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Criminal Justice 101
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1. The Federal Court system was created through what?
Original Jurisdiction
Better
Judiciary Act
Sir Robert Peel
2. The three federal courts are known as what?
George Washington - John Adams
Discretion
U.S. Supreme Court U.S. Court of Appeals U.S. Federal District Courts
Magna Carta
3. Who runs the N.C.I.C.?
F.B.I
Sir Robert Peel
Military Police - Tribal Police = Civilian Federal Law Enforcement
Ah Peen
4. What is the best system to compile crime statistics and can stand completely on its own?
Cannot be used against you later in civil court
14th Amendment
5th Amendment 6th Amendment
None
5. What two additional branches of government did the Constitution add to government?
Trials
Patrick Colquhoun
F.B.I.
Judicial - Executive
6. What Latin term means great paper?
1 Chief Justice 5 Associate Justices
Court Administrator
Magna Carta
Legislative - Executive - Judicial
7. What Latin term allowed the Magna Carta to be enhanced and reinforced and means to adhere to what has come before?
F.B.I
Stare Decisis
Discretion
Information
8. What is the most important thing that a probation officer does in the presentence court report?
State/Local Court System
Indeterminate Sentencing
Jurisdiction
Evaluation
9. In 1789 which London magistrate stressed the need for a 'centralized' law enforcement agency?
Patrick Colquhoun
Nolo Contendre
Courts - Cops - Citizens - Corrections
39
10. What is the State Court System's court of last resort?
Review charges again because felony stakes are higher
Jury Panel Death Penalty Phase
Presentence Court Report
State Supreme Court
11. Where are the vast majority of cases heard?
State
Judicial/Legislative
Arrangement
Local level
12. Under English Common Law what was the general cut off age in distinguishing between those who could charged with felonies?
14
State
Due Process Phase
U.S. Marshall's
13. What does the U.S. Court of Appeals not have regarding what cases to hear?
Discretion
Limited or Reduced Capacity - Layers of Justice
U.S. Court of Appeals
Body - Amendments
14. What does an aggravating factor make the report?
Mala en Se
Loosely Coupled System
Worse
Pendelton Act
15. UCRS and NIBRS recieve information from how many agencies?
17 -500
1 Chief Justice 5 Associate Justices
Trials
State
16. What legal model first attempted the concept of rehabilitation and resocialization?
The Family Model
14
State
Own Recognizance
17. What federal law enforcement agency was created in 1973 and currently has over 5 -000 agents spread around the world?
Articles of Confederation
Marbury versus Madison
D.E.A.or Drug Enforcement Agency
$1.7 million
18. What do bills of attainer relate to?
Court Room Work Group
1 and 8
Sheriff
Punishment without trial
19. For a felony matter to leave a Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction - what special hearing must it go to?
U.S. Marshall's
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
Lower Courts
Preliminary Hearing
20. What does a preliminary hearing determine?
Continue to another date
Sufficient evidence that a felony was committed - Should it go to a felony trial
Statue of Winchester
Right away
21. What amendment discusses protection from self incrimination?
5th Amendment
Possecomintatus
Mala en Se
Community Sensitive Programs
22. Besides the U.S. Marshall Service - what is the other oldest federal law enforcement agency?
U.S. Postal Inspectors
D&R - Disposition and Resetting
Nolo Contendre
Judicial - Executive
23. Does a county law enforcement agency head administrator generally require law enforcement experience?
Yes
Limited
Mala en Se
8th Amendment
24. How many states use the death penalty?
D&R - Disposition and Resetting
50 - 25000
34
Sufficient evidence that a felony was committed - Should it go to a felony trial
25. What are state Courts of Appeals also called?
Intermediate Courts
1382
1899 Illinois
Broken Windows
26. Indeterminate sentencing was a mainstay within the California juvenile justice system until what year?
Process criminals and criminal charges - Ensure everyone's due process
1977 Dixon Bill
The Penal Code
Precedent
27. What type of 'law' evolved and became a predictable and anticipated set of laws to the English people circa 1000 A.D.?
Stars
Hoover
King Henry II
English Common Law
28. What are the two types of defense attorneys?
Limited
U.S. Constitution
14
Private Attorneys - Public Defenders
29. Stare Decisis has evolved into what concept?
King Chamberlain's Court
Trial Courts of General Jurisdiction
Precedent
Arrangement
30. What penal code section is used to waive time lines during a trial?
Worse
Better
1383
None
31. Who were the country's first president and vice president?
Trial Courts of General Jurisdiction
None
D.E.A.or Drug Enforcement Agency
George Washington - John Adams
32. In Orange County - what is the misdemeanor Pretrial Hearing called?
D&R - Disposition and Resetting
Severity of the crime - Where it was committed
Better
1383
33. What are the five levels of force among agencies?
Hoover
Assistant District Attorneys
Reputation and Appearance - Dialogue and Counseling - Empty Hands - Physical Restraint - Mechanical Restraint - Chemical Restraint
Discretion
34. What are the two parts of the Constitution called?
Body - Amendments
Stars
Parens Patriae
Aggravating - Mitigating
35. What 1883 federal law stressed the need for a civil service system based upon merit?
Original Jurisdiction
1383
Pendelton Act
Loosely Coupled System
36. What has disappeared among law enforcement agencies is this country?
Low Term - Mid Term - High Term
Patronage and Corruption
Local level
Worse
37. From 1789 to 1799 how was the U.S. Supreme Court?
85%
F.B.I
Sir Robert Peel
Very inactive
38. How many law enforcement agencies exist in this country?
The Family Model
4th Amendment
17 -500
First Continental Congress
39. What are the two conflicting philosophies which talk of a desire for individual freedom and a crime free society?
Crime Control Due Process
John Augustus
Petition
Legislative - Executive - Judicial
40. What is the system that puts two conflicting parties against each other with a third neutral part overseeing the process?
Mary Ann Crouse
Sworn - Non-sworn
Adversarial System
Dual System
41. Both Trial Courts fall under what 'umbrella' Court System?
Process criminals and criminal charges - Ensure everyone's due process
U.S. Marshall's
Superior Court
First Degree Murder - Federal drug trafficking and treason
42. The Texas Rangers are the oldest law enforcement agency in this country at what level?
Bench Trial
State
1977 Dixon Bill
Bill of Rights
43. Negative political influence and corruption impacting 19th century U.S. police agencies was called what?
Yes
Loosely Coupled
The Penal Code
Patronage
44. How is a jury panel selected?
Hoover
Possecomintatus
Very inactive
Challenge for Cause and Peremptory Challenges at a Jury Panel Hearing
45. Is the Federal or State court system older?
Precedent
Process criminals and criminal charges - Ensure everyone's due process
Sir Robert Peel
State
46. What were minors who disobeyed orders of the Kings Chancery Court system called?
King Chamberlain's Court
Incorrigibles
Body - Amendments
17 -500
47. Who gave the Bureau of Investigation validity during the late 1920s?
Habeas Corpus
State
Hoover
Limited
48. What is the highest attorney at the federal level?
Attorney General
Courts - Cops - Citizens - Corrections
Loosely Coupled
Self Report Studies Victimization Surveys
49. What two factors does a probation officer consider when writing the presentence report?
85%
Superior Court
Aggravating - Mitigating
Jury Panel Death Penalty Phase
50. What criminal statistical agency or method was created in 1987 as a supplement to UCRS?
Serpico
Bill of Rights
NIBRS or National Incident Based Reporting System
Challenge for Cause and Peremptory Challenges at a Jury Panel Hearing