Deck 5: Women, Substance Abuse, and Criminal Justice

Question 1

Which is an effect of the war on drugs?

A) Increased incarceration rates for women of color
B) Increased arrest rates for women in general
C) Breakup of families
D) Women sentenced for conspiracy
E) All of the above

Answer 1

E

Question 2

The term occurring disorders refers to:

A) Addictive disorder and drug dependency problems.
B) The combination of a diagnosable mental disorder and substance dependency problem.
C) Two forms of mental illness.
D) Husband and wife receiving the diagnosis of chemical dependency.

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Alcoholic and drug-using women are vulnerable to victimization in the form of:

A) Theft.
B) Rape.
C) Physical violence.
D) All of the above

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Women are severely affected by punitive sentencing laws through:

A) Incarceration often far away from home.
B) Conspiracy laws.
C) Separation from families.
D) All of the above

Question 5

What is the percentage of women in prison who meet criteria for substance use disorders?

A) 14%
B) 58%
C) 73%
D) 90%

Question 6

In Iowa, the drug of choice among female inmates in the first decade of the 21^st century was:

A) Heroin.
B) Alcohol.
C) Cocaine.
D) Meth

Question 7

Neurotransmitters are chemicals that:

A) Transmit nerves to other bodily systems.
B) Create enzymes.
C) Carry messages between nerve cells about feeling good.
D) Are now realized to have little relation to substance use.

Question 8

Serotonin is associated with:

A) Alcohol use.
B) Genes.
C) Sleep and low anxiety.
D) All of the above

Question 9

Women often use meth to:

A) Reduce sleep.
B) Lose weight.
C) Relax and sleep.
D) All of the above
E) A and b above

Question 10

According to the text, a common disorder in women with substance use disorders is:

A) PTSD.
B) Bipolar.
C) Paranoid schizophrenia.
D) All of the above

Question 11

The major symptoms of PTSD are:

A) Denial of the event.
B) Feelings of guilt.
C) Sleep disturbances.
D) Preoccupation with the event.
E) All of the above

Question 12

According to the text, the war on drugs is a war on:

A) Minorities.
B) Women.
C) The poor.
D) All of the above

Question 13

The following statement is true:

A) Women who had ingested illicit drugs while pregnant could be prosecuted under laws passed under the George W. Bush administration.
B) Few women were ever prosecuted for ingesting drugs while pregnant.
C) According to the text, unborn children have benefited from laws prosecuting women for taking illicit drugs while pregnant.
D) All of the above.

Question 14

Empirical evidence indicated treatment for drug-abusing women is:

A) Of proven effectiveness.
B) Less effective than treatment for men.
C) Ineffective for meth users.
D) Only effective when a jail term is served.

Question 15

Prison-based therapeutic community is generally not recommended for women because:

A) Treatment is only provided in men's prisons.
B) Addicted women have to come to prison to get treatment.
C) Of the harsh confrontation and close supervision ingrained in the program design.
D) None of the above

Question 16

Programs for drug-dependent female offenders, according to the text, should include:

A) A learn-to-drink moderately component.
B) Men as well as women in treatment together.
C) A holistic continuum of care for after release.
D) All of the above

Question 17

Drug courts are:

A) Another authoritarian substance abuse program.
B) Lacking in cost effectiveness.
C) A positive alternative to prison.
D) Lacking in case management services.

Question 18

Gender-responsive policy provides effective interventions addressing:

A) Substance use issues.
B) Mental health issues.
C) Trauma issues.
D) All of the above

Question 19

Which of the following approaches/programming is criticized in the text for not being empowering for women?

A) Family-centered programs
B) Reliance on "the criminal personality" model.
C) Gender-specific programs
D) Community-centered programs

Question 20

The following statement is true:

A) Neonatal abstinence syndrome is the term used for babies born with drug withdrawal symptoms.
B) In 2020 in Iowa, meth made a comeback as a major drug of misuse.
C) States with the harshest drug enforcement laws have the lowest rates of babies born with drug withdrawal symptoms.
D) All of the above.
E) All except C above.

Question 21

Treatment plays a strong role in crime prevention.

Question 22

The term co-occurring disorder refers to the combination of a diagnosable mental disorder and substance dependency problem.

Question 23

Alcoholic and drug-using women are not particularly vulnerable to victimization in the form of theft.

Question 24

Children are severely affected by punitive sentencing laws through separation from their mothers.

Question 25

Government monitoring of pregnant women overwhelmingly ends up targeting poor minority women:

Question 26

The government's punitive response to illicit drug-related crime lessened during the opioid epidemic.

Question 27

In Iowa, the drug of choice among female inmates in the first decade of the 21^st century was meth.

Question 28

Neurotransmitters have been found to play little role in addiction.

Question 29

Serotonin is associated with genes.

Question 30

Women often first use meth to lose weight.

Question 31

Paranoid schizophrenia is a common disorder in women with substance use disorders.

Question 32

Over a quarter of women in state prison were sentenced for drug-related offenses.

Question 33

According to the text, the war on drugs is a war on minorities.

Question 34

Empirical evidence has indicated that treatment for drug-abusing women is ineffective for meth users.

Question 35

Prison-based therapeutic community is generally not recommended for women due to the harsh confrontation and close supervision associated with this model.

Question 36

In her boxed reading on her treatment through a therapeutic community, Cynthia Kress attributed her recovery to the program.

Question 37

In the text, drug courts are presented as a negative alternative to prison.

Question 38

Gender-responsive policy provides effective interventions addressing trauma issues.

Question 39

Insights from "the criminal personality" approach are considered by the text authors to be well suited for women dealing with issues of anger.

Question 40

It is a federal crime to physically beat a woman who is known to be pregnant and to put the unborn child at risk.

Question 41

The medical term for infants born with symptoms of drug withdrawal is____________.

Question 42

Serotonin and dopamine are types of __________that relate the feelings a drug produces.

Question 43

Empirical evidence indicated treatment for drug-abusing women is proven to be _____________.

Question 44

Prison-based therapeutic community is generally not recommended for women due to harsh confrontation and close _____________.

Question 45

____________ are judge-directed alternatives to prison in which the court monitors intensive supervision of an offender.

Question 46

___________-responsive policy provides effective interventions addressing substance abuse, mental health, and trauma issues.

Question 47

Teachings based on "the criminal personality" study are criticized for not being _________ for women

Question 48

Explain the link between childhood victimization and female adult crime.

Question 49

What role did the media and racism play in constructing and presenting the problem of crack in the creation of the sentencing guidelines for crimes involving crack cocaine?

Question 50

Discuss model programming for the female offender with substance use problems.

Question 51

Some people claim that addiction is a brain disease. What is the evidence for this claim?

Question 52

Discuss how the war on drugs can be considered a war on poor and minority women.