Deck 15: Women and Corrections

Question 1

Which of the following issues has arisen as a result of the movement of women into male correctional facilities?

A) Whether women are physically and mentally suited to corrections work.
B) How to deal with sexual and gender harassment.
C) Whether equal employment rights outweigh the privacy rights of male inmates.
D) All of these

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Which of the following occurred in the Auburn prison in 1825 in regard to the treatment of women?

A) Women were housed in a cramped, unventilated attic.
B) The silent requirement was easy to enforce.
C) Women were not punished.
D) Women were not allowed to work.

Answer 2

A

Question 3

What types of health care needs are more specific to gender?

A) gynecological and obstetrical
B) psychological
C) psychiatric
D) all of these

Answer 3

D

Question 4

What type of attitude was inherent in Tennessee when the first prison opened in Nashville in 1831?

A) conservative
B) tough on crime
C) progressive
D) crime control

Question 5

Research on incarcerated black women indicates that they were disproportionately incarcerated in the

A) Northeast and Midwest
B) Northwest and Midwest
C) Southeast and Midwest
D) Southwest Midwest

Question 6

Slavery-like treatment and work requirements were imposed in ______ prisons.

A) Northern
B) Western
C) Midwestern
D) Southern

Question 7

Both black and white women in the United States in the 19^th century tended to be incarcerated for property crimes, particularly

A) larceny
B) arson
C) shoplifting
D) vandalism

Question 8

Houses of refuge were part of the ______ movement.

A) Jacksonian
B) Jeffersonian
C) Madisonian
D) Adams

Question 9

Guardianship in a house of refuge continued until the age of

A) 16
B) 18
C) 20
D) 23

Question 10

Which of the following types of crimes has brought more female offenders into the system?

A) robberies
B) larcenies
C) drug offenses
D) white-collar

Question 11

Women's adjust in corrections is associated with which of the following problems?

A) problematic personal relationships
B) separation from children
C) greater propensity for mental health problems
D) all of these

Question 12

The first prisons were built for men.

Question 13

Patriarchy involves the attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors that value men and boys over women and girls.

Question 14

Among corporate and white-collar crimes, the more likely offender is female.

Question 15

Dorothea Dix's view of the Houses of refuge very unfavorable.

Question 16

What, according to the authors, is the best explanation as to the historically low numbers of female offenders in the system?

Question 17

What did the liberal feminists believe the cause of crime for women was attributed to?

Question 18

What intervention strategies were the focus of efforts to reduce sexual abuse in correctional institutions?

Question 19

What are pseudo-families?

Question 20

Why is the abuse of women and girls while incarcerated particularly damaging to them?

Question 21

What had to occur to give women the legal weapon needed to gain equal rights to work?

Question 22

As employment numbers have risen, what are the three issues that have been problematic for women in the workplace?

Question 23

What work orientation has been found to be preferred by female officers?

Question 24

According to researchers, females tend to commit fewer violent crimes than their male counterparts. Discuss your opinion on why you think this might be the case?

Question 25

Compare and contrast the issues affecting female and male prisoners. How do these similarities and differences translate into offender needs?

Question 26

What were the houses of refuge? Why were they created and how did they affect the gendered experience for those placed within them?

Question 27

What role did both brands of feminists have in advancing female employment in the correctional system? What role did the play in shaping the treatment and correctional experience for females under correctional supervision?

Question 28

Discuss the Salazar et al. v. City of Espanola et al. [2004] case. What was the outcome?