Mean Lives, Mean Laws : : Oklahoma's Women Prisoners /

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

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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...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Rutgers University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
VerfasserIn:
Sharp, Susan F.,
MitwirkendeR:
Ortiz, Juanita,
TeilnehmendeR:
Ortiz, Juanita.
Place / Publishing House:New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2014]
©2014
Year of Publication:2014
Language:English
Series:Critical Issues in Crime and Society
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Physical Description:1 online resource (210 p.) :; 2 figures
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Table of 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

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