Questions and CORRECT Answers
______ refers to the supervision of offenders following their release from prison. - CORRECT
ANSWER - Parole
Which of the following cases set the standard through which courts could measure whether
women received a lower standard of treatment compared to men? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Barefield v. Leach
All of the following are true regarding the Welfare Reform Act and women convicted of a felony
drug offense EXCEPT for _____. - CORRECT ANSWER - Calls for a ban on drug testing of
recipients of welfare
Gender-specific programming first emerged in response to the dramatic increase in the _______.
- CORRECT ANSWER - the number of girls that were appearing before the juvenile court
Within community supervision, the most popular option is ______. - CORRECT ANSWER -
Probation
All of the following were identified as the most desirable resources for reentry into the
community EXCEPT for ______. - CORRECT ANSWER - Healthcare
The needs of women have been significantly neglected by the criminal justice system throughout
history. - CORRECT ANSWER - True
Women in the corrections system suffer from all of the following EXCEPT for _____. -
CORRECT ANSWER - overabundance of medical care
The pathways of women to crime are similar to the pathways to men. - CORRECT
ANSWER - False
, Women are also less likely to have participated in any vocational training programs while behind
bars. - CORRECT ANSWER - True
The first female prison facility was opened in ______. - CORRECT ANSWER - 1839
The first stand-alone prison for women was built in ______. - CORRECT ANSWER - Indiana
Which of the following is used most often to treat mental illness among women prisoners? -
CORRECT ANSWER - Medication
Reformatories offered women opportunities for ______. - CORRECT ANSWER -
rehabilitation
Which of the following is true about the prison nursery program at Bedford Hills Correctional
Facility in New York? - CORRECT ANSWER - The program allows women to stay for up to
1 year.
The Adoption and Safe Families Act allows for the termination of parental rights after ______
months. - CORRECT ANSWER - 15
______% of women that are incarcerated communication with their children via letters. -
CORRECT ANSWER - 49%
In 2012, ______ states had policies that permitted women to be shackled while they were in
labor. - CORRECT ANSWER - 33
Women were sent to reformatories for crimes that were considered ______. - CORRECT
ANSWER - Unladylike