CRM/LAW C115 Study Guide - Final Guide: Felony Disenfranchisement, Collateral Consequences Of Criminal Conviction, Mass Incarceration

• School: UC-Irvine
• Department: Criminology, Law and Society
• Course: CRM/LAW C115
• Professor: Geoff Ward

Document Summary

Review sheet - section 3 - race, ethnicity & social control (c116) Week 8 - mass incarceration and its consequences. Prison less important for effects on crime than for effects on social and economic inequality. Socially exclusionary, does not re-integrate offender back into society. Disruption of life course stages during imprisonment and disadvantage of criminal stigma. Provide and example of a collateral consequence in each of these categories. Physical - drug dependency still alive, difficult to women to become independent and escape abusive relationships. Socio-economic - ex-criminal less likely to be hired because of label. Social exclusion - laws, policies, institutional structures systematically exclude individuals or entire communities from rights, opportunities, or resources that are available to most other people in society. Provide two examples of specific collateral consequences/harms and explain how they contribute to social exclusion. Felony disenfranchisement contributes to social exclusion because ex-felons no longer have voting rights.