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Criminal Justice 101
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is a crime publishable by six months to one yer in jail - fines - or probation?
Jurisdiction
Aggravating - Mitigating
Misdemeanor
17 -500
2. What criteria does the judge use when setting bail?
Seriousness of Offense - Flight Risk - Prior Record
Incorrigibles
1903
39
3. What amendment discusses protection from self incrimination?
Miranda versus Arizona
5th Amendment
King Henry II
Sufficient evidence that a felony was committed - Should it go to a felony trial
4. What does a mitigating factor make the report?
Conditional Sentence
Challenge for Cause and Peremptory Challenges at a Jury Panel Hearing
Better
Original Jurisdiction
5. In 1829 which English government employee pushed a new law which followed the ideas of Patrick Colquhoun?
Right away
Discretion
Sir Robert Peel
Lexington - Concord
6. The power of the U.S. Supreme Court to interpret what the constitution says and means - via case law - is known as what?
Generalists
Seriousness of Offense - Flight Risk - Prior Record
Aggravating - Mitigating
Judicial Review
7. What is a trial where there is no jury and the verdict is given by the judge?
Courts - Cops - Citizens - Corrections
Bench Trial
1382
Right away
8. What Latin term means 'you have the body'?
State
Attorney General
1977 Dixon Bill
Habeas Corpus
9. When court systems or levels disagree or question if rules are properly applied - what type of court is used?
U.S. Postal Service Inspectors - Federal Marshall's Department
Marbury versus Madison
Discretion
Appeals
10. What crimes is the death penalty used for?
Federal Court System
First Degree Murder - Federal drug trafficking and treason
1383
Probation Officer
11. In Orange County - what type of prosecuting attorneys handle the day to day issues in the court room?
Adversarial System
Assistant District Attorneys
Marbury versus Madison
6th Amendment
12. What is the name for a felony complaint?
John Augustus
State
Challenge for Cause and Peremptory Challenges at a Jury Panel Hearing
Information
13. Which 1760s British tax law placed tax quotes on all paper based products imported into the colonies?
UCRS or Uniform Crime Reporting System
Federal Court System
Deterrence
Stamp Act of 1765
14. During the Revolutionary War what major document helped to guide the colonies in fighting their war against Britain?
Incorrigibles
U.S. Postal Service Inspectors - Federal Marshall's Department
F.B.I
Articles of Confederation
15. What English king circa 1154 A.D. sent representatives out to the eight English 'regions' in order to organize some type of common law?
Lexington - Concord
King Henry II
Judicial - Executive
National Crime Information Center
16. What is the Latin term that means evil or bad in itself?
Mala en Se
Chief
Local level
Sheriff
17. Who is in charge of staffing - calender - budget - and other material needs of the court room?
Court Administrator
State
Judicial Review
Stare Decisis
18. What are the two general characteristics evident among most law enforcement agencies?
17 -500
Precedent
Marbury versus Madison
Quasi-Military - Strict Chain of Command
19. The California state highway patrol is an example of what type of law enforcement agency?
Challenge for Cause and Peremptory Challenges at a Jury Panel Hearing
State
Jurisdiction
Dual System
20. What constitutes the major difference between a crime and illegal behavior?
Judicial System = Institutional System
Sheriff or Shireeve
Court Administrator
Potential for Incarceration
21. The Kansas City Patrol Experiment and Flint - Michigan Patrol Program motivated police to try what new procedures?
Community Sensitive Programs
$1.7 million
Judicial - Executive
Statue of Winchester
22. What does the Court of Appeals not possess?
Original Jurisdiction
English Common Law
Trials
Hoover
23. This country's criminal justice system is based on the desire for what kind of system?
Loosely Coupled System
Military Police - Tribal Police = Civilian Federal Law Enforcement
Challenge for Cause and Peremptory Challenges at a Jury Panel Hearing
Boston Massacre
24. What 1865 federal law enforcement agency was initially responsible for excessive counterfeiting following the civil war?
Judiciary Act
F.B.I.
First Degree Murder - Federal drug trafficking and treason
Secret Service
25. When a court has control or authority over certain matters/issues - what is it called?
1977 Dixon Bill
First Continental Congress
Boston Massacre
Jurisdiction
26. What level of law enforcement generally runs local detention facilities for adults?
County
Attorney General
Judicial Review
Limited or Reduced Capacity - Layers of Justice
27. What Latin term means great paper?
Prison Time - Death Sentence
5th Amendment
U.S. Court of Appeals - State Supreme Court
Magna Carta
28. What are the two conflicting philosophies which talk of a desire for individual freedom and a crime free society?
Judicial/Legislative
F.B.I.
Judges - Prosecuting Attorneys - Defense Attorneys
Crime Control Due Process
29. If you plea guilty at a misdemeanor arraignment - when can a judge sentence you?
State
Right away
The Penal Code
17 -500
30. What is the most important thing that a probation officer does in the presentence court report?
Evaluation
Felony
6th Amendment
Discretion
31. Who said - 'The police are the public and the public are the police'?
85%
Civil Rights Movement Vietnam War
Judicial/Legislative
Sir Robert Peel
32. What is the Latin term that means an act being wrong because of customs - morals - practices - regulation - or law?
1383
Mala Prohibita
All volunteers
Law of Hammurabi - Law of Moses
33. What 1838 Ohio State Supreme Court Case established the concept of Parens Patriae and no need for due process in juvenile matters?
Mary Ann Crouse
Generalists
The Penal Code
1203(d) - Misdemeanor
34. What is the highest attorney at the federal level?
Attorney General
D&R - Disposition and Resetting
Bill of Rights
Parens Patriae
35. What is the name of the New York police officer - circa 1970s - who had to deal with corruption and patronage in the NYPD?
Serpico
Presentence Court Report
Tribal
Drug Violations - White Collar Crimes
36. What type of 'law' evolved and became a predictable and anticipated set of laws to the English people circa 1000 A.D.?
State
Boston Massacre
English Common Law
Vigilantes
37. What is the first hearing or court appearance for all cases?
Statue of Winchester
U.S. Postal Inspectors
Local - County - Tribal - State - Federal
Arrangement
38. How many states have State Courts of Appeals?
Trial Courts of Limited Jurisdiction
Tribal
39
Boston Massacre
39. Law enforcement has been traditionally very resistant to what?
Stare Decisis
Change
Citizens - Cops - Courts - Corrections
Crime Control - Due Process
40. What level of law enforcement generally provides services to the local court system?
County
Articles of Confederation
National Crime Information Center
Federal Court System
41. The B.I.A. and the F.B.I. often provide support and assistance to what level of law enforcement agencies?
Law of Hammurabi - Law of Moses
Local - County - Tribal - State - Federal
Tribal
39
42. Local California courts which handle misdemeanors - minor civil matters - and traffic violations are called what?
Parens Patriae
Trial Courts of Limited Jurisdiction
Citizens - Cops - Courts - Corrections
State
43. When there is a supposed legal error or discrepancy with a case - what type of hearing does it go to?
Stare Decisis
Presentence Court Report
Bill of Rights
Appeal
44. How many law enforcement agencies exist in this country?
Judges - Prosecuting Attorneys - Defense Attorneys
4th Amendment
17 -500
Incorrigibles
45. What are small law enforcement agencies often made up of?
U.S. Postal Service Inspectors - Federal Marshall's Department
Generalists
F.B.I
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
46. State Troopers are what level of law enforcement?
Ah Peen
Process criminals and criminal charges - Ensure everyone's due process
14th Amendment
State
47. What federal law enforcement agency was created in 1973 and currently has over 5 -000 agents spread around the world?
Preliminary Hearing
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
D.E.A.or Drug Enforcement Agency
1903
48. What two types of employees do law enforcement agencies employ?
Law of Hammurabi - Law of Moses
Challenge for Cause and Peremptory Challenges at a Jury Panel Hearing
Sworn - Non-sworn
Stare Decisis
49. Who were the country's first president and vice president?
Private Attorneys - Public Defenders
George Washington - John Adams
90 Million
Misdemeanor
50. What word represents the ability of criminal justice players to make independent decisions?
Discretion
14
Punishment without trial
U.S. Constitution