Deck 8: The Prison Experience Females

Question 1

Sentencing laws fail to consider that the reasons that compel many women to remain silent include:

A)domestic violence.
B)economic dependence.
C)immigration status.
D)all of these choices.

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Which psychological problem are more women prisoners diagnosed with?

A)psychotic illness
B)depression
C)personality disorder
D)Most women in prison do not have psychological problems.

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Which model of coping with prison life has women associating with other prisoners and enjoying their associations while having few problems with correctional officers?

A)adopted style
B)convict style
C)isolate style
D)integrated style

Answer 3

A

Question 4

As juveniles, many incarcerated women experienced:

A)physical abuse.
B)sexual abuse.
C)harsh discipline.
D)all of these choices.

Question 5

According to the text, in some prisons the female role in a homosexual prison relationship is referred to as:

A)femme.
B)butch.
C)mother.
D)grandmother.

Question 6

According to the text, in some prisons the dominant, or male, role in a homosexual relationship in the prison society is known as:

A)femme.
B)butch.
C)dad.
D)grandfather.

Question 7

Almost half of the women in prison today under mandatory sentencing laws have been convicted of:

A)murder.
B)theft.
C)kidnapping.
D)conspiracy.

Question 8

A type of prison socialization in which women deal with incarceration by becoming part of make-believe family is a:

A)pretend family.
B)kinship network.
C)family structure network.
D)none of these choices.

Question 9

A grouping of unrelated individuals who have assumed the traditional family roles of mother, father, and grandparents is known as a:

A)false family.
B)fake family.
C)fictive family.
D)play family.

Question 10

Which researcher found that women in prison cope by establishing homosexual relationships?

A)Giallombardo
B)Gresham and Sykes
C)Hefferman
D)Ward and Kassebaum

Question 11

While males may benefit from sentencing reforms, females:

A)also benefit.
B)suffer.
C)gain even more privileges than men.
D)none of these choices.

Question 12

Gender neutral sentences have:

A)placed more women behind bars.
B)allowed women to get away with crimes that males are typically charged with.
C)had no effect on women.
D)all of these choices.

Question 13

What is the term used to describe any behavior that can bring trouble or conflict with staff and other prisoners?

A)the flow
B)the heat
C)the mix
D)none of these

Question 14

Female offenders are more likely than males to be convicted of:

A)a nonviolent crime.
B)murder.
C)rape.
D)kidnapping.

Question 15

The incarceration of so many women with a history of drug abuse and prostitution puts them at a high risk for:

A)HIV and AIDS.
B)re-offending.
C)life-sentences.
D)none of these choices.

Question 16

The use of mandatory minimums have:

A)not had an effect on female offenders.
B)benefited female offenders.
C)not benefited female offenders.
D)none of these choices.

Question 17

Which of the following is Not a characteristic of the prison love affairs that are established in female prisons?

A)They are unstable.
B)They are long term.
C)They are explosive.
D)There is a strict differentiation between the male and female role.

Question 18

Before 1960, independent women's prisons were relatively:

A)common.
B)rare.
C)expensive.
D)none of these choices.

Question 19

Which of the following is Not one of the major reasons that women are confined to administrative segregation?

A)assaults on staff
B)drug-related offenses
C)fighting
D)sexual relationships

Question 20

Which style gives female inmates the feeling that they have no control over their prison environment?

A)adopted style
B)convict style
C)isolate style
D)integrated style

Question 21

How many of the female prisoners in state prisons have children under the age of 18?

A)one-third
B)one-half
C)three-fifths
D)three-fourths

Question 22

Concerns with health care in prisons include:

A)delays in treatment.
B)lack of qualified personnel and resources.
C)cost.
D)all of these choices.

Question 23

Warden Jones is the first female warden of the only correctional institution in the state. She was promoted from assistant warden at a medium-security male prison. During her first week of work, she realizes that running a female prison is completely different than running a male prison. After meeting with most of the correctional officers and inmates, Warden Jones realizes that most of her inmates have several deficits. Which of the following a problem for many of her inmates?

A)They have a history of poor health.
B)They have been sexually abused
C)They have substance abuse problems.
D)All of these

Question 24

Warden Jones is the first female warden of the only correctional institution in the state. She was promoted from assistant warden at a medium-security male prison. During her first week of work, she realizes that running a female prison is completely different than running a male prison. Warden Jones has been observing how some women cope with prison. She is most concerned with the inmate who adopts the ___________ style because they are highly likely to have difficulty dealing with correctional officers.

A)adopted
B)convict
C)isolate
D)integrated

Question 25

Female prisoners are more likely than male prisoners to cope with their issues:

A)through groups.
B)with therapy.
C)through destructive acts.
D)by working.

Question 26

Compared to male prisoners, female prisoners have:

A)a lower rate of illness.
B)a higher rate of illness.
C)the same rate of illness.
D)none of these choices.

Question 27

Warden Jones is the first female warden of the only correctional institution in the state. She was promoted from assistant warden at a medium-security male prison. During her first week of work, she realizes that running a female prison is completely different than running a male prison. After running the prison for 1 month, Warden Jones realizes that women do their time very differently than men. Which of the following is Not indicative of how women prisoners do their time compared to men?

A)The culture of the female prison exploits the struggles of degradation and violence.
B)Men show more solidarity.
C)Women are often confined to administrative segregation for fighting.
D)Race is not critical to prison culture in a female prison.

Question 28

Melissa is a female serving a life sentence for murder in a state correctional facility. She has been in prison for the past 10 years. She is now 36 years old. Melissa was pregnant with her second child  when she entered prison. She was also addicted to cocaine and often turned to prostitution to support her habit. She ended up killing a customer who refused to pay her for her prostitution services. When she first entered prison, Melissa became part of a make-believe family in order to deal with incarceration. This is known as:

A)the mamas and the papas.
B)family ties.
C)kinship networks.
D)pseudofamilies.

Question 29

What percentage of states offer female inmates mammograms and Pap smears?

A)20 percent
B)50 percent
C)75 percent
D)100 percent

Question 30

Melissa is a female serving a life sentence for murder in a state correctional facility. She has been in prison for the past 10 years. She is now 36 years old. Melissa was pregnant with her second child  when she entered prison. She was also addicted to cocaine and often turned to prostitution to support her habit. She ended up killing a customer who refused to pay her for her prostitution services. Melissa's drug addiction is not uncommon for female inmates. What percentage of female inmates are involved with addictive drugs?

A)one-third
B)one-half
C)two-thirds
D)three-fourths

Question 31

Pressing issues in women's prisons include:

A)problems posed by motherhood.
B)the quality of prison healthcare.
C)the sexual victimization of women prisoners.
D)all of these choices.

Question 32

Melissa is a female serving a life sentence for murder in a state correctional facility. She has been in prison for the past 10 years. She is now 36 years old. Melissa was pregnant with her second child  when she entered prison. She was also addicted to cocaine and often turned to prostitution to support her habit. She ended up killing a customer who refused to pay her for her prostitution services. When Melissa entered prison, she was about 6 months pregnant. She received minimal prenatal care and was taken to the county hospital to deliver her baby. Once she delivered her baby, she returned to prison, and a family member took custody of Melissa's newborn and her older child. Based on the research, Melissa would be most satisfied with placing her children with:

A)the children's father.
B)her sister.
C)her mother.
D)her friend.

Question 33

Professionalism in a women's prison is defined as:

A)a commitment to develop programming for inmates.
B)a desire to treat inmates with dignity and respect.
C)a commitment to engage staff in prison management and operations.
D)all of these choices.

Question 34

While their mothers are incarcerated, which relative do the children most frequently stay with?

A)aunts and uncles
B)maternal grandmothers
C)fathers
D)paternal grandmothers

Question 35

Compared to men's prisons, women's prisons are typically:

A)less violent.
B)bigger.
C)cleaner.
D)all of these choices.

Question 36

Melissa is a female serving a life sentence for murder in a state correctional facility. She has been in prison for the past 10 years. She is now 36 years old. Melissa was pregnant with her second child  when she entered prison. She was also addicted to cocaine and often turned to prostitution to support her habit. She ended up killing a customer who refused to pay her for her prostitution services. Melissa is not a typical female inmate in that she is convicted of the violent crime of murder. Most female inmates are in prison for:

A)burglary.
B)robbery.
C)nonviolent drug offenses.
D)theft.

Question 37

Melissa is a female serving a life sentence for murder in a state correctional facility. She has been in prison for the past 10 years. She is now 36 years old. Melissa was pregnant with her second child  when she entered prison. She was also addicted to cocaine and often turned to prostitution to support her habit. She ended up killing a customer who refused to pay her for her prostitution services. After about 10 years into her sentence, Melissa became depressed. She started to separate herself from other prisoners and began to feel like she had no control. She was coping to prison by according to which model?

A)adopted style
B)convict style
C)isolate style
D)integrated style

Question 38

Warden Jones is the first female warden of the only correctional institution in the state. She was promoted from assistant warden at a medium-security male prison. During her first week of work, she realizes that running a female prison is completely different than running a male prison. Warden Jones is amazed to see how many inmates are involved in romantic relationships with one another. She knows that it is impossible to prevent all sexual encounters. However, she is particularly concerned with a few of the female inmates who play the dominant role in the homosexual relationship. Some of them have become violent. The inmates who play this dominant role are referred to as:

A)butch.
B)master.
C)pimp.
D)wolf.

Question 39

Which style are women prisoners least likely to approach their confinement with?

A)adopted style
B)convict style
C)isolate style
D)integrated style

Question 40

In ________________,  a federal court ruled that the opportunities and programs for female inmates were clearly inferior to those for male inmates.

A)Barefield v. Leach
B)Rachel Coles v. United States
C)Yates v. Fallon
D)Roots v. Corrections Corporation of America

Question 41

More than half of all incarcerated women are parents to children under the age of 18.

Question 42

According to the text, the docile, or female, role in a homosexual relationship in the prison society is called ____________________.

Question 43

A term commonly used referring to the dominant, or male, role in a homosexual relationship in the prison society is____________________.

Question 44

Warden Jones is the first female warden of the only correctional institution in the state. She was promoted from assistant warden at a medium-security male prison. During her first week of work, she realizes that running a female prison is completely different than running a male prison. Warden Jones was brought into the prison to help fix the problem of sexual assaults of inmates by staff members. The previous warden and 20 officers were terminated because of a sex abuse scandal that occurred at the institution. She is determined to eradicate the prison of sexual assaults committed by her staff. She reaches out to the international nongovernmental organization that is concerned with the rights of prisoners for help with the development of new policies to ensure she puts an end to these sexual assaults. What is the name of this organization?

A)American Civil Liberties Union
B)Human Rights Watch
C)National Organization of Women
D)U.S. Department of Justice

Question 45

Many pregnant inmates are shackled while delivering their child.

Question 46

Female offenders are more likely than males to be convicted of a ____________________ crime.

Question 47

In contemporary prisons, female inmates are prone to mistrust their friendships with other women prisoners and refrain from forming close relationships.

Question 48

Every female prison provides a nursery where babies up to 18 months old can live with their mothers in prison.

Question 49

Makebelieve families are known as____________________.

Question 50

____________________ are a type of prison socialization in which women deal with incarceration by becoming part of make-believe families.

Question 51

Blood-related relatives are called fictive families in the prison environment.

Question 52

Perinatal mortality and morbidity are high for women prisoners.

Question 53

Incarcerated women typically come from stable family lives.

Question 54

There is a growing movement to make the staff in women's prisons more competent and professional.

Question 55

Race tends to be emphasized much more in female prison culture than male prison culture.

Question 56

Female offenders are more likely than males to be convicted of a nonviolent crime and be incarcerated for a low-level involvement in drug offenses.

Question 57

Equality with a vengeance is a term used to describe an equality of punishment meted out to women who violate the law.

Question 58

There is a lack of qualified personnel and resources to meet the physical and mental health needs of female inmates.

Question 59

According to the text, mandatory minimum sentences in most states provide the same punishment for conspiracy to commit crimes as for the instigator of the crime itself.

Question 60

Adult females are more likely than adult males to attempt suicide while incarcerated.

Question 61

Describe why the female inmate population is increasing.

Question 62

When women associate with other prisoners and have few problems with correctional officers, they are using the _______________ style of coping with prison life.

Question 63

Discuss the issues incarcerated mothers deal with in prison and the types of programs that are offered to help in some institutions to deal with these issues.

Question 64

California created the ______________________________ program, which allows 100 women with infants to live in a community-based facility where they can take parenting classes  instead of a prison  .

Question 65

Some prisons _______________ inmates for health care even though it is in violation of international standards.

Question 66

Kruttschnitt and Gartner found that prisoners in the two prisons they studied had three major ways of negotiating, or coping with, prison life. Compare and contrast the three perspectives.

Question 67

What areas of prison healthcare need improvement?

Question 68

Discuss the characteristics of females in prison.

Question 69

Describe the role of the correctional counselor and the importance of this role in women's prisons.

Question 70

Owen's term for women's involvement in problematic prison behaviors and activities is _______________________.

Question 71

Shackling or restraining women during ____________________ can put the baby at risk.

Question 72

The chief treatment officer in many correctional institutions is the _________________________.

Question 73

Discuss the findings of the three classic studies of women in prison.

Question 74

______________________________ in a women's prison includes a desire to treat inmates with dignity and respect.

Question 75

Many women have been victims of ____________________ by correctional officers  during incarceration .

Question 76

According to the text, children of incarcerated mothers most frequently stay with ___________________.

Question 77

Special issues in the incarceration of women include motherhood and ____________________.

Question 78

What is being done to curtail the sexual assault of female prisoners?

Question 79

Describe what is currently being done to make staff in women's prisons more competent and professional.

Question 80

Discuss Barbara Owen's study on female inmates and her findings.