Exam 8: Female Offenders in Correctional Systems

The Iowa program is an excellent example of how most programs for female offenders should be structured because it is comprehensive and demonstrates how the multitude of issues pertinent to female offenders can be addressed within a single facility while utilizing a wide array of services within the community.

Which of the following was a Quaker prison reform activist and an advocate for women who were incarcerated during these early years?

Prison camps emerged in the South after 1870, and the overwhelming majority of women in these camps were ______.

Which state houses the largest female inmate population in the United States?

What is a very common mental illness among the incarcerated and is even more pronounced among the female offending population because this disorder tends to have higher prevalence rates among females in general?

In 1817, which individual organized a group of women activists into the Association for the Improvement of the Female Prisoners in Newgate?

Specific recommendations regarding treatment programs for female offenders include which of the following?

In a study of 110 programs that deal with female offenders, it was found that programs conducive to treatment success of female offenders used female role models and paid particular attention to ______.

While the total number of female offenders incarcerated decreased steadily over the past few decades, recently there has been a slight increase in this growth.

When discussing female offenders, it becomes clear that most are minority members with few options and limited economic resources.

Data from New York's Auburn Prison on homicide between 1909 and 1933 reveal the special nature of women's "violent" crime: most of the victims of murder by women were ______.

Even in the 1900s, social views related to women and criminality were tied to moralistic outlooks regarding their ______.

Discuss the experience of female offenders with domestic violence.

In 2011, 902 allegations of sexual victimization (______) were substantiated (i.e., determined to have occurred upon investigation).

The foremost principle in responding appropriately to women is to acknowledge the implications of ______ throughout the criminal justice system.

How do female chronic offenders tend to differ from male chronic offenders?

In the case of Glover v. Johnson (1988), what was the Michigan Department of Corrections decreed to provide for female inmates within its jurisdiction?

Approximately ______ million minor children have a mother who is under criminal justice supervision.

Which era viewed women from a lens of inflexible femininity where women were to be considered pious and naive of the evils of the world?

Discuss the importance of the work of Sarah Smith and Rhoda Coffin in the 1870s.