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SOCE Corrections. Locke New Exam With Complete Solutions
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What FS defines correctional officers? - ANSWER 943.10(2)
What is statutorily created within FDLE to support and assist the commission in the execution, administration, implementation, and evaluation of it's powers, duties, and functions. - ANSWER Criminal Justice Professionalism Program (CJPP). They also keep up to date each of the basic and post-basic training courses that certified officers receive in Florida. The program also maintains the automated training system for all officer records.
A sense of _____ instills correctional officers with the self-control to resist abusing their authority. - ANSWER Professionalism
Refers to the structure, functions and decision-making processes of those agencies that deal with the management and control of crime and criminal offenders. - ANSWER Criminal Justice
Juvenile suspects are taken to a center for processing and possible pretrial detention called? - ANSWER Juvenile Assessment/Detention Center
Guarantees freedom of speech, the press, and religion, and the right to peaceful assembly. - ANSWER First Amendment
Protects against unreasonable search and seizure. - ANSWER Fourth Amendment
Protects against self-incrimination, double jeopardy, and other abuses in prosecution. Provides that an indictment by a grand jury is required for capital crimes and ensures due process of law before deprivation of life, liberty, or property. - ANSWER Fifth Amendment
Guarantees right to a speedy and public trial, to counsel, to an impartial jury, right to be informed of the nature of the charges and right to confront witnesses. - ANSWER Sixth Amendment
Prohibits excessive bails and fines and cruel or unusual punishment. - ANSWER Eighth Amendment
The Bill of Rights was originally intended to restrict actions of the federal government only. The ____ Amendment expanded the application of the Bill of Rights to state and local governments as well. - ANSWER Fourteenth Amendment
Introduction of Contraband is a ___ offense. This crime is punishable by ____ F.S - ANSWER Felony. 944.
directly proves a fact without any inference or assumption. ex: officer witness stabbing, dna samples link suspect to a crime - ANSWER Direct Evidence
Based on an inference not on personal knowledge through observation and is presumed to be true. For example; inmate was searched prior to a visit and was searched again after an attorney visit and a cell phone was discovered. - ANSWER Circumstantial or Indirect evidence
Refers to material objects such as weapons, drugs or money - ANSWER Physical Evidence
Is verbal evidence that is solicited from a witness, victim, or suspect. - ANSWER Testimonial Evidence
Is evidence in printed or written form such as a call out log, written property receipt, letter or recording. - ANSWER Documentary Evidence
If the plaintiff proves at trial that the officer committed a tort or violated civil rights as part of his or her duties, the employing agency is likely to be liable for damages through direct or ___ liability. - ANSWER Vicarious
______ provides one of the most important protections for state and county correctional agencies and their employees. - ANSWER Sovereign Immunity
_____ immunity protects the officer from personal liability for civil damages insofar as their conduct does not violate clearly established statutory or constitutional rights of which a reasonable person would have known. - ANSWER Qualified
Who prohibits all persons using radios, including correctional officers and base station personnel from committing certain acts? - ANSWER FCC, Federal Communications Commission
Depress and hold the transmit button on a radio for approximately __ second(s) before speaking. Make sure your mouth is __ to __ inches in front of the microphone and speak directly into it. - ANSWER 1 second. 1 to 3 inches.
Three types of commonly used radios. - ANSWER Handheld or portable, radio base station, mobile radio.
_____ in a circuit that suppresses the output of a radio receiver if the signal strength falls below a certain level. - ANSWER Squelch
Prompt conversation and require the interviewee to think, reflect, and provide his or her opinion or feelings. Example: " What happened next? " - ANSWER Open-ended question
Are questions phrased in terms of a required yes or no response. Example: " Have you read your rules and regulations? " - ANSWER Closed questions
Are questions worded in a way to suggest the answer the person asking the question wants. The questioner implies the answer through the use of words. " You removed the
packet of candy from the canteen, did you not? " - ANSWER Leading questions
Questions that are both closed and leading " Did you take the inmates shoes? " - ANSWER Direct questions
Are requested to obtain an exact response to a relevant fit or preference question by specifying the range of the response. Example: " How many inmates were in the room when you hit inmate Jones on the head? " " 0-3, 4-6, or 7-9? " - ANSWER Forced choice questions
The benefit of applying several different questioning techniques within an interview is that the officer can ____. - ANSWER Obtain more information.
Hidden image that is visible when viewed at certain angles or appropriate lighting. - ANSWER Holograms
A recognizable image or pattern in paper that appears lighter or darker when held up to the light. - ANSWER Watermark
These individuals are observing correctional officers who utilize inmate jargon, disregard minor rule infractions, play favorites, apply rules for some and not others, or become easily distracted. - ANSWER Observers
These individuals provide insight about the correctional officer's habits, likes and dislikes. - ANSWER Contacts
Typically the only ones who receive payment as they have to take great risk in exposing themselves to the correctional officer by requesting small things such as candy, cigarettes, pencils, etc - ANSWER Runners
Make friends with the correctional officer and use the friendship to eventually force the officer to commit rule violations. - ANSWER Turners
Those serving, or have, serious and violent felony charges pending and or posing a threat to safety for the staff and security for the facility. - ANSWER Maximum security level.
What is state custody grades? - ANSWER Community, minimum, medium, close, and maximum.
Applies to inmate who are eligible for placement at a community residential facility. - ANSWER Community custody grade.
Applies to inmates who are eligible for outside work assignments but not for placement in a community residential center. - ANSWER Minimum custody grade.
Applies to inmates eligible for placement at a work camp with a secure perimeter, but not eligible for placement in an outside work assignment without armed supervision. - ANSWER Medium custody grade.
Applies to inmates who must be maintained within an armed perimeter or under direct, armed supervision when outside a secure perimeter. - ANSWER Close custody grade.
Inmates who are sentenced to death. - ANSWER Maximum custody grade.
A juvenile is ____ when he or she is charged as an adult and the case is transferred out of the Juvenile Division. - ANSWER Direct Filed
There is a high risk of suicide in inmates within the first ___ hours of incarceration. - ANSWER 24
Disciplinary action is sometimes called. - ANSWER Progressive Discipline
Is defined as steps taken to eliminate the cause of inappropriate or unlawful behavior in order to prevent recurrence. - ANSWER Corrective Action
A disciplinary report must be written within ___ hours of the incident. - ANSWER 24
contains one individual who is a strong leader with at least two or more sublevels of command. This structure is common to the more traditional and national gangs. - ANSWER Pyramid Structure.
This type of structure has a contiunually changing leadership. Stronger or more charismatic people enter this type of gang structure. - ANSWER Flux or Circular Structure.
Contains a single leader representing each clique, however, the leaders do not answer to a higher command. Leaders will often meet to consult with one another. Common to the more non traditional or local street gangs. - ANSWER Linear structure.
STG contraband may require further review by. - ANSWER The STG coordinator, supervisor or investigating authority.
if an inmate is withdrawing from addiction to alcohol or drugs in the " tranquilizer" group (Valium, Xanax), there may be a potential for __ and ___. - ANSWER Seizures and Respiratory arrest. These inmates have critical medical needs.
Under the Florida Comprehensive Drug Abuse Control Act, mandates that any person who appears to be under the influence of alcohol or narcotics will be __. - ANSWER Housed sepeparately from the general population with close supervision. Only when a physician or medical personnel determines that the inmate is no longer posing a threat to him or others, staff may move the inmate to general population.
___ disorders affect the most inmates. - ANSWER personality.
mental illness is typically divided into what 3 disorders. - ANSWER thought, mood, and
Physical conditions that tend to affect the elderly more include ___, __, and __. - ANSWER Incontienence, bedsores, dehydration.
Job assignments will vary based on the physical limitations of an elderly inmate and are basedon their __ and __. - ANSWER Medical grade and classificiation.
The majojrity of death row inmates can manage their psychological issues with ____ appointments as needed. - ANSWER mental health
Death row inmates are ___ prior to being removed from their cell or before an unclothed search. - ANSWER Handcuffed
Death row inmates have an increased amount of ___, and will often hide contraband in it.
Death row inmates have a ___ awareness of their surroundings. - ANSWER heightened
Escapes commonly occur during ___. - ANSWER participation in work-release programs outside the facility or during transport.
Class A fire - ANSWER Ordinary combustibles: eg wood, cloth, paper.
Class B fire - ANSWER Flammable liquids. Gasoline, kerosene, propane, butane, alcohol, grease, oil, lacquer, lacquer thinners.
Class C fire - ANSWER Electrical, appliances, panels, switches.
Class D fire - ANSWER Combustible metals; magnesium, titanium, potassium, sodium.
Class K - ANSWER Cooking oils or fat.
Every Good Fire Fighters Operating Procedures Really Can Matter - ANSWER Class 1: Explosives. Class 2: Gases. Class 3: Flammable liquids. Class 4: Flammable solids. Class 5: Oxidizing substances. Class 6: Poisons and infectious substances. Class 7: Radioactive substances. Class 8: Corrosives. Class 9: Others
ID markings. Diamond shaped symbol is divided into four segments that indicate the following. ___(blue), ___(red), ___(yellow), ___(white). - ANSWER Blue: Health. Red: Flammability. Yellow: Reactivity. White: Other