Prison Life 3.02

Streetwise young women with little respect for traditional prison values are called:

• cools
• crack kids
• lifes
• squares

Which type of prisoner thinks of prison as home and feels more comfortable institutionalized than on the streets?

• colonist
• legalist
• opportunist
• radical

A career offender, who is generally supportive of inmates' values in a women's prison, is called a

• cool
• femme
• life
• square

Which type of prisoners picture themselves as political prisoners?

• colonist
• legalists
• mean dudes
• radicals

John Irwin described the lifestyle of an inmate who takes advantage of the positive experiences the prison has to offer as a/an:

• hedonist
• legalist
• opportunist
• retreatist

Inmates adopt a series of lifestyles in an attempt to survive the prison experience. These inmates build their lifestyle around the limited pleasures that can be had within the confines of prison.

• mean dudes
• hedonists
• opportunists
• retreatists

An inmate who is quick to fight and fights like a wild man is referred to as

• hedonists
• the mean dude
• opportunists
• retreatists

Which of the following characteristics is common in both women and men's prisons?

• high levels of depersonalization
• high levels of interpersonal conflict
• high levels of interracial tensions
• high levels of violence

A distinguishing feature of the inmate society in many women's prisons is the presence of:

• anti-staff mentality
• interpersonal conflict
• interracial tension
• pseudofamilies

In women's prisons, which role is occupied by sophisticated professional criminals, who try to do easy time by manipulating other inmates and the staff to their own advantage?

• cool
• life
• right guy
• square