LEADER 03990nam 2200721 450 001 9910787124803321 005 20230803210155.0 010 $a0-8135-6277-5 024 7 $a10.36019/9780813562773 035 $a(CKB)3710000000280374 035 $a(EBL)1840897 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001378759 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11757789 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001378759 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11355007 035 $a(PQKB)11583133 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1840897 035 $a(OCoLC)895258815 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse34744 035 $a(DE-B1597)526239 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780813562773 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1840897 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10985110 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL662631 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000280374 100 $a20131113h20142014 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMean lives, mean laws $eOklahoma's women prisoners /$fSusan F. Sharp 210 1$aNew Brunswick, New Jersey :$cRutgers University Press,$d[2014] 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (210 p.) 225 1 $aCritical issues in crime and society 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8135-6276-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- 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. 330 $aOklahoma has long held the dubious honor of having the highest female incarceration rate in the country, nearly twice the national average. In this compelling new book, sociologist Susan Sharp sets out to discover just what has gone so wrong in the state of Oklahoma-and what that might tell us about trends in female incarceration nationwide. The culmination of over a decade of original research, Mean Lives, Mean Laws exposes a Kafkaesque criminal justice system, one that has no problem with treating women as collateral damage in the War on Drugs or with stripping female prisoners of their parental rights. Yet it also reveals the individual histories of women who were jailed in Oklahoma, providing intimate portraits of their lives before, during, and after their imprisonment. We witness the impoverished and abusive conditions in which many of these women were raised; we get a vivid portrait of their everyday lives behind bars; and we glimpse the struggles that lead many ex-convicts to fall back into the penal system. Through an innovative methodology that combines statistical rigor with extensive personal interviews, Sharp shows how female incarceration affects not only individuals, but also families and communities. Putting a human face on a growing social problem, Mean Lives, Mean Laws raises important questions about both the state of Oklahoma and the state of the nation. 410 0$aCritical issues in crime and society. 606 $aWomen prisoners$zOklahoma 606 $aFemale offenders$xRehabilitation$zOklahoma 606 $aReformatories for women$zOklahoma 606 $aCorrections$zOklahoma 606 $aChildren of prisoners$zOklahoma 615 0$aWomen prisoners 615 0$aFemale offenders$xRehabilitation 615 0$aReformatories for women 615 0$aCorrections 615 0$aChildren of prisoners 676 $a365/.608209766 700 $aSharp$b Susan F.$f1951-$0967194 701 $aOrtiz$b Juanita$01539780 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910787124803321 996 $aMean lives, mean laws$93790874 997 $aUNINA 999 $p$105.00$u06/08/2016$5Soc