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Criminal Justice 101
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1. What does the U.S. Federal District Court possess regarding cases heard?
Very inactive
Adversarial System
Parens Patriae
Original Jurisdiction
2. What does O.R. mean?
Own Recognizance
Original Jurisdiction
Change
King Chamberlain's Court
3. What two additional branches of government did the Constitution add to government?
State/Local Court System
Judicial - Executive
Bill of Rights
Stamp Act of 1765
4. What is a crime punishable by jail - fines or prison?
Felony
1383
The Penal Code
Incapaciation
5. What are small law enforcement agencies often made up of?
Own Recognizance
State
Probation Officer
Generalists
6. What is a local law enforcement agency's head administrator?
County
Sir Robert Peel
Chief
Information
7. What are the two parts of the Constitution called?
Limited
Body - Amendments
Preliminary Hearing
Worse
8. What document was eventually created in order to replace the Articles of Confederation?
Formal Probation
U.S. Constitution
Adversarial System
5th Amendment
9. The third federal inferior court of authority is known as what?
1 and 8
Appeals
U.S. Federal District Courts
Hoover
10. What is the Latin term that describes a federal peace officer's ability to deputize citizens and give them temporary power?
Miranda versus Arizona
State
Articles of Confederation
Possecomintatus
11. What is the point of a second preliminary hearing?
State
State
Infraction
Review charges again because felony stakes are higher
12. Which California code section gives police and corrections their 'peace officer powers'?
14th Amendment
8th Amendment
830.1
John Marshall
13. The California state highway patrol is an example of what type of law enforcement agency?
State
Generalists
Community Orientated Policing Era
Court Room Work Group
14. What two factors does a probation officer consider when writing the presentence report?
Pendelton Act
1977 Dixon Bill
State
Aggravating - Mitigating
15. Who is referred to as the father of probation?
Prison Time - Death Sentence
14
Own Recognizance
John Augustus
16. What hearing has evidence presented and witnesses testify?
The Penal Code
Trial
Original Jurisdiction
The Family Model
17. What type of hearing does a felony case go to after arrangement?
U.S. Court of Appeals
Evidence
Loosely Coupled System
Preliminary Hearing
18. What two things do military police entities possess?
Complaint
State
Judicial System = Institutional System
Drug Violations - White Collar Crimes
19. What major 1829 English law created a centralized urban police force in London?
Appeal
U.S. Court of Appeals - State Supreme Court
Miranda versus Arizona
London Metropolitan Police Act
20. In 1789 which London magistrate stressed the need for a 'centralized' law enforcement agency?
4th Amendment
Lower Courts
Patrick Colquhoun
County
21. What are the five levels of force among agencies?
Reputation and Appearance - Dialogue and Counseling - Empty Hands - Physical Restraint - Mechanical Restraint - Chemical Restraint
Loosely Coupled System
Broken Windows
1203(d) - Misdemeanor
22. What type of 'law' evolved and became a predictable and anticipated set of laws to the English people circa 1000 A.D.?
English Common Law
Judges - Prosecuting Attorneys - Defense Attorneys
State/Local Court System
Stare Decisis
23. What was created in order to convince several of the new states to agree to the Constitution?
Dual System
Bill of Rights
Judiciary Act
Vigilantes
24. Both felonies are misdemeanors are first filed as what?
King Henry II
Complaint
Evidence
Better
25. Local law enforcement generally display shields on their badges. What do county law enforcement badges appear as?
Stars
U.S. Supreme Court U.S. Court of Appeals U.S. Federal District Courts
Possecomintatus
Mala Prohibita
26. After the U.S. Constitution was ratified - what type of court system did the U.S. realize it needed to have?
Federal Court System
Quasi-Military - Strict Chain of Command
Miranda versus Arizona
Evidence
27. The average local law enforcement agency will often employ how many officers and serve what size population?
State/Local Court System
50 - 25000
Due Process Phase
Judicial/Legislative
28. What is the first hearing or court appearance for all cases?
Possecomintatus
U.S. Postal Inspectors
Arrangement
Trial
29. Why does someone plea nolo contendre?
Tribal
Sir Robert Peel
Cannot be used against you later in civil court
Trial Courts of General Jurisdiction
30. After the Bill of Rights was ratified - how many more times was the U.S. Constitution amended?
14th Amendment
17
Due Process
1903
31. The term original jurisdiction alludes to what?
17 -500
Judiciary Act
1 and 8
Trials
32. What kind of system is our criminal justice system based upon?
Sir Robert Peel
Quasi-Military - Strict Chain of Command
Loosely Coupled
Patronage
33. When there is a supposed legal error or discrepancy with a case - what type of hearing does it go to?
Preliminary Hearing
Crime Control Due Process
U.S. Court of Appeals
Appeal
34. The power of the U.S. Supreme Court to interpret what the constitution says and means - via case law - is known as what?
Articles of Confederation
Judicial Review
Judiciary Act
Patronage and Corruption
35. Where are the vast majority of cases heard?
Local level
Civil Rights Movement Vietnam War
Stare Decisis
Adversarial System
36. Both Trial Courts fall under what 'umbrella' Court System?
F.B.I.
Precedent
State/Local Court System
Superior Court
37. What percent of the time will a judge go with what a presentence court report says?
Sworn - Non-sworn
U.S. Federal District Courts
Future laws not passed yet
85%
38. What law further defined the role and make up of the U.S. Supreme court?
Judiciary Act
Marbury versus Madison
Complaint
Pretrial Hearing
39. What hearing comes after a misdemeanor arraignment?
Pretrial Hearing
Life
Superior Court
Sir Robert Peel
40. If you plea guilty at a misdemeanor arraignment - when can a judge sentence you?
Presentence Court Report
Right away
State/Local Court System
State Supreme Court
41. What do the majority of cases going into the U.S. District Court involve?
Reputation and Appearance - Dialogue and Counseling - Empty Hands - Physical Restraint - Mechanical Restraint - Chemical Restraint
Community Sensitive Programs
Drug Violations - White Collar Crimes
The Family Model
42. In which two locations did the actual shooting war begin between British soldiers and Colonial militia men?
Superior Court
Discretion
Assistant District Attorneys
Lexington - Concord
43. Local California courts which handle felonies and major civil matters are called what?
Courts
Crime Control - Due Process
Trial Courts of General Jurisdiction
Government Attorney
44. What is a trial where there is no jury and the verdict is given by the judge?
Provide investigation services - Sentencing Recommendations - Provide Supervision
Challenge for Cause and Peremptory Challenges at a Jury Panel Hearing
Boston Massacre
Bench Trial
45. What is a legal system that pits two opposing parties against one another with a third neutral party applying the rules?
Assistant District Attorneys
Petition
Tribal
Adversarial System
46. What level of law enforcement generally provides services to the local court system?
County
1977 Dixon Bill
Stare Decisis
Limited or Reduced Capacity - Layers of Justice
47. Who were the country's first president and vice president?
George Washington - John Adams
Complaint
Possecomintatus
U.S. Federal District Courts
48. What current U.S. law enforcement position/title had its origins with the English legal system circa 1000 A.D.?
Sheriff or Shireeve
Right away
Courts - Cops - Citizens - Corrections
County
49. What are the four Cs of the criminal justice system?
Incapaciation
Community Sensitive Programs
Courts - Cops - Citizens - Corrections
Mala Prohibita
50. This country's criminal justice system is based on the desire for what kind of system?
National Crime Information Center
London Metropolitan Police Act
Loosely Coupled System
Original Jurisdiction