Explain what the jail population in the United States looks like in terms of the sex, ethnic makeup, and race of inmates
What will be an ideal response?
• About 88 percent of jail inmates in the United States are male.
• Women are becoming more numerous.
• Between 2000 and 2009, the adult female jail population increased by 32 percent, compared with a 22 percent increase for males.
• Jails also follow the general corrections pattern in that, as mentioned, a disproportionate number of their inmates are members of minority groups.
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Most child sexual abusers tend to be exhibit extremely similar personal characteristics and life experiences
a. True b. False
Which of the following is one of the primary rationales for removing women and girls from male correctional facilities?
a. their different needs b. the lower cost associated with operating segregated facilities c. their status as targets of sexual abuse by staff d. patriarchal beliefs that women are a distraction to males in the facilities
Legality holds that no one can be punished for an act that was not defined as criminal before the person did the act.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Kenneth V. Lanning, supervisory special agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, divides child molesters into two categories: situational and preferential.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)