SUPERVISING SPECIAL POPULATIONS CORE MAIN
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Some examples of prison-based STGs: - ✔✔- Mexican Mafia/La Eme
- Aryan Brotherhood
- Black Guerilla Family
- Nets
- Texas Syndicate
- Nuestra Familia
✔✔Extremists may act solo or as a group, follow an extreme ideology, such as: -
✔✔Faith or belief-based, or anti-establishment, and can pose a significant security
threat because they are usually very tight-knit, unpredictable, and exclusive.
✔✔An extremist may be an individual working alone or ....? - ✔✔An individual working
within a group.
✔✔Some examples of extremists STGs are: - ✔✔- sovereign citizens
- Jihadists
- Posse Comitatus
✔✔Officers using STG symbols, gestures, graffiti, or alphabets as communication can
potentially ...? - ✔✔Place themselves in a compromising or dangerous situation.
✔✔Some STG symbols, graffiti, colors, signs and tattoos may include the following: -
✔✔- forming hand signs with the left or right hand
- wearing hats cocked or tilted to the left or right
- rolling up on pant leg
- untying one shoe
- resting the hand in a specific pocket
- wearing jewelry turned at an angle
- color association (such as black/brown or blue/red)
,- identifiers or icons that appear in combination, such as a star and a crown, revealing
both the person's alliance and the specific STG to which the inmate belongs
- using a common phrase "All is one" or "All is well"
- using hand signals or graffiti in a certain direction, such as upside down or sideways
denotes a sign of disrespect
- using hand signal or graffiti properly is a sign of respect
- using nonverbal communication such as tugging on a shirt
✔✔The primary activities of a criminal gang are ...? - ✔✔the commission of criminal or
delinquent acts.
✔✔The pyramid structure is usually the ...? - ✔✔strongest and most organized structure
and is common to the more traditional, national gangs.
✔✔What is the linear structure ...? - ✔✔contains a single leader representing each
clique; however, the leaders do not answer to a higher command.
✔✔What is the flux or circular structure ...? - ✔✔has a continually changing leadership.
Stronger or more charismatic people enter this type of STG structure.
✔✔Some examples of the flux or circular structure include: - ✔✔- school based gangs
- some hybrid gangs
✔✔Some STGs have an organization based on __________. - ✔✔tenure
✔✔The STG rule by committee ....? - ✔✔there is no leader, and members make all
decisions by consensus.
✔✔When a member initiates a criminal activity ...? - ✔✔all of the participating members
must commit the crime.
✔✔Tagging: - ✔✔a marking on a wall, fence, or the ground that identifies STG territory.
✔✔STG leaders will often have the largest amount of ...? - ✔✔commissary items
without receipts, which they will pass along to other inmates.
✔✔Constantly looking at inmate behavior is ...? - ✔✔critical to the safe and secure
operation of the facility.
✔✔Alliances and conflicts between STGs are constantly changing and can ...? -
✔✔result in an argument or a major fight that can spread throughout the facility.
✔✔Thoroughly document all suspected STG activity immediately to ...? - ✔✔provide
additional information for STG databases.
, ✔✔The National Institute on Drug Use defines drug addition as ...? - ✔✔a chronic,
relapsing brain disease that is characterized by compulsive drug seeking and use,
despite harmful consequences.
✔✔Drug addiction or substance use disorder can include: - ✔✔- the use of alcohol
- narcotics
- prescription medication
- the use of any drug without medical justification
✔✔Substance abuse: - ✔✔a pattern of substance use that leads to significant
impairment of distress.
✔✔Substance abuse is displayed by one (or more) of the following behaviors: - ✔✔-
failure to fulfill major role obligations at work, school or home
- repeated substance use in situations that are physically hazardous, such as driving a
car
- frequent substance use related legal problems
- persistent or repeated social or interpersonal problems caused by the effects of the
substance, such as domestic violence
✔✔Inmates may display the following physical and health signs of substance abuse: -
✔✔- bloodshot eyes, pupils that are smaller or larger than normal
- frequent nosebleeds
- changes in appetite or sleep patterns
- sudden weight loss or weight gain
- seizures without a history of epilepsy
- decline in personal grooming or appearance
- unusual smells on breath, body, or clothing
- shakes, tremors, incoherent or slurred speech, impaired or unstable coordination
✔✔Inmates may display the following behavior signs of substance abuse: - ✔✔- silent,
withdrawn, engaging in secretive or suspicious behaviors
- sudden change in relationships
- frequently getting into arguments, fights, accidents
✔✔Inmates may display the following psychological signs of drug abuse: - ✔✔-
unexplained change in personality or attitude
- sudden mood changes, irritability, angry outbursts or laughing at nothing
- periods of unusual hyperactivity or agitation
- lack of motivation; inability to focus, appearing lethargic r "spaced out"
- appearing fearful, withdrawn, anxious, or paranoid, with no apparent reason
✔✔Inmates that are going through the process of detoxification, or ridding their bodies
of a drug(s), may experience symptoms of ___________. - ✔✔withdrawal
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Some examples of prison-based STGs: - ✔✔- Mexican Mafia/La Eme
- Aryan Brotherhood
- Black Guerilla Family
- Nets
- Texas Syndicate
- Nuestra Familia
✔✔Extremists may act solo or as a group, follow an extreme ideology, such as: -
✔✔Faith or belief-based, or anti-establishment, and can pose a significant security
threat because they are usually very tight-knit, unpredictable, and exclusive.
✔✔An extremist may be an individual working alone or ....? - ✔✔An individual working
within a group.
✔✔Some examples of extremists STGs are: - ✔✔- sovereign citizens
- Jihadists
- Posse Comitatus
✔✔Officers using STG symbols, gestures, graffiti, or alphabets as communication can
potentially ...? - ✔✔Place themselves in a compromising or dangerous situation.
✔✔Some STG symbols, graffiti, colors, signs and tattoos may include the following: -
✔✔- forming hand signs with the left or right hand
- wearing hats cocked or tilted to the left or right
- rolling up on pant leg
- untying one shoe
- resting the hand in a specific pocket
- wearing jewelry turned at an angle
- color association (such as black/brown or blue/red)
,- identifiers or icons that appear in combination, such as a star and a crown, revealing
both the person's alliance and the specific STG to which the inmate belongs
- using a common phrase "All is one" or "All is well"
- using hand signals or graffiti in a certain direction, such as upside down or sideways
denotes a sign of disrespect
- using hand signal or graffiti properly is a sign of respect
- using nonverbal communication such as tugging on a shirt
✔✔The primary activities of a criminal gang are ...? - ✔✔the commission of criminal or
delinquent acts.
✔✔The pyramid structure is usually the ...? - ✔✔strongest and most organized structure
and is common to the more traditional, national gangs.
✔✔What is the linear structure ...? - ✔✔contains a single leader representing each
clique; however, the leaders do not answer to a higher command.
✔✔What is the flux or circular structure ...? - ✔✔has a continually changing leadership.
Stronger or more charismatic people enter this type of STG structure.
✔✔Some examples of the flux or circular structure include: - ✔✔- school based gangs
- some hybrid gangs
✔✔Some STGs have an organization based on __________. - ✔✔tenure
✔✔The STG rule by committee ....? - ✔✔there is no leader, and members make all
decisions by consensus.
✔✔When a member initiates a criminal activity ...? - ✔✔all of the participating members
must commit the crime.
✔✔Tagging: - ✔✔a marking on a wall, fence, or the ground that identifies STG territory.
✔✔STG leaders will often have the largest amount of ...? - ✔✔commissary items
without receipts, which they will pass along to other inmates.
✔✔Constantly looking at inmate behavior is ...? - ✔✔critical to the safe and secure
operation of the facility.
✔✔Alliances and conflicts between STGs are constantly changing and can ...? -
✔✔result in an argument or a major fight that can spread throughout the facility.
✔✔Thoroughly document all suspected STG activity immediately to ...? - ✔✔provide
additional information for STG databases.
, ✔✔The National Institute on Drug Use defines drug addition as ...? - ✔✔a chronic,
relapsing brain disease that is characterized by compulsive drug seeking and use,
despite harmful consequences.
✔✔Drug addiction or substance use disorder can include: - ✔✔- the use of alcohol
- narcotics
- prescription medication
- the use of any drug without medical justification
✔✔Substance abuse: - ✔✔a pattern of substance use that leads to significant
impairment of distress.
✔✔Substance abuse is displayed by one (or more) of the following behaviors: - ✔✔-
failure to fulfill major role obligations at work, school or home
- repeated substance use in situations that are physically hazardous, such as driving a
car
- frequent substance use related legal problems
- persistent or repeated social or interpersonal problems caused by the effects of the
substance, such as domestic violence
✔✔Inmates may display the following physical and health signs of substance abuse: -
✔✔- bloodshot eyes, pupils that are smaller or larger than normal
- frequent nosebleeds
- changes in appetite or sleep patterns
- sudden weight loss or weight gain
- seizures without a history of epilepsy
- decline in personal grooming or appearance
- unusual smells on breath, body, or clothing
- shakes, tremors, incoherent or slurred speech, impaired or unstable coordination
✔✔Inmates may display the following behavior signs of substance abuse: - ✔✔- silent,
withdrawn, engaging in secretive or suspicious behaviors
- sudden change in relationships
- frequently getting into arguments, fights, accidents
✔✔Inmates may display the following psychological signs of drug abuse: - ✔✔-
unexplained change in personality or attitude
- sudden mood changes, irritability, angry outbursts or laughing at nothing
- periods of unusual hyperactivity or agitation
- lack of motivation; inability to focus, appearing lethargic r "spaced out"
- appearing fearful, withdrawn, anxious, or paranoid, with no apparent reason
✔✔Inmates that are going through the process of detoxification, or ridding their bodies
of a drug(s), may experience symptoms of ___________. - ✔✔withdrawal
