Describe how the female offender differs from males.
What will be an ideal response?
Examples may indicate that mental health issues, substance abuse, sexual victimization, drug use, and poverty are strong predictors of female incarceration. Women are more likely to be incarcerated for nonviolent crimes, especially drug crimes. Female prisoners are more likely to have mental illness, HIV, and drug addiction.
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a. True b. False
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a. True b. False
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A. prosecution and pretrial services B. committing the criminal offense C. parole D. treatment
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