Your Job
is behavior that demonstrates good character and is marked by pride in one’s self and career.
Professionalism
is the order of authority within an organization. It links the authority and responsibility of one level of an organization to another.
Chain of command
is a group of two or more people who cooperate to accomplish one or more objectives.
organization
refers to the structures, functions, and decision-making processes of those agencies that deal with the management and control of crime and criminal offenders.
Criminal justice
There are four levels of law enforcement agencies within the United States:
local or municipal, county, state, and federal (U.S. government agencies).
Having the right _______ _______ can protect you from inmate manipulation and maintain the safety of you and your co-workers.
professional attitude
In correctional agencies, this rank structure might be as follows:
1. Sheriff or Warden
2. Undersheriff or Assistant Warden
3. Colonel or Chief of Security
4. Major
5. Captain
6. Lieutenant
7. Sergeant
8. Corporal
9. Deputy or Officer
which is a failure to follow lawful orders from supervisorsin your chain of command, is considered a very serious offense; however, an order known to be illegal must not be carried out, and an officer refusing to follow an order must be absolutely certain that it violatesthe law.
Insubordination
are responsible for enforcing state laws within the state.
State law enforcement agencies
is to enforce county ordinances and state laws within the county.
county law enforcement agencies
enforce the ordinances of the municipality as well as state laws within the jurisdiction of the agency
local or municipal law enforcement agencies
The state court system in Florida is made up of four levels:
The 67 county courts
20 circuit courts
5 district courts of appeal (DCA)
Florida Supreme Court
means the types of cases in which the court can make decisions.
Jurisdiction
make decisions on appeals from lower federal courts that are subject to review in the U.S. Supreme Court.
The U.S. Courts of Appeal
is the highest court in the United States and the chief authority in the judicial branch, one of three branches of the U.S. federal government.
The U.S. Supreme Court
are appointed by district judges and issue warrants, make pretrial motions, and preside over some civil cases, misdemeanor trials, petty cases, and preliminary hearings.
Magistrates
Federal and state prisons are correctional institutions maintained by the ______ and ______ ______ for the confinement of convicted felons
Federal, state governments
enforce federal laws across state lines and within the states
Federal law enforcement agencies
_______, _________, and ______ ______ are parts of a community-based correctional system.
Probation, parole, and community control
is the release of an inmate from a correctional institution before the inmate’s court-imposed sentence ends.
Parole
is Florida’s largest state agency.
The Florida Department of Corrections
The department has two main divisions overseeing inmates and offenders:
Office of Institutions and the Office of Community Corrections
The most important responsibility of this court is to decide cases that raise questions of constitutional interpretation
Supreme Court
The _________ manages facilities where inmates reside while the ______________ oversees supervision programs, including probation and community control.
Office of Institutions, Office of Community Corrections
is a form of closely monitored community supervision and is more restrictive than probation or parole.
Community Control