Exam 3: Gender Specific Programming for Female Offenders

For women offenders, the thinking-errors approach has been a major ________ in boosting girls' and women's self-efficacy.

The gender-blind treatment of women by the major institutions of society, especially when such an approach is unnecessary or harmful, is known as equality with a vengeance.

Much of what passes for gender-neutral programming, such as boot camps, is really oriented toward training and punishing male offenders.

The male-to-female ratio of serving time in prison has ________ over the past few decades.

Match the term with the appropriate definition. -Gender neutral

According to Beth Richie, gender entrapment is a common outcome when Black women are battered by their partners or husbands.

According to the text, within the criminal justice system the equality principle has been used against women when:

We sometimes see in the courtrooms of justice a backlash against women due to resentment of women's advances in the professional sphere.

Discuss what is meant by the term equality with a vengeance as it applies to women in the criminal justice system.

The effects of membership in multiple categories such as race, gender, and class is merely additive.

Kathy Nesteby, the coordinator for the Iowa Gender-Specific Services Task Force, works with members of the team to advocate before the legislature for changes in the:

________-specific programming attends to issues of mental health, creating a safe environment, relationships, and trauma history.

The effect of membership in multiple categories such as race, gender, and class is _______.

According to the text, female violence can be viewed as one dimensional.