfranchisement, and Spillovers in 2022
Christopher Uggen, Regents Professor and Martindale Chair in Sociology, Law, and Public Affairs, University of Minnesota
Abstract: On the eve of Election Day, this talk considers the persistence, change, and recent evolution of voting restrictions for people with criminal records. After sharing highlights of Locked Out 2022, a forthcoming report with the Sentencing Project, I will open a broader discussion of the spillover effects of punishment on US politics, labor markets, and health, the latter drawing from a new book, Prisons and Health in the Age of Mass Incarceration (2022, Oxford, with Jason Schnittker and Mike Massoglia).
Christopher Uggen is Regents Professor and Martindale Chair in Sociology, Law, and Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota. He studies crime, law, and inequality, firm in the belief that sound research can help build a more just and peaceful world. His latest book is Incarceration and Health in the Age of Mass Incarceration (2022, Oxford) and his current projects examine felony disenfranchisement, prison reentry, Scandinavian criminal justice, and monetary sanctions. He is a fellow of the American Society of Criminology and recently served as Vice President of the American Sociological Association.
