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Criminal Justice 101
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1. Besides the U.S. Marshall Service - what is the other oldest federal law enforcement agency?
Complaint
Process criminals and criminal charges - Ensure everyone's due process
U.S. Postal Inspectors
6th Amendment
2. Both Trial Courts fall under what 'umbrella' Court System?
U.S. Postal Inspectors
Superior Court
Adversarial System
Jurisdiction
3. Local California courts which handle felonies and major civil matters are called what?
1903
Trial Courts of General Jurisdiction
Quasi-Military - Strict Chain of Command
Future laws not passed yet
4. The B.I.A. and the F.B.I. often provide support and assistance to what level of law enforcement agencies?
Tribal
34
Provide investigation services - Sentencing Recommendations - Provide Supervision
Lower Courts
5. How many chief justice and associate justices currently make up the U.S. Supreme Court?
1 and 8
Government Attorney
Magna Carta
Sir Robert Peel
6. What is the average budget of a local law enforcement agency?
UCRS or Uniform Crime Reporting System
$1.7 million
Chief
George Washington - John Adams
7. In the wild west what were the people called who banded together to protect each other?
U.S. Court of Appeals
Right away
Punishment without trial
Vigilantes
8. Which of the five major phases in the criminal justice system since 1965 produced major case law?
D.E.A.or Drug Enforcement Agency
U.S. Constitution
Special Police Force
Due Process Phase
9. What are the four main players in the criminal justice system?
Mala Prohibita
Citizens - Cops - Courts - Corrections
Tribal
State
10. Our criminal justice system tries to maintain a balance between which two conflicting models/ideologies?
Crime Control - Due Process
90%
George Washington - John Adams
U.S. Postal Service Inspectors - Federal Marshall's Department
11. What penal code section is used to waive time lines during a trial?
Lower Courts
U.S. Court of Appeals
1977 Dixon Bill
1383
12. What are the three duties of Deputy Probation officers in the court room?
Body - Amendments
Judicial System = Institutional System
Provide investigation services - Sentencing Recommendations - Provide Supervision
Habeas Corpus
13. What word represents the ability of criminal justice players to make independent decisions?
Discretion
Local - County - Tribal - State - Federal
90%
Crime Control Due Process
14. Which 1760s British tax law placed tax quotes on all paper based products imported into the colonies?
Very inactive
50 - 25000
Stamp Act of 1765
Limited or Reduced Capacity - Layers of Justice
15. What is ultimate goal at all early hearings?
90%
Makes deals and not go to trial
Limited or Reduced Capacity - Layers of Justice
Community Orientated Policing Era
16. What was the name of the group of people who went to Philadelphia in 1774 in order to discuss their unhappiness with Britain and its taxes?
First Continental Congress
Body - Amendments
Bill of Rights
Sheriff or Shireeve
17. What type of hearing does a felony case go to after arrangement?
Preliminary Hearing
Arrangement
London Metropolitan Police Act
Intermediate Courts
18. This country's criminal justice system is based on the desire for what kind of system?
Indeterminate Sentencing
Mary Ann Crouse
Loosely Coupled System
Possecomintatus
19. What do the majority of cases going into the U.S. District Court involve?
Bill of Rights
Drug Violations - White Collar Crimes
Prison Time - Death Sentence
King Henry II
20. What is the Latin term that describes a federal peace officer's ability to deputize citizens and give them temporary power?
Limited
Civil Rights Movement Vietnam War
King John
Possecomintatus
21. What level of law enforcement generally runs local detention facilities for adults?
U.S. Court of Appeals
County
Ah Peen
Court Administrator
22. After the Bill of Rights was ratified - how many more times was the U.S. Constitution amended?
Mala Prohibita
17
F.B.I.
Precedent
23. Who gave the Bureau of Investigation validity during the late 1920s?
6th Amendment
Pretrial Hearing
Hoover
Trial
24. When there is a supposed legal error or discrepancy with a case - what type of hearing does it go to?
Mala Prohibita
Community Orientated Policing Era
Appeal
Infraction
25. Where does a felony case begin?
Deterrence
90 Million
Stars
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
26. What are the oldest law enforcement agencies in the country?
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27. What are the two conflicting philosophies which talk of a desire for individual freedom and a crime free society?
King Chamberlain's Court
Appeal
Crime Control Due Process
Limited or Reduced Capacity - Layers of Justice
28. What is the Latin term that means an act being wrong because of customs - morals - practices - regulation - or law?
Precedent
U.S. Constitution
Due Process
Mala Prohibita
29. What is the Latin term that means evil or bad in itself?
Dual System
Mala en Se
Mary Ann Crouse
State Supreme Court
30. What important corrections position was mandated in Massachusetts in 1878?
Right away
Felony
Probation Officer
Lexington - Concord
31. How many states have State Courts of Appeals?
U.S. Postal Service Inspectors - Federal Marshall's Department
17
39
1203(d) - Misdemeanor
32. What level of law enforcement generally provides services to the local court system?
First Continental Congress
Evaluation
State
County
33. What law enforcement agency maintains the largest training academy in the U.S.?
County
Retribution
F.B.I.
830.1
34. The Federal Court system was authorized through what?
14th Amendment
Patrick Colquhoun
Article III of the Constitution
85%
35. State Troopers are what level of law enforcement?
Articles of Confederation
State
830.1
1203(b)(1) - Felony
36. What is a county law enforcement agency's head administrator?
Serpico
Mala en Se
Sheriff
County
37. What kind of powers do corrections and probation officers have?
Limited
Seriousness of Offense - Flight Risk - Prior Record
Law of Hammurabi - Law of Moses
Presentence Court Report
38. Generally speaking - what type of attorney is a prosecuting attorney?
$1.7 million
Government Attorney
4th Amendment
Lexington - Concord
39. What is the Latin term for the plea of the no contest?
Military Police - Tribal Police = Civilian Federal Law Enforcement
Ah Peen
Nolo Contendre
Local - County - Tribal - State - Federal
40. What is the best system to compile crime statistics and can stand completely on its own?
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
None
George Washington - John Adams
Makes deals and not go to trial
41. Who are the three main players in the Criminal Justice system?
Judges - Prosecuting Attorneys - Defense Attorneys
Review charges again because felony stakes are higher
1382
Law of Hammurabi - Law of Moses
42. What are the five levels of law enforcement in this country?
D.E.A.or Drug Enforcement Agency
Local - County - Tribal - State - Federal
English Common Law
Mary Ann Crouse
43. What do bills of attainer relate to?
Bench Trial
Stare Decisis
Punishment without trial
Private Attorneys - Public Defenders
44. What legal model first attempted the concept of rehabilitation and resocialization?
Dual System
The Family Model
Evidence
King John
45. What hearing comes after a misdemeanor arraignment?
State/Local Court System
Jury Panel Death Penalty Phase
Lexington - Concord
Pretrial Hearing
46. What 1285 A.D. English law removed the emphasis on law enforcement away from the military and back onto the citizens?
Precedent
Statue of Winchester
1203(d) - Misdemeanor
Pretrial Hearing
47. What is a trial where there is no jury and the verdict is given by the judge?
Bench Trial
Patronage and Corruption
Intermediate Courts
The Penal Code
48. Who was the Supreme Court's third chief justice - credited with making the court more proactive - effective - and powerful?
Preliminary Hearing
John Marshall
Original Jurisdiction
Stars
49. What amendment discusses protection from self incrimination?
5th Amendment
1203(b)(1) - Felony
17 -500
Community Sensitive Programs
50. What two factors does a probation officer consider when writing the presentence report?
Article III of the Constitution
Aggravating - Mitigating
Severity of the crime - Where it was committed
State Supreme Court
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