Exam 15: Women and Corrections

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

Guardianship in a house of refuge continued until the age of

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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

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

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

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

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

The first prisons were built for men.

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

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

What are pseudo-families?

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