Mean lives, mean laws : Oklahoma's women prisoners /

Sharp, Susan F., 1951-

Mean lives, mean laws : Oklahoma's women prisoners / Susan F. Sharp. - New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, (c)2014. - 1 online resource (xiii, 190 pages). - Critical issues in crime and society .

Includes bibliographies 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 -- Winds of change -- Lessons learned and moving forward.



9780813562773


Women prisoners--Oklahoma.
Female offenders--Rehabilitation--Oklahoma.
Reformatories for women--Oklahoma.
Corrections--Oklahoma.
Children of prisoners--Oklahoma.


Electronic Books.

HV9475 / .M436 2014