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Criminal Justice 101
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What kind of powers do corrections and probation officers have?
4th Amendment
Mary Ann Crouse
Special Police Force
Limited
2. UCRS and NIBRS recieve information from how many agencies?
17 -500
Patrick Colquhoun
Special Police Force
None
3. What kind of system is our criminal justice system based upon?
Preliminary Hearing
Information
Loosely Coupled
Prison Time - Death Sentence
4. When there is a supposed legal error or discrepancy with a case - what type of hearing does it go to?
Appeal
None
Original Jurisdiction
Patrick Colquhoun
5. What does the Court of Appeals not possess?
Trial Courts of Limited Jurisdiction
Serpico
John Augustus
Original Jurisdiction
6. The B.I.A. and the F.B.I. often provide support and assistance to what level of law enforcement agencies?
Bench Trial
Original Jurisdiction
Tribal
Due Process
7. What English king circa 1154 A.D. sent representatives out to the eight English 'regions' in order to organize some type of common law?
King Henry II
Bench Trial
Stars
Courts
8. Railroad Police - Port/Harbor Police - Campus Police - and Mass Transit Police are examples of what?
Makes deals and not go to trial
Special Police Force
Low Term - Mid Term - High Term
Judiciary Act
9. Local law enforcement generally display shields on their badges. What do county law enforcement badges appear as?
Stars
Trial Courts of General Jurisdiction
Appeal
Adversarial System
10. What federal law enforcement agency was created in 1973 and currently has over 5 -000 agents spread around the world?
Adversarial System
Provide investigation services - Sentencing Recommendations - Provide Supervision
D.E.A.or Drug Enforcement Agency
Very inactive
11. Jail time - restitution - contact restrictions - drug testing - searches and seizures - employment verification - and counseling can be terms of what?
Formal Probation
Statue of Winchester
Generalists
1383
12. Who are the three main players in the Criminal Justice system?
NIBRS or National Incident Based Reporting System
Attorney General
Judges - Prosecuting Attorneys - Defense Attorneys
George Washington - John Adams
13. When court systems or levels disagree or question if rules are properly applied - what type of court is used?
Sir Robert Peel
Trial
First Continental Congress
Appeals
14. What two additional sentences can come from a Formal Felony Sentencing Hearing different from a misdemeanor?
Superior Court
Quasi-Military - Strict Chain of Command
Misdemeanor
Prison Time - Death Sentence
15. What concepts attempts to protect society by isolating others?
U.S. Federal District Courts
Incapaciation
State Supreme Court
Jurisdiction
16. What is the State Court System's court of last resort?
Process criminals and criminal charges - Ensure everyone's due process
Evidence
85%
State Supreme Court
17. What is a crime punishable by jail - fines or prison?
Precedent
Reputation and Appearance - Dialogue and Counseling - Empty Hands - Physical Restraint - Mechanical Restraint - Chemical Restraint
Private Attorneys - Public Defenders
Felony
18. What concept discusses 'an eye for an eye'?
Retribution
Worse
Appeal
Severity of the crime - Where it was committed
19. What are the four Cs of the criminal justice system?
Private Attorneys - Public Defenders
Courts - Cops - Citizens - Corrections
Secret Service
Petition
20. What are the two main functions of criminal courts?
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21. What type of hearing does a felony case go to after arrangement?
Preliminary Hearing
Information
Vigilantes
Local - County - Tribal - State - Federal
22. What criteria does the judge use when setting bail?
Seriousness of Offense - Flight Risk - Prior Record
Right away
Mala Prohibita
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
23. What does the U.S. Court of Appeals not have regarding what cases to hear?
First Degree Murder - Federal drug trafficking and treason
Statue of Winchester
Discretion
Adversarial System
24. What percent of the time are deals makes and cases do not go to trial?
First Continental Congress
90%
Deterrence
Judiciary Act
25. What are the two conflicting philosophies which talk of a desire for individual freedom and a crime free society?
Crime Control Due Process
Judiciary Act
Tribal
Trial Courts of Limited Jurisdiction
26. The Federal Court system was authorized through what?
6th Amendment
State
Article III of the Constitution
Articles of Confederation
27. Under English Common Law what was the general cut off age in distinguishing between those who could charged with felonies?
14
Aggravating - Mitigating
Possecomintatus
Stamp Act of 1765
28. What is the Latin term that means evil or bad in itself?
Mala en Se
Tribal
Discretion
Drug Violations - White Collar Crimes
29. What major 1966 U.S. Supreme Court case provided new guidelines in how police arrested and interrogated adult defendants?
Sir Robert Peel
1977 Dixon Bill
Trials
Miranda versus Arizona
30. In the wild west what were the people called who banded together to protect each other?
Federal Court System
Lower Courts
U.S. Supreme Court U.S. Court of Appeals U.S. Federal District Courts
Vigilantes
31. What does O.R. mean?
Own Recognizance
Sufficient evidence that a felony was committed - Should it go to a felony trial
Precedent
1977 Dixon Bill
32. Is the Federal or State court system older?
Felony
U.S. Postal Service Inspectors - Federal Marshall's Department
Court Room Work Group
State
33. What criminal statistical agency or method was created in 1930?
Petition
State
5th Amendment
UCRS or Uniform Crime Reporting System
34. Does a county law enforcement agency head administrator generally require law enforcement experience?
Yes
$1.7 million
Trials
Severity of the crime - Where it was committed
35. What level of law enforcement generally provides services to the local court system?
Patronage and Corruption
Drug Violations - White Collar Crimes
County
King John
36. In 1789 which London magistrate stressed the need for a 'centralized' law enforcement agency?
Patrick Colquhoun
King John
5th Amendment 6th Amendment
Probation Officer
37. Local California courts which handle felonies and major civil matters are called what?
Sir Robert Peel
Trial Courts of General Jurisdiction
NIBRS or National Incident Based Reporting System
Sufficient evidence that a felony was committed - Should it go to a felony trial
38. After the U.S. Constitution was ratified - what type of court system did the U.S. realize it needed to have?
D&R - Disposition and Resetting
Provide investigation services - Sentencing Recommendations - Provide Supervision
Federal Court System
Sheriff or Shireeve
39. What type of 'law' evolved and became a predictable and anticipated set of laws to the English people circa 1000 A.D.?
Mala Prohibita
English Common Law
County
90%
40. The Reintegration Model - circa 1960s - failed due to community concern over leniency toward criminals and what two major social events?
Mala Prohibita
Civil Rights Movement Vietnam War
39
Sir Robert Peel
41. What constitutional amendments were alluded to in Miranda versus Arizona?
Chief
Trial Courts of General Jurisdiction
5th Amendment 6th Amendment
$1.7 million
42. The Federal Court system was created through what?
Dual System
George Washington - John Adams
Chief
Judiciary Act
43. What 1285 A.D. English law removed the emphasis on law enforcement away from the military and back onto the citizens?
Bill of Rights
Statue of Winchester
Limited
Miranda versus Arizona
44. Why does someone plea nolo contendre?
Bill of Rights
King John
Potential for Incarceration
Cannot be used against you later in civil court
45. The second federal inferior court of authority is known as what?
Preliminary Hearing
D.E.A.or Drug Enforcement Agency
U.S. Court of Appeals
Severity of the crime - Where it was committed
46. In Orange County - what type of prosecuting attorneys handle the day to day issues in the court room?
Judicial - Executive
Lower Courts
Assistant District Attorneys
John Marshall
47. What is the most important thing that a probation officer does in the presentence court report?
Evaluation
Low Term - Mid Term - High Term
County
London Metropolitan Police Act
48. What types of law enforcement agency is influenced by federal and territorial sovereignty?
Nolo Contendre
Review charges again because felony stakes are higher
Tribal
F.B.I.
49. What Latin term allowed the Magna Carta to be enhanced and reinforced and means to adhere to what has come before?
Judicial/Legislative
Prison Time - Death Sentence
Stare Decisis
F.B.I.
50. What does the U.S. Supreme Court have regarding what cases to hear?
17
Discretion
Indeterminate Sentencing
830.1