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Q:
The Supreme Court ruled in the _________________ decision that uncomfortable conditions are not unconstitutional but are part of the penalty that inmates pay for committing crimes.
a. Wilson v. Seiter
b. Bell v. Fuertado
c. Huff v. South Carolina
d. Brady v. Arizona
Q:
The minimum requirements for disciplinary hearings include:
a. a written notice of the alleged rules infraction and sufficient time to prepare a defense.
b. the ability to call witnesses.
c. a written statement of the findings.
d. all of these choices.
Q:
Cruel and unusual punishment refers to:
a. degrading the dignity of human beings.
b. punishing people because of their race, religion, and mental state.
c. punishment that is more severe than the offense for which it has been given.
d. all of these choices.
Q:
Inmates placed in solitary confinement or administrative segregation have the right to:
a. personal hygiene.
b. exercise.
c. mattresses.
d. all of these choices.
Q:
Searches conducted by prison officials:
a. are prohibited by law.
b. are not unreasonable as long as they are not for the purpose of harassing or humiliating the inmate.
c. are conducted in prisons, but are prohibited by law.
d. none of these choices.
Q:
The Supreme Court has ruled that the right to practice religion:
a. ends when a person is incarcerated.
b. is not a civil right.
c. is not a necessity.
d. does not end at a prison gate.
Q:
Deadly force is permissible to prevent:
a. the commission of a felony.
b. refusal of a direct order.
c. verbal threats.
d. all of these choices.
Q:
Solitary confinement or administrative segregation is necessary to:
a. protect the inmate.
b. protect other prisoners and staff.
c. prevent escapes.
d. all of these choices.
Q:
Which case ruled that as long as force is used in a good faith effort to maintain control, there is no liability?
a. Estelle v. Gamble
b. Madrid v. Gomez
c. Hudson v. McMillian
d. Newman v. Alabama
Q:
Which case determined that unannounced cell searches were necessary for security and order?
a. Bell v. Wolfish
b. Hudson v. Palmer
c. Moore v. People
d. Whitley v. Albers
Q:
A name given to inmates who develop an expertise in criminal law and help other inmates in preparing their cases are known as:
a. correctional attorneys.
b. legal lawyers.
c. jailhouse lawyers.
d. inmate lawyers.
Q:
The First Amendment protects:
a. equality to all persons.
b. freedom of religion and speech.
c. a right to privacy.
d. all of these choices.
Q:
A right such as life, liberty, or property that is held to exist for its own sake and to constitute part of the legal order of society is known as:
a. a religious right.
b. a guaranteed right.
c. substantive right.
d. societal right.
Q:
Prisoners have sued to establish rights to:
a. physical security and the minimum conditions to sustain life.
b. receive their constitutionally guaranteed safeguards.
c. challenge the legality of their convictions through the courts and to receive reasonable standards and procedural protections.
d. all of these choices.
Q:
Turner v. Safley remains the leading standard for evaluating prisoner _______________________ claims.
a. free expression
b. food and nutrition
c. sexual assault
d. cruel and unusual punishment
Q:
The act that limits the ability of inmates to complain about the conditions of confinement and to allege violations of their constitutional rights is known as the:
a. Prison Litigation Reform Act.
b. Prisoner Rights Act.
c. Inmate Act.
d. Offender Conditions Act.
Q:
The justification of the courts for their neglect of prison conditions prior to the 1960s is known as:
a. the hands-on doctrine.
b. the hands-off doctrine.
c. the liberal doctrine.
d. the judicial doctrine.
Q:
The Procurier v. Martinez case ruled that censorship of prison mail was a violation of:
a. the First Amendment.
b. the Sixth Amendment.
c. the Fourteenth Amendment.
d. both a and c.
Q:
Rights that have been guaranteed and protected by the government are known as:
a. statutory laws.
b. individual rights.
c. civil rights.
d. procedural laws.
Q:
The Prison Litigation Reform Act:
a. limits the ability of prisoners to complain about conditions of confinement and to allege violation of their constitutional rights.
b. requires prisoners to pay the full fee when filing a complaint or a down payment.
c. prohibits an indigent prisoner from filing new lawsuits when the prisoner has previously filed frivolous claims.
d. all of these choices.
Q:
When a precedent establishes an important principle, it is known as a(an):
a. critical decision.
b. federal decision.
c. landmark decision.
d. substantive decision.
Q:
Freedom of religion is a fundamental right guaranteed by the:
a. First Amendment.
b. Fourth Amendment.
c. Eighth Amendment.
d. Fourteenth Amendment.
Q:
Describe what is currently being done to make staff in women's prisons more competent and professional.
Q:
What is being done to curtail the sexual assault of female prisoners?
Q:
What areas of prison healthcare need improvement?
Q:
Describe the role of the correctional counselor and the importance of this role in women's prisons.
Q:
Discuss the issues incarcerated mothers deal with in prison and the types of programs that are offered to help in some institutions to deal with these issues.
Q:
Discuss Barbara Owen's study on female inmates and her findings.
Q:
Kruttschnitt and Gartner found that prisoners in the two prisons they studied had three major ways of negotiating, or coping with, prison life. Compare and contrast the three perspectives.
Q:
Discuss the findings of the three classic studies of women in prison.
Q:
Discuss the characteristics of females in prison.
Q:
Describe why the female inmate population is increasing.
Q:
______________________________ in a women's prison includes a desire to treat inmates with dignity and respect.
Q:
The chief treatment officer in many correctional institutions is the _________________________.
Q:
Many women have been victims of ____________________ by correctional officersduring incarceration.
Q:
Some prisons _______________ inmates for health care even though it is in violation of international standards.
Q:
California created the ______________________________ program, which allows 100 women with infants to live in a community-based facility where they can take parenting classesinstead of a prison.
Q:
According to the text, children of incarcerated mothers most frequently stay with ___________________.
Q:
Shackling or restraining women during ____________________ can put the baby at risk.
Q:
Special issues in the incarceration of women include motherhood and ____________________.
Q:
When women associate with other prisoners and have few problems with correctional officers, they are using the _______________ style of coping with prison life.
Q:
Owen's term for women's involvement in problematic prison behaviors and activities is _______________________.
Q:
____________________ are a type of prison socialization in which women deal with incarceration by becoming part of make-believe families.
Q:
According to the text, the docile, or female, role in a homosexual relationship in the prison society is called ____________________.
Q:
A term commonly used referring to the dominant, or male, role in a homosexual relationship in the prison society is____________________.
Q:
Makebelieve families are known as____________________.
Q:
Female offenders are more likely than males to be convicted of a ____________________ crime.
Q:
There is a growing movement to make the staff in women's prisons more competent and professional.
a. True
b. False
Q:
Many pregnant inmates are shackled while delivering their child.
a. True
b. False
Q:
There is a lack of qualified personnel and resources to meet the physical and mental health needs of female inmates.
a. True
b. False
Q:
Every female prison provides a nursery where babies up to 18 months old can live with their mothers in prison.
a. True
b. False
Q:
Perinatal mortality and morbidity are high for women prisoners.
a. True
b. False
Q:
More than half of all incarcerated women are parents to children under the age of 18.
a. True
b. False
Q:
In contemporary prisons, female inmates are prone to mistrust their friendships with other women prisoners and refrain from forming close relationships.
a. True
b. False
Q:
Adult females are more likely than adult males to attempt suicide while incarcerated.
a. True
b. False
Q:
Race tends to be emphasized much more in female prison culture than male prison culture.
a. True
b. False
Q:
Blood-related relatives are called fictive families in the prison environment.
a. True
b. False
Q:
According to the text, mandatory minimum sentences in most states provide the same punishment for conspiracy to commit crimes as for the instigator of the crime itself.
a. True
b. False
Q:
Equality with a vengeance is a term used to describe an equality of punishment meted out to women who violate the law.
a. True
b. False
Q:
Incarcerated women typically come from stable family lives.
a. True
b. False
Q:
Female offenders are more likely than males to be convicted of a nonviolent crime and be incarcerated for a low-level involvement in drug offenses.
a. True
b. False
Q:
Warden Jones is the first female warden of the only correctional institution in the state. She was promoted from assistant warden at a medium-security male prison. During her first week of work, she realizes that running a female prison is completely different than running a male prison.
Warden Jones was brought into the prison to help fix the problem of sexual assaults of inmates by staff members. The previous warden and 20 officers were terminated because of a sex abuse scandal that occurred at the institution. She is determined to eradicate the prison of sexual assaults committed by her staff. She reaches out to the international nongovernmental organization that is concerned with the rights of prisoners for help with the development of new policies to ensure she puts an end to these sexual assaults. What is the name of this organization?
a. American Civil Liberties Union
b. Human Rights Watch
c. National Organization of Women
d. U.S. Department of Justice
Q:
Warden Jones is the first female warden of the only correctional institution in the state. She was promoted from assistant warden at a medium-security male prison. During her first week of work, she realizes that running a female prison is completely different than running a male prison.
Warden Jones has been observing how some women cope with prison. She is most concerned with the inmate who adopts the ___________ style because they are highly likely to have difficulty dealing with correctional officers.
a. adopted
b. convict
c. isolate
d. integrated
Q:
Warden Jones is the first female warden of the only correctional institution in the state. She was promoted from assistant warden at a medium-security male prison. During her first week of work, she realizes that running a female prison is completely different than running a male prison.
After running the prison for 1 month, Warden Jones realizes that women do their time very differently than men. Which of the following is Not indicative of how women prisoners do their time compared to men?
a. The culture of the female prison exploits the struggles of degradation and violence.
b. Men show more solidarity.
c. Women are often confined to administrative segregation for fighting.
d. Race is not critical to prison culture in a female prison.
Q:
Warden Jones is the first female warden of the only correctional institution in the state. She was promoted from assistant warden at a medium-security male prison. During her first week of work, she realizes that running a female prison is completely different than running a male prison.
Warden Jones is amazed to see how many inmates are involved in romantic relationships with one another. She knows that it is impossible to prevent all sexual encounters. However, she is particularly concerned with a few of the female inmates who play the dominant role in the homosexual relationship. Some of them have become violent. The inmates who play this dominant role are referred to as:
a. butch.
b. master.
c. pimp.
d. wolf.
Q:
Warden Jones is the first female warden of the only correctional institution in the state. She was promoted from assistant warden at a medium-security male prison. During her first week of work, she realizes that running a female prison is completely different than running a male prison.
After meeting with most of the correctional officers and inmates, Warden Jones realizes that most of her inmates have several deficits. Which of the following a problem for many of her inmates?
a. They have a history of poor health.
b. They have been sexually abused
c. They have substance abuse problems.
d. All of these
Q:
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 with her second childwhen she entered prison. 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 Melissa entered prison, she was about 6 months pregnant. She received minimal prenatal care and was taken to the county hospital to deliver her baby. Once she delivered her baby, she returned to prison, and a family member took custody of Melissa's newborn and her older child. Based on the research, Melissa would be most satisfied with placing her children with:
a. the children's father.
b. her sister.
c. her mother.
d. her friend.
Q:
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 with her second childwhen she entered prison. 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.
After about 10 years into her sentence, Melissa became depressed. She started to separate herself from other prisoners and began to feel like she had no control. She was coping to prison by according to which model?
a. adopted style
b. convict style
c. isolate style
d. integrated style
Q:
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 with her second childwhen she entered prison. 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.
Q:
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 with her second childwhen she entered prison. 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.
Melissa's drug addiction is not uncommon for female inmates. What percentage of female inmates are involved with addictive drugs?
a. one-third
b. one-half
c. two-thirds
d. three-fourths
Q:
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 with her second childwhen she entered prison. 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.
Melissa is not a typical female inmate in that she is convicted of the violent crime of murder. Most female inmates are in prison for:
a. burglary.
b. robbery.
c. nonviolent drug offenses.
d. theft.
Q:
Professionalism in a women's prison is defined as:
a. a commitment to develop programming for inmates.
b. a desire to treat inmates with dignity and respect.
c. a commitment to engage staff in prison management and operations.
d. all of these choices.
Q:
What percentage of states offer female inmates mammograms and Pap smears?
a. 20 percent
b. 50 percent
c. 75 percent
d. 100 percent
Q:
Concerns with health care in prisons include:
a. delays in treatment.
b. lack of qualified personnel and resources.
c. cost.
d. all of these choices.
Q:
Compared to male prisoners, female prisoners have:
a. a lower rate of illness.
b. a higher rate of illness.
c. the same rate of illness.
d. none of these choices.
Q:
In ________________, a federal court ruled that the opportunities and programs for female inmates were clearly inferior to those for male inmates.
a. Barefield v. Leach
b. Rachel Coles v. United States
c. Yates v. Fallon
d. Roots v. Corrections Corporation of America
Q:
Pressing issues in women's prisons include:
a. problems posed by motherhood.
b. the quality of prison healthcare.
c. the sexual victimization of women prisoners.
d. all of these choices.
Q:
Compared to men's prisons, women's prisons are typically:
a. less violent.
b. bigger.
c. cleaner.
d. all of these choices.
Q:
Female prisoners are more likely than male prisoners to cope with their issues:
a. through groups.
b. with therapy.
c. through destructive acts.
d. by working.
Q:
While their mothers are incarcerated, which relative do the children most frequently stay with?
a. aunts and uncles
b. maternal grandmothers
c. fathers
d. paternal grandmothers