Felon disenfranchisement in the United States: A health equity perspective

J. Purtle

American Journal of Public Health, 2013, vol. 103, issue 4, 632-637

Abstract: Approximately 13% of African American men are disqualified from voting because of a felony conviction. I used ecosocial theory to identify how institutionalized racism helps perpetuate health disparities and to explore pathways through which felon disenfranchisement laws may contribute to racial health disparities in the United States. From a literature review, I identified 2 potential pathways: (1) inability to alter inequitable public policies that differentially allocate resources for health; and (2) inability to reintegrate into society by voting, which contributes to allostatic load.

Keywords: African American; allostasis; article; human; human rights; male; policy; politics; prisoner; social isolation; social justice; social psychology; statistics; United States, African Americans; Allostasis; Human Rights; Humans; Male; Politics; Prejudice; Prisoners; Public Policy; Social Isolation; Social Justice; United States (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.300933

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