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Soce state exam for Fl Correction
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Acting within the scope of employment - ✔✔the range of reasonable and foreseeable activities that an
officer does while carrying out the agency's business
active listening - ✔✔giving full attention to what is being said and taking time to understand the message
with- out interruption
administrative confinement - ✔✔is the temporary removal of an inmate from the general population to
provide for safety and security until a more permanent inmate management process is in place.
Arrest papers - ✔✔paperwork generated by an arresting officer that allows for a subject to be arrested
and taken to a county detention facility for admission
assumption - ✔✔a notion, statement, or belief about a person, group, or event that may or may not be
factual
Baker act - ✔✔provides for emergency services and temporary detention of a person for evaluation and
voluntary or involuntary short term community inpatient treatment; also known as the Florida Mental
Health Act
Bias or prejudice - ✔✔a strong belief or feeling about a person, group, or subject, whether positive or
negative, that is formed without reviewing all available facts or information
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Bill of Rights - ✔✔the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution
Categorically - ✔✔the grouping of recorded information into types of collection sources, such as
informants, victims, witnesses, suspects, weapons, rule violations, evidence, and crime elements
chain of command - ✔✔the order of authority within an organization
chain of custody - ✔✔documentation of every person who handled evidence, as well as when, why, and
what
changes, if any, were made to it
chronologically - ✔✔the grouping of recorded facts by date and timeline, usually from the first event to
the last
civil liability - ✔✔responsibility for a wrongful act or the failure to do an act that an officer has a duty to
perform, which results in injury to another person or property and most often involves negligence
Civil right violation - ✔✔an unlawful interference with the fundamental rights of another person, such as
the right to due process and equal protection under the law
Classification - ✔✔a management tool used to assist facilities in defining inmate custody or security
levels
Clinical restraints - ✔✔measures that keep inmate patients from injuring themselves in a medical facility
Clinical seclusion - ✔✔isolating inmate patients from the general population at a medical facility for
medical and safety reasons; may include placing them in a padded room for their safety
Close custody grade - ✔✔state custody grade that refers to inmates who must be maintained within an
armed perimeter or under direct, armed supervision when outside a secure perimeter
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Color law - ✔✔when an officer acts or claims to act in the performance of official duties under any law,
ordinance, or regulation
Command presence - ✔✔body language that projects confidence, poise, and a professional demeanor
Commitment papers - ✔✔documents or orders generated by the court after an offender is found guilty of
a crime and that commits the offender to a correctional facility or to a mental hospital
Community control or (house arrest) - ✔✔a form of community supervision that is closely monitored and
is more restrictive than probation or parole
Community custody grade - ✔✔a state custody grade that refers to inmates who are eligible for
placement at a community residential facility
Contact visits - ✔✔visits in which both the visitor and the inmate are in the same room without a physical
barrier, and can have limited physical contact
Content - ✔✔the significant facts of an incident or occurrence in a report
Contraband - ✔✔any unauthorized article or any authorized article in excessive quantities or altered from
its
intended purpose
control behavior - ✔✔the practice of demonstrating confidence and control by avoiding such distracting
behaviors as foot tapping, nail biting, and fidgeting
correctional officers - ✔✔any person who is appointed or employed full time by the state, county, or a
contracted private entity, whose primary responsibility is the supervision, protection, care, custody,
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control, or investigation of inmates within a correctional institution; does not include any secretarial,
clerical, or professionally trained personnel
Corrective action - ✔✔steps that are taken to eliminate the cause of inappropriate or unlawful behavior to
prevent recurrence
corrective consultation - ✔✔usually an agency specific form that documents an inmate rule violation
Counseling - ✔✔an in-depth explanation of a rule violation, including suggestions for an inmate to
correct their behavior
Courtesy - ✔✔behavior that involves showing consideration, respect, and cooperation when interacting
with others
Criminal act - ✔✔a violation of the law; in Florida, a crime is designated as either a felony or
misdemeanor according to s. 775.08(4), F.S.
Criminal justice - ✔✔the structures, functions, and decision-making processes of the agencies that deal
with the management and control of crime and criminal offenders
Criminal Liability - ✔✔when an officer is found guilty of committing a crime
Deception - ✔✔the act of deceiving someone by lying, misleading, tricking, or fooling them
Disability - ✔✔a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of the major life
activities of an individual
Discharge Gratuity - ✔✔money given to qualified inmates discharged from the custody of the
Department of Corrections in accordance with 33-601.502, F.A.C.
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