Deck 2: Female Crime and Delinquency

Question 1

Freda Adler (1975) in Sisters in Crime contended that:

A) The crime rate for women had not increased.
B) Women were committing more crime because of women's new freedoms.
C) The crime rate for women now equaled that of men.
D) None of the above

Answer 1

B

Question 2

The liberation thesis is thought by experts to be faulty because:

A) Female offenders disproportionately come from poor minority groups.
B) Poor women who commit property crimes are not benefiting from new opportunities.
C) The typical female offender is not a liberated woman.
D) All of the above

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Feminists of the gender-neutral school do NOT tend to focus on:

A) Social bonding
B) Delinquent peer relationships
C) Family background
D) Male and female differences

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Lombroso's explanation for female crime can best be described as ____________ based.

A) Psychologically
B) Spiritually
C) Biologically
D) Sociologically

Question 5

According to the text, lower-class women are more likely than middle- and upper-class women to:

A) Embrace feminism.
B) Commit white-collar crime.
C) Be subject to personal victimization.
D) Receive the benefits of chivalry in court.

Question 6

Which of the following statements is the most accurate?

A) Female crime increased significantly at the start of the 21^st century.
B) Women's crime has risen especially in the area of robbery and homicide.
C) The increase in female arrest rates for assault reflects changes in law enforcement.
D) Prostitution is no longer a significant form of female crime.

Question 7

When women kill, their victims tend to be people:

A) Who are intimates.
B) Attacked in other crimes such as a robbery.
C) Who are economically prosperous.
D) None of the above

Question 8

Which of the following statements most accurately describes female drug users?

A) Most are major drug dealers as well.
B) Most are immigrants used as drug mules.
C) Women play multiple roles within the illicit drug economy.
D) Mandatory drug laws have reduced the arrest rates for women.

Question 9

Chivalry in the courtroom is provided to women who:

A) Are charged with behavior that is traditional for women.
B) Are not racial or ethnic minorities.
C) Lack a prior criminal record.
D) All of the above

Question 10

Research on girls in the gang shows that these girls

A) Typically come from troubled family backgrounds.
B) Are likely to be from Black middle-class backgrounds.
C) Are most often in gangs independent of male gangs.
D) Are every bit as violent as their male counterparts.

Question 11

The overall incarceration rate for Black women is _________ that of white women.

A) Higher than
B) Lower than
C) Equal to
D) Unknown compared to

Question 12

Persons who qualify for the diagnosis of antisocial personality disorder are:

A) Impulsive.
B) Blaming of others.
C) Lack empathy or guilt.
D) All of the above

Question 13

In the prison context, women who have high levels of testosterone tend to have been convicted of what type of crime?

A) Property
B) Drug
C) Violent
D) Sex

Question 14

According to the text, how often does depression occur in adolescent female offenders?

A) Never
B) Frequently
C) Rarely
D) Occasionally

Question 15

What theory describes the self-fulfilling prophecy of being labeled "bad?"

A) Social control theory
B) Social bond theory
C) Labeling theory
D) Feminist theory

Question 16

According to the text, battered women have sometimes gotten into trouble through use of violence against:

A) The batterer.
B) Strangers.
C) Their children.
D) Themselves.

Question 17

According to Ann Jones, the author of Women Who Kill, most women who kill in fact:

A) Are mentally ill.
B) Have a history of violent behavior.
C) Fairly ordinary.
D) Are likely to have a prior criminal record.

Question 18

female gang members

A) Have a small risk of victimization by the guys in parallel gangs who protect them.
B) Derive satisfaction in getting a sense of belonging from the gang.
C) Are often the first in their families to be gang members.
D) Continue in gang membership well after they grow up.

Question 19

Among the women who purposefully kill their children, some form of mental illness was ___________ involved.

A) Rarely
B) Almost never
C) Almost always
D) None of the above

Question 20

According to the text, it is easy to surmise that white women who are feminine in demeanor will have a better chance of receiving ________________ treatment than African American females and males of all races.

A) Harsher
B) More lenient
C) No significantly different
D) More specialized

Question 21

Freda Adler (1975) in Sisters in Crime contended that women were committing more crime because of women's new freedoms.

Question 22

The liberation thesis is thought by experts to be faulty because female offenders disproportionately come from poor minority groups.

Question 23

Women domestic terrorists according to the boxed reading have been found to be motivated by a sense of empowerment and also a wish to protect their families.

Question 24

Lombroso's explanation for female crime can be best described as sociologically based.

Question 25

According to the text, lower-class women are more likely than middle- and upper-class women to be subjected to personal victimization.

Question 26

The increase in female arrest rates for assault reflects changes in law enforcement.

Question 27

When women kill, their victims tend to be strangers.

Question 28

Women typically do not play multiple roles within the illicit drug economy.

Question 29

Chivalry in the courtroom is provided to women who lack a prior criminal record.

Question 30

According to the liberation thesis, as women become more equal to men, their offending rates will converge with men's.

Question 31

The overall incarceration rate for black women is much lower than that of white women.

Question 32

Persons who qualify for the diagnosis of psychopathy or antisocial personality disorder are impulsive, blaming of others, and seemingly unable to feel empathy or guilt.

Question 33

In the prison context, women who had the lowest levels of testosterone tend to have been convicted of violent crimes.

Question 34

Depression is a mental disorder that occurs frequently in female offenders and especially adolescent girls.

Question 35

According to the text, the prevalence of physical and sexual abuse in childhood and adult backgrounds of female offenders has been consistently supported in the research literature.

Question 36

According so labeling theory, when kids or adults are labeled as "bad" the label becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Question 37

Battered women have sometimes gotten into trouble through use of violence against the batterer.

Question 38

Girls who are attracted to gangs are often seeking a sense of belonging.

Question 39

According to the text, women's domestic violence services are saving the lives of men.

Question 40

Filicide is the term used for women who______________.

Question 41

Status offenses are________________.

Question 42

Lombroso's explanation for female crime can best be describes as _____________ based.

Question 43

The ____________ in female arrest rates for assault reflects changes in law enforcement.

Question 44

When women kill, their victims tend to be people who are ____________.

Question 45

Female gang members tend to come from ___________family backgrounds.

Question 46

___________ in the courtroom is often provided to women who lack a prior criminal record.

Question 47

According to the text, the incarceration rates for Hispanic, non-Hispanic white, and Asian girls are significantly less than those for __________ and____________.

Question 48

Persons who qualify for the diagnosis of ____________ are impulsive, blaming of others, and seemingly unable to feel empathy or guilt.

Question 49

In the biological context, women who had the highest levels of ____________ tended to have displayed aggressive behavior in prison.

Question 50

Lack of ________ for suffering caused to others is a key characteristic of antisocial personality disorder.

Question 51

_____________ is a mental disorder that occurs frequently in female offenders and especially adolescent girls.

Question 52

According to the text, research supports the notion that there is a prevalence of sexual and _____________ abuse in the childhood and adult backgrounds of female offenders.

Question 53

The majority of arrests for prostitution are for ________prostitution.

Question 54

In the country of __________a law was passed to arrest only those who solicit prostitutes but not the prostitutes.

Question 55

Match the term with the appropriate definition.
-Liberation thesis

A) Lack of guilt and empathy
B) Self-fulfilling prophecy
C) Sex-role socialization
D) Convergence of female and male crime rates

Question 56

Match the term with the appropriate definition.
-Labeling theory

A) Lack of guilt and empathy
B) Self-fulfilling prophecy
C) Sex-role socialization
D) Convergence of female and male crime rates

Question 57

Match the term with the appropriate definition.
-Psychopathy

A) Lack of guilt and empathy
B) Self-fulfilling prophecy
C) Sex-role socialization
D) Convergence of female and male crime rates

Question 58

Match the term with the appropriate definition.
-Social control theory

A) Lack of guilt and empathy
B) Self-fulfilling prophecy
C) Sex-role socialization
D) Convergence of female and male crime rates

Question 59

Why do some people reject the notion that biological theories should not be studied? Why are they necessary to study?

Question 60

Explain the differences between male and female offending from a social control perspective.

Question 61

Discuss ways in which a holistic approach would be beneficial in the attempt to explain female crime.

Question 62

Explain how poverty and racism go hand in hand in creating the stage for criminal behavior.