Date of Award
Spring 6-2020
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department/Program
Forensic Psychology
Language
English
First Advisor or Mentor
Mark Fondacaro
Second Reader
Corinne Ortega
Third Advisor
Steven Penrod
Abstract
Felony Disenfranchisement, a collateral consequence, strips justice-involved individuals of their voting rights. While this policy is enacted in 48 states and the District of Columbia, a majority of community members are unaware of its existence. The current study used three hypotheses to guide its research about how education about disenfranchisement policy impacts a community member's opinion:1) Participants exposed to information about the effects of disenfranchisement will be more supportive of enfranchisement than those in the control condition; 2) Participants who receive the vignette featuring the White justice-involved individual will indicate a higher level of support for enfranchisement compared to those who received the vignette about the Black justice-involved individual; 3) Participants that showed high support for felony enfranchisement will show a similarly high level of support for educational access, employment assistance, and housing aid. The data of 346 community members were analyzed and implications of the results are discussed within this paper.
Recommended Citation
Karpf, Alexis K., "Felony Disenfranchisement: Factors Relating to Support for Restoration" (2020). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/jj_etds/143
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