CJ 390 Midterm Exam | Questions and Answers T/F: The needs of women have been significantly neglected by the criminal justice system throughout history. True Which retailer has changed their hiring policies so that an individual's criminal history is not raised until the interview? Target ______...
T/F: The needs of women have been significantly neglected by the criminal justice
system throughout history.
True
Which retailer has changed their hiring policies so that an individual's criminal history is
not raised until the interview?
Target
_________ refers to the supervision of offenders following their release from prison.
Parole
Which of the following is not a requirement that offenders have to fulfill?
Get a degree
Probation is a correctional strategy applied following an offender's release from prison.
False
According to the authors, what is the identity given to offenders who have just been
released from prison?
Ex-offenders
Programs designed for men are also applicable to meet the needs of women.
False
Women in the corrections system suffer from which of the following?
a.
Poverty
b.
Homelessness
c.
Limited public assistance
d.
All of the above
Court cases during this time period focused on the issue of parity between male and
female prisoners.
True
T/F: Effective gender specific programming should provide long term programming for
girls and their social support network
, True
Which of the following is not a status offense
Shoplifting
The efforts of the child-savers movement led to the creation of the first juvenile court in
__________ in 1899.
Chicago
Parens patriae focuses on
the best interest of the child
Research has found that girls are ______ times more likely to be abused than their
male counterparts.
3-4
T/F: Which is true regarding school failure?
True
T/F: Today, juvenile delinquency is more likely to be handled informally
False
T/F: Boys experience higher rates of abuse than girls.
False
T/F: Some women abuse drugs to self-medicate.
True
Female offenders are engaged in
All of the above (property crime, drug offenses, violent crime)
T/F: For some girls, gang involvement is a family affair.
True
T/F: The majority of addicted women have trauma histories.
True
Which of the following is prostitution?
All of the above (working as escort, using craigslist, working in a brothel)
T/F: Participants in gender-specific drug treatment programs are more likely to be
successful.
True
Generally the public views prostitution as:
None of the above
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