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Criminal Justice 101
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1. What two things do military police entities possess?
Judicial System = Institutional System
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Private Attorneys - Public Defenders
U.S. Postal Service Inspectors - Federal Marshall's Department
2. What is the legal term for fundamental fairness?
1 and 8
Due Process
Probation Officer
Trial
3. What were minors who disobeyed orders of the Kings Chancery Court system called?
Sheriff
Incorrigibles
Constitutional Law
Trial
4. What are the three Terms of Imprisonment?
Law of Hammurabi - Law of Moses
NIBRS or National Incident Based Reporting System
1 Chief Justice 5 Associate Justices
Low Term - Mid Term - High Term
5. Who said - 'The police are the public and the public are the police'?
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
Boston Massacre
Sir Robert Peel
D&R - Disposition and Resetting
6. The Texas Rangers are the oldest law enforcement agency in this country at what level?
5th Amendment 6th Amendment
F.B.I.
State
Bill of Rights
7. The B.I.A. and the F.B.I. often provide support and assistance to what level of law enforcement agencies?
D.E.A.or Drug Enforcement Agency
Tribal
Stamp Act of 1765
Very inactive
8. Law enforcement has been traditionally very resistant to what?
Change
Arrangement
1 and 8
U.S. Constitution
9. What was the missing component of those persons working with in the Birth of Probation Model circa 1841?
Low Term - Mid Term - High Term
Adversarial System
Adversarial System
All volunteers
10. What is the name for a felony complaint?
U.S. Supreme Court U.S. Court of Appeals U.S. Federal District Courts
Stars
F.B.I
Information
11. What is a crime punishable by jail - fines or prison?
Felony
Indeterminate Sentencing
50 - 25000
Community Orientated Policing Era
12. What was name of the era which was distinguished by the Kansas City Patrol Experiment and Flint - Michigan Patrol Program?
Seriousness of Offense - Flight Risk - Prior Record
Community Orientated Policing Era
Process criminals and criminal charges - Ensure everyone's due process
F.B.I.
13. How long is a federal judge's term of office for?
1 and 8
14
Life
Arrangement
14. What was the name of the article which encouraged law enforcement not just to focus on crime - but the social factors of crime?
Broken Windows
Better
Stars
Judicial Review
15. State Troopers are what level of law enforcement?
State
90%
Attorney General
Tribal
16. What are the three main players in the Criminal Justice system known as?
5th Amendment
Indeterminate Sentencing
Court Room Work Group
Trial Courts of Limited Jurisdiction
17. What hearing determines in an individual receives the death penalty?
Jury Panel Death Penalty Phase
90%
National Crime Information Center
U.S. Postal Service Inspectors - Federal Marshall's Department
18. What are the five levels of law enforcement in this country?
English Common Law
Mala Prohibita
Special Police Force
Local - County - Tribal - State - Federal
19. What does O.R. mean?
Own Recognizance
Vigilantes
Better
Formal Probation
20. What amendment discusses protection from self incrimination?
5th Amendment
Judiciary Act
Limited or Reduced Capacity - Layers of Justice
Courts - Cops - Citizens - Corrections
21. What amendment discusses protection from unreasonable searches?
U.S. Court of Appeals - State Supreme Court
Crime Control - Due Process
4th Amendment
Pendelton Act
22. What 1865 federal law enforcement agency was initially responsible for excessive counterfeiting following the civil war?
Secret Service
Generalists
Provide investigation services - Sentencing Recommendations - Provide Supervision
U.S. Marshall's
23. In Orange County - what is the misdemeanor Pretrial Hearing called?
D&R - Disposition and Resetting
English Common Law
Bill of Rights
Aggravating - Mitigating
24. What is the system that puts two conflicting parties against each other with a third neutral part overseeing the process?
Courts - Cops - Citizens - Corrections
Adversarial System
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Yes
25. Why does someone plea nolo contendre?
Precedent
Drug Violations - White Collar Crimes
Cannot be used against you later in civil court
Assistant District Attorneys
26. This country's criminal justice system is based on the desire for what kind of system?
Loosely Coupled System
King Chamberlain's Court
Evaluation
1382
27. What west coast supreme court case in 1876 further established the philosophy of Parens Patriae and no due process for juveniles?
F.B.I.
Judges - Prosecuting Attorneys - Defense Attorneys
Ah Peen
Sheriff
28. How many chief justice and associate justices currently make up the U.S. Supreme Court?
Formal Probation
1 and 8
50 - 25000
Discretion
29. What is the first hearing or court appearance for all cases?
Severity of the crime - Where it was committed
Arrangement
Drug Violations - White Collar Crimes
Evaluation
30. What is the name of our criminal justice system that is made up of both federal and state levels?
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
Makes deals and not go to trial
State
Dual System
31. How many cases go to the local court level each year?
Reputation and Appearance - Dialogue and Counseling - Empty Hands - Physical Restraint - Mechanical Restraint - Chemical Restraint
Change
90 Million
Miranda versus Arizona
32. The third federal inferior court of authority is known as what?
State/Local Court System
Articles of Confederation
Secret Service
U.S. Federal District Courts
33. In 1789 which London magistrate stressed the need for a 'centralized' law enforcement agency?
Preliminary Hearing
D.E.A.or Drug Enforcement Agency
Patrick Colquhoun
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34. What Latin term means - 'father or parent of the country?'
Parens Patriae
Indeterminate Sentencing
Jurisdiction
Legislative - Executive - Judicial
35. What is the State Court System's court of last resort?
State Supreme Court
Incorrigibles
Judicial System = Institutional System
Limited or Reduced Capacity - Layers of Justice
36. What concepts attempts to protect society by isolating others?
Superior Court
Incapaciation
Bill of Rights
17 -500
37. What two additional branches of government did the Constitution add to government?
Judicial - Executive
Provide investigation services - Sentencing Recommendations - Provide Supervision
Precedent
The Family Model
38. In what year and state was the country's first dedicated juvenile justice system and court legally established?
Future laws not passed yet
Appeal
1899 Illinois
Preliminary Hearing
39. How many law enforcement agencies exist in this country?
5th Amendment
17 -500
The Penal Code
Court Room Work Group
40. What percent of the time will a judge go with what a presentence court report says?
85%
Pendelton Act
Formal Probation
Citizens - Cops - Courts - Corrections
41. What law further defined the role and make up of the U.S. Supreme court?
Judiciary Act
State Supreme Court
Vigilantes
Hoover
42. Who is in charge of staffing - calender - budget - and other material needs of the court room?
Limited or Reduced Capacity - Layers of Justice
Sufficient evidence that a felony was committed - Should it go to a felony trial
Tribal
Court Administrator
43. What Latin term allowed the Magna Carta to be enhanced and reinforced and means to adhere to what has come before?
D&R - Disposition and Resetting
Stare Decisis
Mala Prohibita
King John
44. What amendment discuses issues if incorporation - citizenship - and due process?
D&R - Disposition and Resetting
Habeas Corpus
14th Amendment
Judicial Review
45. What is a local law enforcement agency's head administrator?
King John
Chief
1203(b)(1) - Felony
Complaint
46. What is the average budget of a local law enforcement agency?
$1.7 million
Bill of Rights
U.S. Postal Service Inspectors - Federal Marshall's Department
Deterrence
47. What 1838 Ohio State Supreme Court Case established the concept of Parens Patriae and no need for due process in juvenile matters?
Preliminary Hearing
Mary Ann Crouse
Possecomintatus
John Marshall
48. Which 1760s British tax law placed tax quotes on all paper based products imported into the colonies?
Stamp Act of 1765
Potential for Incarceration
Courts
Evidence
49. The second federal inferior court of authority is known as what?
U.S. Court of Appeals
Miranda versus Arizona
Precedent
17 -500
50. What type of bodies do our current laws come from?
Judicial/Legislative
All volunteers
Process criminals and criminal charges - Ensure everyone's due process
Statue of Winchester
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