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Criminal Justice 101
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1. The Federal Court system was authorized through what?
U.S. Court of Appeals
Judicial/Legislative
Article III of the Constitution
Worse
2. What amendment discusses the right to a speedy trial?
Lower Courts
6th Amendment
Conditional Sentence
1203(d) - Misdemeanor
3. What are the two conflicting philosophies which talk of a desire for individual freedom and a crime free society?
1203(d) - Misdemeanor
State Supreme Court
U.S. Postal Service Inspectors - Federal Marshall's Department
Crime Control Due Process
4. What does the U.S. Supreme Court have regarding what cases to hear?
Precedent
Sheriff or Shireeve
1903
Discretion
5. Where does a felony case begin?
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
Deterrence
Evaluation
Sir Robert Peel
6. UCRS and NIBRS recieve information from how many agencies?
17 -500
Life
Provide investigation services - Sentencing Recommendations - Provide Supervision
Original Jurisdiction
7. The Reintegration Model - circa 1960s - failed due to community concern over leniency toward criminals and what two major social events?
County
Civil Rights Movement Vietnam War
John Augustus
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
8. What is the Latin term that describes a federal peace officer's ability to deputize citizens and give them temporary power?
Misdemeanor
Possecomintatus
14
1903
9. What is a local law enforcement agency's head administrator?
Lexington - Concord
Chief
Courts - Cops - Citizens - Corrections
Trials
10. What current California legal code did the Law of Hammurabi and the Law of Moses contribute to?
The Penal Code
Law of Hammurabi - Law of Moses
Trial Courts of Limited Jurisdiction
Courts
11. What is the name of our criminal justice system that is made up of both federal and state levels?
90%
Sheriff or Shireeve
Dual System
Trial Courts of Limited Jurisdiction
12. What crimes is the death penalty used for?
NIBRS or National Incident Based Reporting System
London Metropolitan Police Act
First Degree Murder - Federal drug trafficking and treason
Trial
13. What are the two types of defense attorneys?
Adversarial System
Government Attorney
Private Attorneys - Public Defenders
Deterrence
14. What was the name of the article which encouraged law enforcement not just to focus on crime - but the social factors of crime?
90 Million
London Metropolitan Police Act
Broken Windows
Body - Amendments
15. Stare Decisis has evolved into what concept?
Sir Robert Peel
1382
Private Attorneys - Public Defenders
Precedent
16. What Penal Code section states that the court shall refer to probation for a report?
1203(b)(1) - Felony
Judiciary Act
Judicial/Legislative
Serpico
17. Where are the vast majority of cases heard?
Habeas Corpus
Trial
Local level
Original Jurisdiction
18. What kind of powers do corrections and probation officers have?
Limited
Crime Control Due Process
The Penal Code
1 and 8
19. What are the four main players in the criminal justice system?
Citizens - Cops - Courts - Corrections
First Degree Murder - Federal drug trafficking and treason
Incorrigibles
State
20. What two additional branches of government did the Constitution add to government?
Cannot be used against you later in civil court
Judicial - Executive
Hoover
Precedent
21. What concept discusses 'an eye for an eye'?
The Penal Code
Retribution
Cannot be used against you later in civil court
Preliminary Hearing
22. The B.I.A. and the F.B.I. often provide support and assistance to what level of law enforcement agencies?
The Family Model
Presentence Court Report
Mala en Se
Tribal
23. What English king circa 1154 A.D. sent representatives out to the eight English 'regions' in order to organize some type of common law?
Deterrence
Serpico
Judges - Prosecuting Attorneys - Defense Attorneys
King Henry II
24. What are the two ancient codes that contributed to our current legal system?
Law of Hammurabi - Law of Moses
Pretrial Hearing
King John
Hoover
25. What type of bodies do our current laws come from?
Due Process
Judicial/Legislative
1383
County
26. What penal code states that a felony must go to trial within 60 days of the second arrangement unless time lines are waived?
1382
King Henry II
State
Indeterminate Sentencing
27. Jail time - restitution - contact restrictions - drug testing - searches and seizures - employment verification - and counseling can be terms of what?
Generalists
Formal Probation
U.S. Federal District Courts
Incorrigibles
28. In the wild west what were the people called who banded together to protect each other?
Vigilantes
Sheriff or Shireeve
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
Deterrence
29. Who is in charge of staffing - calender - budget - and other material needs of the court room?
90%
90 Million
Court Administrator
4th Amendment
30. Besides the U.S. Marshall Service - what is the other oldest federal law enforcement agency?
English Common Law
Information
U.S. Postal Inspectors
Patronage
31. What 1285 A.D. English law removed the emphasis on law enforcement away from the military and back onto the citizens?
First Degree Murder - Federal drug trafficking and treason
Change
Self Report Studies Victimization Surveys
Statue of Winchester
32. What are the three main players in the Criminal Justice system known as?
Arrangement
King Chamberlain's Court
Law of Hammurabi - Law of Moses
Court Room Work Group
33. What English king was responsible for generating the concept of the Magna Carta?
King John
Sworn - Non-sworn
Military Police - Tribal Police = Civilian Federal Law Enforcement
Potential for Incarceration
34. What Latin term means - 'father or parent of the country?'
Military Police - Tribal Police = Civilian Federal Law Enforcement
Limited
Sufficient evidence that a felony was committed - Should it go to a felony trial
Parens Patriae
35. What was name of the era which was distinguished by the Kansas City Patrol Experiment and Flint - Michigan Patrol Program?
All volunteers
Courts - Cops - Citizens - Corrections
Private Attorneys - Public Defenders
Community Orientated Policing Era
36. Both felonies are misdemeanors are first filed as what?
Change
Vigilantes
Loosely Coupled
Complaint
37. How long is a federal judge's term of office for?
Military Police - Tribal Police = Civilian Federal Law Enforcement
George Washington - John Adams
Information
Life
38. What Latin term means great paper?
Formal Probation
Magna Carta
Statue of Winchester
90 Million
39. What does the U.S. Court of Appeals not have regarding what cases to hear?
6th Amendment
Stars
State
Discretion
40. What document was eventually created in order to replace the Articles of Confederation?
F.B.I.
U.S. Constitution
Mary Ann Crouse
Appeal
41. From 1789 to 1799 how was the U.S. Supreme Court?
Very inactive
39
Appeal
Trial Courts of Limited Jurisdiction
42. If you plea guilty at a misdemeanor arraignment - when can a judge sentence you?
Right away
None
Generalists
Worse
43. What is the main criteria which determines whether a mater goes to a federal or state court?
17
Severity of the crime - Where it was committed
State Supreme Court
Incapaciation
44. What law further defined the role and make up of the U.S. Supreme court?
Preliminary Hearing
Aggravating - Mitigating
U.S. Court of Appeals - State Supreme Court
Judiciary Act
45. What law enforcement agency maintains the largest training academy in the U.S.?
English Common Law
Trial Courts of General Jurisdiction
Jury Panel Death Penalty Phase
F.B.I.
46. For a felony matter to leave a Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction - what special hearing must it go to?
King Henry II
First Degree Murder - Federal drug trafficking and treason
Infraction
Preliminary Hearing
47. The Kansas City Patrol Experiment and Flint - Michigan Patrol Program motivated police to try what new procedures?
17
Community Sensitive Programs
King Henry II
Secret Service
48. What is ultimate goal at all early hearings?
39
Makes deals and not go to trial
UCRS or Uniform Crime Reporting System
U.S. Postal Service Inspectors - Federal Marshall's Department
49. What is the most important C or level of the criminal justice system?
Courts
Attorney General
Felony
Judicial/Legislative
50. What level of law enforcement generally runs local detention facilities for adults?
Drug Violations - White Collar Crimes
14th Amendment
County
Sworn - Non-sworn