Certified Corrections Officer Certification Examination CCO Test Preparation Study Guide
The Certified Corrections Officer is the personnel who works directly with the offenders in the prison. A candidate has to pass the CCO exam to become a certified corrections professional.
Format of The Certified Corrections Officer (CCO) Exam:
The CCO exam is offered in multiple-choice format. It consists of 200 questions covering the following content areas:
Ethics
Expertise/Legal Issues
General Knowledge
Health/Safety/Sanitation
Offenders -Management/Control
Skills & Equipment Control
CCO Study guide contents
- Male Inmate Population Commonalities
- Private Corrections Industry
- The Auburn System
- Unit Management Approach
- Responding to a Food Strike
- Six Components to a Housekeeping Plan
- Five Elements of a Bomb Plan
- Escape and Hostage Plans
- Prison Chaplains
- Correct Procedure for a "Pat-Down"
- In-Take Procedures
- Strategies for Handling Occupational Stress
- Rights of Correctional Officers
- Code of Ethics
- Duties of a Supervisor
- Supermax and Maximum Security Facilities
- Control Centers and Safety Vestibules
- Sentencing Guidelines
- Classifying Inmates
- Constitutional Rights of Inmates
- Son of Sam Law
- First Amendment Issues
- Common Double Jeopardy Issues
- Two Elements of "Deliberate Indifference"
- Excessive Force Issues
- Common Failure-To-Protect Claims
- Elements of Medical Care Claims
- Rights of Disabled Inmates
- Basic Rights of Pregnant Inmates
- Inmates and Suicide Risk
- Five Classes of Commonly Abused Drugs
- Three Classes of Personality Disorders
- Elements of Bloodborne Pathogens Programs
- Special Considerations for Schizophrenia
- Managing the Elderly and Terminally Ill Inmate
- The ACA Code of Ethics
- Court's Role in the Judicial System
- Prison Litigation Reform Act
- The "Turner Test"
- Fourth Amendment Issues
- Suicide and Attempted Suicide
- Procedural and Substantive Due Process
- Use of Anonymous Informants
- Types of Discovery
- Trial Avoidance Techniques
- Rules for Testifying Witnesses
- "Red Flags" of Unethical Behavior
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How to Prepare for Multiple Choice Questions
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