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Female Offenders in Correctional Systems MCQ

_____ is defined as viewed women from a lens of inflexible femininity where women were to be considered pious and naïve of the evils of the world.

Hedonistic Calculus

Disparity

Victorian Era

All of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Victorian Era

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_____ is developed as alternatives to the penitentiary’s harsh conditions of enforced silence and hard labor.

Reformatories for Women

None of these

Technical violations

Judicial reprieve

Answer

Correct Answer: Reformatories for Women

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Is patriarchy a male-oriented and male-dominated social structure that defers to men and sees women in a subservient position to men?

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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_____ is known as an internal state “watchdog” agency that was tasked with providing recommendations to the state governor and legislature in California.

High

Extremely high

Little Hoover Commission

All of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Little Hoover Commission

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_____ is defined as behaviors used by one person in a relationship to control the other.

Ruiz v. Estelle

None of these

Domestic Violence

Glover v. Johnson

Answer

Correct Answer: Domestic Violence

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_____ is any sexual act between correctional staff and inmates, even if it is consensual.

Graduated sanctions

Custodial Sexual Misconduct

Criminalization

All of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Custodial Sexual Misconduct

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Is chivalry Hypothesis contends that there is a bias in the criminal justice system against giving women harsh punishments?

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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All of the following are accurate statements about the contemporary female prison population except this.

Most incarcerated women were convicted of a violent offense.

About half of incarcerated women do not have a high school diploma.

More than half of incarcerated women were unemployed prior to incarceration.

More than half of incarcerated women were the primary caretakers of their children.

Answer

Correct Answer: Most incarcerated women were convicted of a violent offense.

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Which of the following is an accurate statement about early 20th-century women’s reformatories?

Conditions of confinement were better in prisons than in reformatories.

Most of the incarcerated women had never worked out of the home.

Most of the incarcerated women were convicted of nonviolent offenses.

Women of color were just as likely to be sent to a reformatory as White women.

Answer

Correct Answer: Women of color were just as likely to be sent to a reformatory as White women.

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Which of the following is a correct statement about incarcerated mothers and their children?

The majority of children of incarcerated mothers see their mothers at least once a month.

Incarcerated women with diminished communication with their children are more likely to recidivate.

There are no negative mental health effects as a result of separation for either incarcerated women or children.

Paternal grandmothers are the most common caretakers of incarcerated children.

Answer

Correct Answer: Incarcerated women with diminished communication with their children are more likely to recidivate.

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In ______, the U.S. Supreme Court mandated that similar programming opportunities must exist in female prisons as in male prisons.

Glover v. Johnson

Farmer v. Brennan

Estelle v. Gamble

Turner v. Safley

Answer

Correct Answer: Glover v. Johnson

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Which of the following is an accurate statement about the abuse histories of male and female inmates?

Male inmates were more likely to be victims of physical or sexual abuse than female inmates.

For both male and female inmates, placement in foster home increased the likelihood of victimization.

Male inmates were more likely to be victimized by an intimate partner than female inmates.

Male inmates were more likely to be victimized as children and adults than female inmates.

Answer

Correct Answer: For both male and female inmates, placement in foster home increased the likelihood of victimization.

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Fictive family relationships are common in female prisons.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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As compared with male inmates, female inmates are typically incarcerated in prisons closer to their families.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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This female activist is known for establishing the “Association for the Improvement of the Female Prisoners” in Old Newgate Prison.

Rachel Welch

Rhonda Coffin

Sarah Smith

Elizabeth Fry

Answer

Correct Answer: Elizabeth Fry

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What is the name of the commission that was tasked with providing recommendations to the state governor and legislature and found that the correctional system was not operating well and that conditions were particularly bleak for female offenders?

Little Hoover Commission

Milan Prison Commission

Human Rights Commission

Women’s Prison Commission

Answer

Correct Answer: Little Hoover Commission

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During the Victorian Era, male reformatories also existed to correct the morality of men.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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Historically, women, men, and children were incarcerated together in the same facilities.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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During the Victorian Era, the length of time that women served within reformatories was mostly due to ______.

The severity of the offense committed

Their ability to comply with expectations of how women should behave

Their likelihood of recidivating

Their prior record

Answer

Correct Answer: Their ability to comply with expectations of how women should behave

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All of the following are accurate statements about male and female offenders except this.

The HIV/AIDS rate is higher for female inmates compared with male inmates.

Female drug users are more likely to report needle use and needle sharing than male drug users.

Male inmates are more likely to report a mental health problem than female inmates.

Male inmates are more likely to be incarcerated for a violent offense than female inmates.

Answer

Correct Answer: Male inmates are more likely to report a mental health problem than female inmates.

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Which of the following is an accurate statement pertaining to the chivalry hypothesis?

Female offenders always receive a more lenient sentence than male offenders.

Male offenders always receive a more lenient sentence than female offenders.

Female criminal justice practitioners treat female offenders more leniently than male offenders.

Female offenders receive a more lenient sentence than male offenders only if the offense confirms with expectations of how women should behave.

Answer

Correct Answer: Female offenders receive a more lenient sentence than male offenders only if the offense confirms with expectations of how women should behave.

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The sexual abuse of female offenders by male staff was a problem in early 1800 prisons.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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