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Criminal Justice 101
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1. What is a crime publishable by six months to one yer in jail - fines - or probation?
Quasi-Military - Strict Chain of Command
Misdemeanor
State
All volunteers
2. Both Trial Courts fall under what 'umbrella' Court System?
Life
Superior Court
Jurisdiction
Conditional Sentence
3. Besides the U.S. Marshall Service - what is the other oldest federal law enforcement agency?
Makes deals and not go to trial
Limited or Reduced Capacity - Layers of Justice
Nolo Contendre
U.S. Postal Inspectors
4. What constitutional amendments were alluded to in Miranda versus Arizona?
Legislative - Executive - Judicial
F.B.I.
5th Amendment 6th Amendment
Local - County - Tribal - State - Federal
5. Railroad Police - Port/Harbor Police - Campus Police - and Mass Transit Police are examples of what?
The Family Model
Special Police Force
Incapaciation
Quasi-Military - Strict Chain of Command
6. What is ultimate goal at all early hearings?
U.S. Court of Appeals
Stare Decisis
Makes deals and not go to trial
Judiciary Act
7. What do the majority of cases going into the U.S. District Court involve?
Attorney General
Drug Violations - White Collar Crimes
Jury Panel Death Penalty Phase
Incorrigibles
8. What major 1966 U.S. Supreme Court case provided new guidelines in how police arrested and interrogated adult defendants?
Change
Stars
Miranda versus Arizona
U.S. Federal District Courts
9. What is the system that puts two conflicting parties against each other with a third neutral part overseeing the process?
Pendelton Act
Adversarial System
Private Attorneys - Public Defenders
Sheriff
10. Negative political influence and corruption impacting 19th century U.S. police agencies was called what?
Broken Windows
Review charges again because felony stakes are higher
U.S. Constitution
Patronage
11. What are the two types of defense attorneys?
Incorrigibles
Private Attorneys - Public Defenders
1903
Secret Service
12. When pleading guilty at a felony arrangement - what does the judge generally do for sentencing?
Continue to another date
Misdemeanor
Severity of the crime - Where it was committed
Complaint
13. What are the two main functions of criminal courts?
14. What are the two conflicting philosophies which talk of a desire for individual freedom and a crime free society?
State/Local Court System
Constitutional Law
Crime Control Due Process
1 Chief Justice 5 Associate Justices
15. What is a legal system that pits two opposing parties against one another with a third neutral party applying the rules?
Vigilantes
Jury Panel Death Penalty Phase
Adversarial System
Trial Courts of Limited Jurisdiction
16. What are the five levels of force among agencies?
Appeal
Trial Courts of Limited Jurisdiction
Reputation and Appearance - Dialogue and Counseling - Empty Hands - Physical Restraint - Mechanical Restraint - Chemical Restraint
U.S. Postal Service Inspectors - Federal Marshall's Department
17. From 1789 to 1799 how was the U.S. Supreme Court?
39
Very inactive
Preliminary Hearing
Constitutional Law
18. Which of the five major phases in the criminal justice system since 1965 produced major case law?
Stars
Citizens - Cops - Courts - Corrections
U.S. Postal Inspectors
Due Process Phase
19. What word represents the ability of criminal justice players to make independent decisions?
5th Amendment 6th Amendment
State
Discretion
D.E.A.or Drug Enforcement Agency
20. What criteria does the judge use when setting bail?
Seriousness of Offense - Flight Risk - Prior Record
King John
Stare Decisis
Military Police - Tribal Police = Civilian Federal Law Enforcement
21. What is the average budget of a local law enforcement agency?
$1.7 million
Law of Hammurabi - Law of Moses
Lower Courts
Constitutional Law
22. What is the Latin term for the plea of the no contest?
Judiciary Act
Miranda versus Arizona
Aggravating - Mitigating
Nolo Contendre
23. In Orange County - what is the misdemeanor Pretrial Hearing called?
D&R - Disposition and Resetting
Preliminary Hearing
1 and 8
Community Orientated Policing Era
24. What is a local law enforcement agency's head administrator?
Pendelton Act
Adversarial System
Indeterminate Sentencing
Chief
25. What type of bodies do our current laws come from?
Judicial/Legislative
Misdemeanor
Article III of the Constitution
Bill of Rights
26. Under English Common Law what was the general cut off age in distinguishing between those who could charged with felonies?
Community Orientated Policing Era
14
Review charges again because felony stakes are higher
D.E.A.or Drug Enforcement Agency
27. What English Common Law court system could arguably be seen as the world's first dedicated juvenile court?
28. What document was eventually created in order to replace the Articles of Confederation?
Marbury versus Madison
U.S. Constitution
Review charges again because felony stakes are higher
Discretion
29. What is known as the highest source of law found within either a country or state?
John Marshall
8th Amendment
Constitutional Law
Trial Courts of Limited Jurisdiction
30. What concept did the 1800 Babylonian King Hammurabi create that said juveniles could be considered for lessor penalties?
Judiciary Act
Jurisdiction
Limited or Reduced Capacity - Layers of Justice
Low Term - Mid Term - High Term
31. In what year and state was the country's first dedicated juvenile justice system and court legally established?
Military Police - Tribal Police = Civilian Federal Law Enforcement
1899 Illinois
Sir Robert Peel
Deterrence
32. What amendment discusses the right to a speedy trial?
Local - County - Tribal - State - Federal
King John
F.B.I.
6th Amendment
33. How many states have State Courts of Appeals?
State
39
Loosely Coupled
Evidence
34. Where does a felony case begin?
Appeals
Civil Rights Movement Vietnam War
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
Patronage and Corruption
35. What is the first hearing or court appearance for all cases?
U.S. Court of Appeals - State Supreme Court
U.S. Court of Appeals
Arrangement
Retribution
36. What two factors does a probation officer consider when writing the presentence report?
Aggravating - Mitigating
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
Future laws not passed yet
Self Report Studies Victimization Surveys
37. What amendment discuses issues if incorporation - citizenship - and due process?
Severity of the crime - Where it was committed
U.S. Marshall's
14th Amendment
State
38. The third federal inferior court of authority is known as what?
Trial
U.S. Federal District Courts
U.S. Constitution
90 Million
39. What do bills of attainer relate to?
Trial Courts of Limited Jurisdiction
Limited or Reduced Capacity - Layers of Justice
Punishment without trial
Deterrence
40. What amendment discusses protection from unreasonable searches?
Judicial Review
1903
4th Amendment
State Supreme Court
41. What are the three Terms of Imprisonment?
Right away
Low Term - Mid Term - High Term
5th Amendment
Self Report Studies Victimization Surveys
42. Indeterminate sentencing was a mainstay within the California juvenile justice system until what year?
Assistant District Attorneys
Low Term - Mid Term - High Term
1977 Dixon Bill
Stare Decisis
43. What is an offense that consists of illegal conduct but no jail time?
Incapaciation
Infraction
Ah Peen
Limited
44. According to Hammurabi - what age was considered as the cut off between juveniles and adults?
Sufficient evidence that a felony was committed - Should it go to a felony trial
14
Ah Peen
F.B.I
45. What are the two parts of the Constitution called?
4th Amendment
Mala en Se
Body - Amendments
1203(d) - Misdemeanor
46. What are the three duties of Deputy Probation officers in the court room?
Government Attorney
Special Police Force
Provide investigation services - Sentencing Recommendations - Provide Supervision
Deterrence
47. What kind of powers do corrections and probation officers have?
Yes
Special Police Force
Article III of the Constitution
Limited
48. What are the three main players in the Criminal Justice system known as?
Life
Court Room Work Group
14
90%
49. Who is referred to as the father of probation?
Law of Hammurabi - Law of Moses
Judicial Review
Discretion
John Augustus
50. In which two locations did the actual shooting war begin between British soldiers and Colonial militia men?
Hoover
Judicial Review
Lexington - Concord
County