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Mean Lives, Mean Laws : Oklahoma's Women Prisoners / Susan F. Sharp.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Critical Issues in Crime and SocietyPublisher: New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, [2014]Copyright date: ©2014Description: 1 online resource (210 p.) : 2 figuresContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780813562766
  • 9780813562773
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 365/.608209766 23
LOC classification:
  • HV9475.O5 S53 2014
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Mean Lives: A Theoretical Framework -- 2. Mean Laws: The Rise in Female Imprisonment -- 3. Mean Women or Mean Lives? Adverse Childhood Experiences and Adult Abuse of Women Prisoners -- 4. The Prison Experience -- 5. Going Back Again -- 6. Coming Home and Staying Out -- 7. The Children and Their Caregivers -- 8. Winds of Change -- 9. Lessons Learned and Moving Forward -- Appendix A. Research Methods -- Appendix B. Oklahoma Children of Incarcerated Parents -- Notes -- References -- Index -- About the Authors
Summary: Oklahoma has long held the dubious honor of having the highest female incarceration rate in the country, nearly twice the national average. In this compelling new book, sociologist Susan Sharp sets out to discover just what has gone so wrong in the state of Oklahoma-and what that might tell us about trends in female incarceration nationwide. The culmination of over a decade of original research, Mean Lives, Mean Laws exposes a Kafkaesque criminal justice system, one that has no problem with treating women as collateral damage in the War on Drugs or with stripping female prisoners of their parental rights. Yet it also reveals the individual histories of women who were jailed in Oklahoma, providing intimate portraits of their lives before, during, and after their imprisonment. We witness the impoverished and abusive conditions in which many of these women were raised; we get a vivid portrait of their everyday lives behind bars; and we glimpse the struggles that lead many ex-convicts to fall back into the penal system. Through an innovative methodology that combines statistical rigor with extensive personal interviews, Sharp shows how female incarceration affects not only individuals, but also families and communities. Putting a human face on a growing social problem, Mean Lives, Mean Laws raises important questions about both the state of Oklahoma and the state of the nation.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Mean Lives: A Theoretical Framework -- 2. Mean Laws: The Rise in Female Imprisonment -- 3. Mean Women or Mean Lives? Adverse Childhood Experiences and Adult Abuse of Women Prisoners -- 4. The Prison Experience -- 5. Going Back Again -- 6. Coming Home and Staying Out -- 7. The Children and Their Caregivers -- 8. Winds of Change -- 9. Lessons Learned and Moving Forward -- Appendix A. Research Methods -- Appendix B. Oklahoma Children of Incarcerated Parents -- Notes -- References -- Index -- About the Authors

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Oklahoma has long held the dubious honor of having the highest female incarceration rate in the country, nearly twice the national average. In this compelling new book, sociologist Susan Sharp sets out to discover just what has gone so wrong in the state of Oklahoma-and what that might tell us about trends in female incarceration nationwide. The culmination of over a decade of original research, Mean Lives, Mean Laws exposes a Kafkaesque criminal justice system, one that has no problem with treating women as collateral damage in the War on Drugs or with stripping female prisoners of their parental rights. Yet it also reveals the individual histories of women who were jailed in Oklahoma, providing intimate portraits of their lives before, during, and after their imprisonment. We witness the impoverished and abusive conditions in which many of these women were raised; we get a vivid portrait of their everyday lives behind bars; and we glimpse the struggles that lead many ex-convicts to fall back into the penal system. Through an innovative methodology that combines statistical rigor with extensive personal interviews, Sharp shows how female incarceration affects not only individuals, but also families and communities. Putting a human face on a growing social problem, Mean Lives, Mean Laws raises important questions about both the state of Oklahoma and the state of the nation.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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