Sarah Shannon
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Shannon’s research investigates how social institutions like the criminal justice system affect social inequality. Her current research examines the relationships between General Assistance welfare programs, crime, and incarceration in the United States from 1960-2010. In other work, she investigates the effects of punishment on work, voting, and community health. She also writes and podcasts for The Society Pages, an online, multidisciplinary social science project designed to bring social scientific knowledge and information to broader public visibility and influence.
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Reviews the racist history and outcomes of felon disenfranchisement and calls on the profession of social work to act on professional knowledge, ethics, and values by working to end the disenfranchisement of people with felony convictions.