Exclusionary Citizenship: Public Punitiveness and Support for Voting Restrictions

IF 2.6 1区社会学 Q1 CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY

Justice Quarterly Pub Date : 2022-08-23 DOI:10.1080/07418825.2022.2111324

Cecilia Chouhy, Peter S. Lehmann, Alexa J. Singer

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Abstract Much scholarship has discussed how the expansion of the carceral state in the U.S. has consequences for other facets of the democracy. Specifically, felony disenfranchisement laws create a class of “carceral citizens” comprised disproportionately of racially minoritized individuals, and voter ID laws likewise closely mirror racialized segregation efforts that parallel the effects of justice system policies. Despite these clear theoretical linkages, little research has examined whether the anti-welfarism, anti-immigrant attitudes, and symbolic racism which fuel public punitiveness similarly increase support for voting restrictions. Further, it is unknown whether punitiveness itself intervenes in these relationships. Analyses of data from the 2020 American National Election Survey (N = 7,453) reveal considerable overlap between the sources of both punitiveness and voting restriction policies, and punitiveness sets an indirect path through which these social sensibilities influence support for voting restrictions. Further, party-specific analyses reveal that these associations generally are stronger for Democrats than Republicans.

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排斥性公民身份：公众惩罚和对投票限制的支持

许多学术研究都讨论了美国联邦政府的扩张如何对民主的其他方面产生影响。具体来说，剥夺重罪公民权的法律创造了一个由种族少数群体不成比例组成的“监禁公民”阶层，选民身份法同样密切反映了与司法系统政策的影响相平行的种族隔离努力。尽管有这些明确的理论联系，但很少有研究调查反福利主义、反移民态度和象征性种族主义是否同样增加了对投票限制的支持，这些态度助长了公众的惩罚。此外，还不清楚惩罚本身是否会干预这些关系。对2020年美国全国选举调查(N = 7,453)数据的分析显示，惩罚性和投票限制政策的来源之间存在相当大的重叠，惩罚性设置了一条间接途径，通过这条途径，这些社会敏感性影响了对投票限制的支持。此外，针对特定党派的分析表明，这些联系通常对民主党人比对共和党人更强烈。

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Justice Quarterly CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY-

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6.90

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期刊介绍： Justice Quarterly (JQ) is an official publication of the ACJS. JQ is a refereed, multi-disciplinary journal that publishes theoretical, empirical and interpretive studies of issues related to criminal justice. JQ is indexed in Criminology and Penology Abstracts, Police Science Abstracts, Criminal Justice Periodical Index, and Criminal Justice Abstracts. In the past decade, JQ has become a premier journal and it continues to be a major forum for criminal justice related scholarship, making it an essential part of any library"s holdings.