04024nam 2200733 450 991045988880332120200520144314.00-8135-6277-510.36019/9780813562773(CKB)3710000000280374(EBL)1840897(SSID)ssj0001378759(PQKBManifestationID)11757789(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001378759(PQKBWorkID)11355007(PQKB)11583133(MiAaPQ)EBC1840897(OCoLC)895258815(MdBmJHUP)muse34744(DE-B1597)526239(DE-B1597)9780813562773(Au-PeEL)EBL1840897(CaPaEBR)ebr10985110(CaONFJC)MIL662631(EXLCZ)99371000000028037420131113h20142014 uy| 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtccrMean lives, mean laws Oklahoma's women prisoners /Susan F. SharpNew Brunswick, New Jersey :Rutgers University Press,[2014]©20141 online resource (210 p.)Critical issues in crime and societyDescription based upon print version of record.0-8135-6276-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction -- Mean lives: a theoretical framework -- Mean laws: the rise in female imprisonment -- "Mean women" or "mean lives"?: adverse childhood experiences and adult abuse of women prisoners -- The prison experience -- Going back again by Juanita Ortiz -- Coming home and staying out -- The children and their caregivers -- The winds of change -- Lessons learned and moving forward.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.Critical issues in crime and society.Women prisonersOklahomaFemale offendersRehabilitationOklahomaReformatories for womenOklahomaCorrectionsOklahomaChildren of prisonersOklahomaElectronic books.Women prisonersFemale offendersRehabilitationReformatories for womenCorrectionsChildren of prisoners365/.608209766Sharp Susan F.1951-967194Ortiz Juanita1029618MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910459888803321Mean lives, mean laws2446153UNINA$105.0006/08/2016Soc03321nam 2200637 a 450 991044973920332120200520144314.01-282-06309-X97866120630910-253-10932-9(CKB)1000000000006593(EBL)130883(OCoLC)55002810(SSID)ssj0000283368(PQKBManifestationID)11236609(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000283368(PQKBWorkID)10247849(PQKB)11029870(MiAaPQ)EBC130883(MdBmJHUP)muse16619(Au-PeEL)EBL130883(CaPaEBR)ebr10014147(CaONFJC)MIL206309(EXLCZ)99100000000000659320000926d2001 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrRace, war, and surveillance[electronic resource] African Americans and the United States government during World War I /Mark EllisBloomington Indiana University Pressc20011 online resource (349 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-253-33923-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-311) and index.Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; One: African Americans and the War for Democracy, 1917; Two: The Wilson Administration and Black Opinion, 1917 ...1918; Three: Black Doughboys; Four: The Surveillance of African-American Leadership; Five: W.E.B.Du Bois, Joel Spingarn, and Military Intelligence; Six: Diplomacy and Demobilization, 1918 ...1919; Seven: Conclusion; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index; About the AuthorIn April 1917, black Americans reacted in various ways to the entry of the United States into World War I in the name of "Democracy." Some expressed loud support, many were indifferent, and others voiced outright opposition. All were agreed, however, that the best place to start guaranteeing freedom was at home. Almost immediately, rumors spread across the nation that German agents were engaged in "Negro Subversion" and that African Americans were potentially disloyal. Despite mounting a constant watch on black civilians, their newspapers, and their organizations, the domestic intelligence agents of the federal government failed to detect any black traitors or saboteurs. They did, however, find vigorous demands for equal rights to be granted and for the 30-year epidemic of lynching in the South to be eradicated.World War, 1914-1918African AmericansWorld War, 1914-1918United StatesPolitical persecutionUnited StatesHistory20th centuryWorld War, 1914-1918Participation, African AmericanElectronic books.World War, 1914-1918African Americans.World War, 1914-1918Political persecutionHistoryWorld War, 1914-1918Participation, African American.940.4/03Ellis Mark1955-852220MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910449739203321Race, war, and surveillance1903064UNINA