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| Demonstration of consideration, cooperation, and respect when interacting with others. |
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| Courtesy is an important element of criminal justice work to include: |
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a)public relations
b)image reflects on your agency
c)creates support for officers and you
d)the public is your employer
e)reflects self-respect |
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| Food, Clothing, Shelter, Medical |
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| Need to assert individuality; Often manifests in aggressive or criminal behavior/rule breaking |
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| Unique Characteristics of Juvenile Offenders |
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| May come from broken homes; May come from low income families; High degree of Irresponsibility; Unpredictable behavior patterns; Rapid changes in behavior and/or performance; Greatly influenced by peer pressure; Attitude is fresh,forward,with no respect for authority; Demand Explanations; Often defiant,no realization of seriousness of actions or consequences; Question Authority; High incidence of drug/alcohol involvement; May be quite manipulative; Need additional education and training; Question disparity of justice system |
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| Differences between juvenile inmates: |
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Adults more motive oriented; Juveniles more impulsive
Adults moderate behavior; Juveniles more reactive
Juveniles more playful than adult inmates
Juvenile inmates more difficult to deal with. |
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| Reasons for treating juveniles differently from adults in correctional facilities: |
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-Recognize unique physical, psychological, and social characteristics of juveniles
-Give juveniles access to opportunities for normal growth and development through training, education, counseling, athletics, and religion. |
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| Importance of the correctional officer's role with juvenile offenders: |
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-Role Model
-Most important influence for behavioral change is correctional officer |
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| Attributes required for performing duties with Juvenile Inmates: |
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Patience
Good Humor
Flexibility
Understanding
Mental Alertness
Physical Vigor
Professionalism
Self-Control |
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| Basic Procedure to follow when disciplining a juvenile inmate: |
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-Recognize that behavior is truly unacceptable rather than a normal behavior
-Keep incident from escalating
-Attempt individual counseling as first step, if applicable one on one in private
-Attempt, if behavior persists, corrective counseling (not formally processed)
-Take formal disciplinary action, if appropriate:Probation,Extra Duty, Loss of gain time, Confinement |
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| Special care required when dealing with juvenile inmates: |
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Use of Force
Be aware of potential for suicide
Protective Custody Supervision |
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| psychological and/or behavioral problems which impair functioning in daily living. |
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| Most common mental disorders: |
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Thought disorders
Mood disorders
Personality disorders
Organic disorders |
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| Disturbance of speech, communication or content of thought. (Schizophrenia) |
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| Disturbance in feelings or emotions (Depression) |
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| Lifelong maladaptive learned behavior. (antisocial personality disorder) |
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| temporary or permanent disorder resulting from damage to the brain. (Amnesia,Alzheimers) |
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| Major changes in behavior |
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someone passive becoming aggressive
someone talkative and outgoing becoming withdrawn and quiet |
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| Significantly subaverage general intelligence with deficits in the ability to meet standards of personal independence and social responsibility expected of an individuals age, cultural group, and community. |
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| Possible causes of mental retardation: |
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Genetic abnormalities
Prenatal Injuries
Illnesses
Trauma to the Brain |
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| Procedures to follow when encountering a deaf individual: |
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-Always face the deaf person when speaking
-Identify use of auxiliary means of communication including sign language, lip reading, and writing |
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| Percentage of what can be read by the method of communication known as lip reading |
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-Right to a professional interpreter
-Right to make a phone call using TDD |
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| Ways in which an officer may assist the mobility of a visually impaired individual: |
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-Asking the person to take your arm
-Not grabbing the person
-Never pushing the person ahead |
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| use of a substance which alters mental or physical functioning. whether use is legal or illegal, therapeutic, or recreational. |
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| continued use of a substance despite the knowledge that the substance causes or worsens a recurring or persistent social, occupational, psychological, or physical problem; or repeated use of the substance in situations when its use is physically hazardous |
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| the associative cognitive behavioral and physiological symptons indication that a person has lost control of substance use and continues to use the substance regardless of adverse consequences. |
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| Physical and/or psychological dependance on a substance, characterized by withdrawl symptoms. |
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| a physical resistance to a substance's effects so that larger amounts are required to produce the desired effect; reduced effect with continued use of the same amount |
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| Physcological Dependence: |
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| When substances change the user's mental condition so that it becomes difficult to control or stop use because the user believes the substance is necessary to feel good or normal. |
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| the physical and mental symptoms which occur when habitual use of a substance is stopped. |
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| When substances change the user's body system so that the body becomes accustomed to and needs the substance to function normally. |
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| The process by which a person who is physically or psychologically dependent on a substance is brought to a substance free state. |
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| Reasons why people use Drugs: |
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Religious Experience
Medicinal
Pleasure and Recreation
Experimentation
Relieve Stress
Social Acceptance
Prevent Drug Withdrawl |
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| Factors which influence drug effects: |
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User's Expectations
User's Physical State
Type of Drug
Potency of Drug
Amount of Drug
Surroundings
Frequency of Use
Reason for drug use
Combination with other drug(s)
Route of Administration |
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| Characteristics of Substance Abuse: |
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-A desire to continue taking a drug for the improved sense of well being or effect it produces.
-Little of no tendency to increase the dosage
-Some psychological dependance
-Detrimental effects on the individual, family, and society |
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| Characteristics of Substance dependence: |
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-An overpowering need or compulsion to continue taking a drug and to obtain it by any means.
-Tendency to increase the dosage
-Physical as well as phsycological dependence
-Detrimental Effects on the individual, family, and society |
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