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Women in the Corrections System MCQ

Women in the Corrections System MCQ

 

1. Policies are often applied to specific infractions, such as fighting or possession of drugs or weapons are called______.

Answer

Correct Answer: Zero Tolerance

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2. Risk assessment is the process for determining the level of security and supervision corrections-involved ____,_require.

Answer

Correct Answer: Individuals

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3. Which of the following theories assert that the women’s movement of the 1960s resulted in increase crime commission by women?

Answer

Correct Answer: Liberation theory

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4. There is a correlation between childhood trauma and issues such as STDs and prostitution.

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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5. According to Belknap, marital rape occurs with alarming frequency.

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Correct Answer: True

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6. Men and women differ in which of the following?

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Correct Answer: All of the above

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7. Women are usually not career criminals, but accomplices.

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Correct Answer: True

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8. A low percentage of women in placement take prescription medication for their mental and emotional health issues.

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Correct Answer: False

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9. Which of the following issues are similar across young girls and their adult counterparts?

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Correct Answer: All of the above

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10. Which of the following crimes was the least prevalent among girls who were in youth residential facilities?

Answer

Correct Answer: Criminal homicide

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11. Women are incarcerated for less serious crimes than men. In 2011, 42% of girls that were in residential placement had committed a violent crime.

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Correct Answer: True

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12. Which of the following years was considered the “historic peak year” for the number of women in correctional control?

Answer

Correct Answer: 2006

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13. Between 1990 and 2000, there were as _____ percent increase in the female population.

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Correct Answer: 81

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14. Women are most often abused by someone they know.

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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15. Incarcerated women of all ethnicities have low levels of drug addition and dependence.

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Correct Answer: False

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16. It is estimated that ______ to ______ percent of women in prison are incarcerated for crimes that directly result from their abusive relationships.

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Correct Answer: 80 to 85

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17. Hispanic women are more often heads of households and of lower economic status.

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Correct Answer: False

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18. Women and men have similar responses to being institutionalized.

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Correct Answer: False

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19. Women and men have different patters of crime behavior.

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Correct Answer: True

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