What was the first women’s prison in the United States?

a. Mount Pleasant
b. Sing Sing
c. Elmira Reformatory
d. Mount Vernon


a. Mount Pleasant

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Describe the process of RFLP

What will be an ideal response?

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Despite the further development of minority rights that occurred in the Civil Rights Era, there are remnant disenfranchisements that still greatly impact the courts system

a. True b. False

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Community participation in the justice system is

a. new b. radical c. discouraged by professionals d. not new or radical

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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. Community corrections professionals should strive to understand diverse racial and cultural groups. 2. The Latino American population is not highly represented in community supervision. 3. Discrimination can be both covert and overt, such as with banning a specific racial group from a given premises. 4. Cultural blindness is useless to address the needs of diverse groups. 5. The highest and most difficult ideal to achieve in the cultural competence continuum is cultural competence.

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