Episode 13: Ariel White on short jail spells and subsequent voting behavior

Ariel White talks about the effect of short jail spells on subsequent voting behavior.

"Misdemeanor Disenfranchisement? The Demobilizing Effects of Brief Jail Spells on Potential Voters" by Ariel White.

OTHER RESEARCH WE DISCUSS IN THIS EPISODE:

• "Turnout and Party Registration among Criminal Offenders in the 2008 General Election" by Traci Burch
• "Did Disfranchisement Laws Help Elect President Bush? New Evidence on the Turnout Rates and Candidate Preferences of Florida’s Ex-Felons" by Traci Burch
• "Political Consequences of the Carceral State" by Vesla M. Weaver and Amy E. Lerman
• "Arresting Citizenship: The Democratic Consequences of American Crime Control" by Amy E. Lerman and Vesla M. Weaver
• "Does Incarceration Reduce Voting? Evidence about the Political Consequences of Spending Time in Prison" by Alan S. Gerber, Gregory A. Huber, Marc Meredith, Daniel R. Biggers, and David J. Hendry
• "The Criminal and Labor Market Impacts of Incarceration" by Michael Mueller-Smith
• "Locking Up the Vote? Evidence from Vermont on Voting from Prison" by Ariel White and Avery Nguyen