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 when she entered prison with her second child. 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
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Q1: Sentencing laws fail to consider that the
Q11: While males may benefit from sentencing reforms,
Q18: Before 1960, independent women's prisons were relatively:
A)common.
B)rare.
C)expensive.
D)none
Q21: Melissa is a female serving a life
Q25: What percentage of states offer female inmates
Q27: The use of sentencing guidelines has
A)not had
Q28: Which psychological problem are more women prisoners
Q34: Almost half of the women in prison
Q35: Compared to men's prisons, women's prisons are
Q37: Female offenders are more likely than males
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