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Criminal Justice 101
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1. How many cases go to the local court level each year?
90 Million
Incorrigibles
Boston Massacre
Government Attorney
2. What amendment discuses issues if incorporation - citizenship - and due process?
14th Amendment
Discretion
90%
50 - 25000
3. The Federal Court system was created through what?
Seriousness of Offense - Flight Risk - Prior Record
Judiciary Act
Worse
U.S. Constitution
4. What law enforcement agency maintains the largest training academy in the U.S.?
Incapaciation
F.B.I.
5th Amendment 6th Amendment
John Augustus
5. How many states use the death penalty?
34
Complaint
Hoover
Indeterminate Sentencing
6. What major 1829 English law created a centralized urban police force in London?
1382
Magna Carta
London Metropolitan Police Act
Law of Hammurabi - Law of Moses
7. What is the first hearing or court appearance for all cases?
D&R - Disposition and Resetting
39
Provide investigation services - Sentencing Recommendations - Provide Supervision
Arrangement
8. What was created in order to convince several of the new states to agree to the Constitution?
Judicial - Executive
Misdemeanor
Legislative - Executive - Judicial
Bill of Rights
9. Who are the three main players in the Criminal Justice system?
85%
Formal Probation
Sufficient evidence that a felony was committed - Should it go to a felony trial
Judges - Prosecuting Attorneys - Defense Attorneys
10. The term original jurisdiction alludes to what?
London Metropolitan Police Act
Trial Courts of General Jurisdiction
Trials
6th Amendment
11. Where does a misdemeanors case begin?
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
50 - 25000
State
Judges - Prosecuting Attorneys - Defense Attorneys
12. The average local law enforcement agency will often employ how many officers and serve what size population?
1903
Courts - Cops - Citizens - Corrections
50 - 25000
Crime Control - Due Process
13. What current U.S. law enforcement position/title had its origins with the English legal system circa 1000 A.D.?
The Penal Code
State/Local Court System
Sheriff
Sheriff or Shireeve
14. What court system was the same up until the period of the Civil War?
State/Local Court System
5th Amendment
County
1977 Dixon Bill
15. Jail time - restitution - contact restrictions - drug testing - searches and seizures - employment verification - and counseling can be terms of what?
Formal Probation
Crime Control Due Process
1977 Dixon Bill
Evidence
16. What word represents the ability of criminal justice players to make independent decisions?
Lexington - Concord
Cannot be used against you later in civil court
Boston Massacre
Discretion
17. What federal law enforcement agency delegated peace officer powers to citizens during the era of the wild west?
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18. What concept did the 1800 Babylonian King Hammurabi create that said juveniles could be considered for lessor penalties?
Marbury versus Madison
Limited or Reduced Capacity - Layers of Justice
1903
Felony
19. What hearing comes after a misdemeanor arraignment?
Infraction
Community Sensitive Programs
Pretrial Hearing
Judicial/Legislative
20. Who is referred to as the father of probation?
Trials
Mary Ann Crouse
Cannot be used against you later in civil court
John Augustus
21. State Troopers are what level of law enforcement?
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
830.1
State
Courts
22. Who is in charge of staffing - calender - budget - and other material needs of the court room?
1899 Illinois
Right away
U.S. Constitution
Court Administrator
23. What does the U.S. Supreme Court have regarding what cases to hear?
Discretion
17 -500
Local - County - Tribal - State - Federal
1 and 8
24. The Texas Rangers are the oldest law enforcement agency in this country at what level?
State
Yes
King John
Potential for Incarceration
25. Where does a felony case begin?
50 - 25000
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
U.S. Court of Appeals
Trial Courts of General Jurisdiction
26. What federal law enforcement agency was created in 1973 and currently has over 5 -000 agents spread around the world?
90%
D.E.A.or Drug Enforcement Agency
Seriousness of Offense - Flight Risk - Prior Record
5th Amendment
27. What is known as the highest source of law found within either a country or state?
F.B.I.
Constitutional Law
Information
Process criminals and criminal charges - Ensure everyone's due process
28. What does O.R. mean?
14
Own Recognizance
Right away
Sworn - Non-sworn
29. What important corrections position was mandated in Massachusetts in 1878?
Trial Courts of General Jurisdiction
Infraction
Community Orientated Policing Era
Probation Officer
30. In what year and state was the country's first dedicated juvenile justice system and court legally established?
1899 Illinois
Original Jurisdiction
Attorney General
Judiciary Act
31. What west coast supreme court case in 1876 further established the philosophy of Parens Patriae and no due process for juveniles?
Ah Peen
Due Process Phase
Bench Trial
NIBRS or National Incident Based Reporting System
32. What does the Court of Appeals not possess?
17 -500
Original Jurisdiction
Very inactive
Reputation and Appearance - Dialogue and Counseling - Empty Hands - Physical Restraint - Mechanical Restraint - Chemical Restraint
33. What are the branches of federal law enforcement?
Original Jurisdiction
Worse
Military Police - Tribal Police = Civilian Federal Law Enforcement
Patronage and Corruption
34. What are the four main players in the criminal justice system?
Citizens - Cops - Courts - Corrections
Judicial - Executive
Probation Officer
90 Million
35. The B.I.A. and the F.B.I. often provide support and assistance to what level of law enforcement agencies?
Tribal
Arrangement
Boston Massacre
National Crime Information Center
36. What are the two parts of the Constitution called?
Loosely Coupled
State Supreme Court
Magna Carta
Body - Amendments
37. Negative political influence and corruption impacting 19th century U.S. police agencies was called what?
Continue to another date
1 Chief Justice 5 Associate Justices
Stamp Act of 1765
Patronage
38. What criteria does the judge use when setting bail?
Appeal
Seriousness of Offense - Flight Risk - Prior Record
1203(d) - Misdemeanor
All volunteers
39. What amendment discusses protection from unreasonable searches?
Possecomintatus
The Penal Code
4th Amendment
Pendelton Act
40. What is the Latin term for the plea of the no contest?
Trial
Tribal
$1.7 million
Nolo Contendre
41. In 1829 which English government employee pushed a new law which followed the ideas of Patrick Colquhoun?
Incapaciation
Arrangement
Sir Robert Peel
Intermediate Courts
42. What 1838 Ohio State Supreme Court Case established the concept of Parens Patriae and no need for due process in juvenile matters?
830.1
Law of Hammurabi - Law of Moses
$1.7 million
Mary Ann Crouse
43. What are the three main players in the Criminal Justice system known as?
Process criminals and criminal charges - Ensure everyone's due process
Court Room Work Group
Felony
Jury Panel Death Penalty Phase
44. What is the most important thing that a probation officer does in the presentence court report?
State/Local Court System
Habeas Corpus
Judges - Prosecuting Attorneys - Defense Attorneys
Evaluation
45. What constitutional amendments were alluded to in Miranda versus Arizona?
Judiciary Act
Stars
5th Amendment 6th Amendment
Patronage
46. What type of bodies do our current laws come from?
Judicial/Legislative
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
Sheriff or Shireeve
Incapaciation
47. What level of law enforcement generally runs local detention facilities for adults?
Tribal
Sir Robert Peel
Patronage
County
48. The Federal Court system was authorized through what?
Article III of the Constitution
1903
6th Amendment
Self Report Studies Victimization Surveys
49. What is the Latin term that literally means - 'to adhere to what has come before'?
Stare Decisis
Precedent
50 - 25000
Private Attorneys - Public Defenders
50. What has disappeared among law enforcement agencies is this country?
Low Term - Mid Term - High Term
Patronage and Corruption
17
90 Million