According to the authors, in the correctional system women are known as the:
a. fragile offenders.
b. minority offenders.
c. pink-collar offenders.
d. forgotten offenders.
D. forgotten offenders
Approximately what percent of women released from incarceration have nowhere to go and must find a place to live?
a. 10 to 20 percent
b. 60 to 70 percent
c. 30 to 50 percent
d. 80 to 90 percent
b. 60 to 70 percent
A far larger portion of correctional budgets goes to institutions for:
a. women.
b. men.
c. mothers.
d. the mentally ill.
b. men
The growth rate in the number of incarcerated women:
a. is well below that of men.
b. remains steady.
c. exceeds that of men.
d. has not been calculated.
c. exceeds that of men
In comparison to men's facilities, women's prisons have:
a. more available programming.
b. more varied programming.
c. similar programming.
d. less programming.
d. less programming
Until 1870 women inmates were generally treated:
a. with chivalry.
b. like delicate flowers.
c. the same as men.
d. more harshly than men.
c. the same as men.
The increase in the number of women in prison has:
a. had little impact on how facilities are run.
b. disturbed the public.
c. significantly affected the delivery of programs.
d. shocked the public.
c. significantly affected the delivery of programs
What case was instrumental in ensuring that women's prisons had programs comparable to that of male prisons?
a. Bell v Wolfish
b. Terry v. Ohio
c. Glover v. Johnson
d. Morressey v Brewer
c. Glover v. Johnson
Prison based programs designed for women often include which of the following:
a. construction
b. Maintenance.
c. Food service.
d. fire fighting.
c. food service
Inside women's facilities there has been a recent escalation of:
a. diverse programming.
b. sexual misconduct by female officers.
c. sexual misconduct by male officers.
d. violence.
c. sexual misconduct by male officers
When compared to men, the offenses women commit are usually
a. more violent.
b. more self destructive.
c. less serious.
d. less expensive.
c. less serious
Traditionally, women have received ___________ treatment from judges.
a. chivalrous
b. discriminatory
c. egalitarian
d. neglectful
b. discriminatory
In 1844, the __________ was created with the goal of improving the treatment of female prisoners and separating them from male prisoners.
a. Women's Improvement Organization
b. Women's Benevolence Association
c. Women's Prison Association
d. Women's Priso
c. Women's Prison Association
Which of the following is an advantage to the families formed by female inmates?
a. They relieve the tensions of prison life.
b. They assist in the socialization of the new inmate.
c. They permit individuals to act according to clearly defined roles and r
d. All of these
Generally, women's prisons lack not only adequate vocational and educational programs but also:
a. nutritional services.
b. recreational services.
c. medical services.
d. all of these
d. all of these
Prior to the reform movement in the 1800s, women in Europe and the United States were:
a. segregated from males and other prisoners in jails but not prisons.
b. segregated in prisons but not jails.
c. not given corporal punishment as men were.
d. housed w
d. housed with men and other prisoners and treated as they were
The justification for the lack of diverse educational, vocational, and other programs to incarcerated women is that:
a. there is not enough money to go around.
b. women's sentences are generally short.
c. they do not have the educational background necess
d. there is a relatively small number of women in prison and jail
Which of the following was the Quaker who was the first to press for changes in the treatment of sentenced women and children?
a. Elizabeth Heffernan
b. Elizabeth Fry
c. Elizabeth Glaser
d. Elizabeth Franklin
b. Elizabeth Fry
Elizabeth Farnham, head matron of the women's wing at Sing Sing from 1844-1848, tried to implement reform ideas for female prisoners and:
a. was able to achieve limited success.
b. was met with resistance from the community.
c. was largely ignored by the
d. was thwarted by male overseers and legislators
Approximately ______ of female inmates are currently incarcerated for violent offenses.
a. one third
b. two third
c. one half
d. one quarter
a. one third
The differences between male and female prison subcultures have been attributed to the nurturing, ________ qualities of women.
a. educational
b. vocational
c. psychological
d. maternal
d. maternal
The design of most women's prisons is the:
a. telephone-pole design.
b. radial design.
c. tier design.
d. campus design.
d. campus design
Social relationships in women's prison appear:
a. more violent than in male prisons.
b. more voluntary than in male prisons.
c. more coerced than in male prisons.
d. none of these.
b. more voluntary than in male prisons.
Elizabeth Fry was instrumental in the women's prison movement and advocated for which of the following:
a. useful employment of prisoners
b. separation of sexes
c. classification systems for inmates
d. All of these
d. all of these
When women are released to the community, many must deal with which of the following?
a. Being poor
b. Regaining custody of children
c. Drug addiction
d. All of these
d. all of these
Advocates of the women's reformatories favored rural correctional institutions in areas away from the unwholesome conditions of the city.
true
Vaginal examinations are frequently conducted by correctional officers to discover contraband.
true
Until 1970 most women inmates were housed in the same prisons and treated essentially the same as men.
true
When their mothers are in prison, most children are placed in foster care.
false
The House of Shelter became the model for reformatory treatment for female prisons.
true
Imprisoned mothers have difficulty maintaining contact with their children.
true
Women are generally more receptive and responsive to prison based programs than their male counterparts.
true
Female inmates tend to segregate themselves by race.
false
In instances when Women inmates are sexually abused, it is found that their abuser is generally a corrections officers
true
Sarah Doremus and Abby Gibbons formed the Women's Prison Association in New York to improve female living conditions.
true
The reformatory movement advocated for separation for women prisoners from men, differential care, and ____________.
female staff
Women's prisons are located generally farther from _________ and ________.
friends, family
The Human Rights Watch report noted that the majority of correctional officers in women's prison are __________.
men
In recent years, women who were sexually _________ or assaulted brought class-action suits against correctional institutions/officials.
harrassed
Women make up a _________ proportion of the prison population.
small
_______________ was the first person to advocate for changes in the treatment of sentenced women and children.
Elizabeth Gurney Fry
The first independent female-run prison was established in ________.
Indiana
Women inmates traditionally receive ________ sentences than men for similar offenses.
lighter
It is argued that the small number of women incarcerated justifies the lack of _______________, vocational, and other programs.
educational
Incarcerated women account for approximately _____percent of the federal and state prison
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advocated for separation of sexes while incarcerated
Elizabeth G. Fry
Rise of programs in which youngsters could live with their mothers in halfway houses
Community corrections
First female prison warden
Mary B. Harris
required for women to regain custody of children
Stable housing
Homosexual marriage and kinship
Pseudofamilies
64 percent
Women who lived with their children prior to incarceration
challenge for women upon release from prison
Financially poor
Account for the great increase of women in prison
Drug offenses
What most distinguishes incarcerated
Nature of offenses
Separate treatment-oriented prisons
The reformatory