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Criminal Justice 101
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1. Who was the Supreme Court's third chief justice - credited with making the court more proactive - effective - and powerful?
John Marshall
Original Jurisdiction
Community Orientated Policing Era
Bench Trial
2. Which 1760s British tax law placed tax quotes on all paper based products imported into the colonies?
Courts - Cops - Citizens - Corrections
Stamp Act of 1765
Sworn - Non-sworn
Judicial/Legislative
3. What English king was responsible for generating the concept of the Magna Carta?
1 Chief Justice 5 Associate Justices
King John
Patronage and Corruption
Pretrial Hearing
4. What federal law enforcement agency had its origins in 1908?
4th Amendment
F.B.I.
Mala en Se
Sufficient evidence that a felony was committed - Should it go to a felony trial
5. Who runs the N.C.I.C.?
King Chamberlain's Court
1203(d) - Misdemeanor
1203(b)(1) - Felony
F.B.I
6. What are the three duties of Deputy Probation officers in the court room?
Indeterminate Sentencing
Bill of Rights
Sheriff or Shireeve
Provide investigation services - Sentencing Recommendations - Provide Supervision
7. What amendment discusses protection from self incrimination?
Articles of Confederation
Probation Officer
5th Amendment
Original Jurisdiction
8. The term original jurisdiction alludes to what?
Trials
14
Patrick Colquhoun
Vigilantes
9. What two additional sentences can come from a Formal Felony Sentencing Hearing different from a misdemeanor?
Preliminary Hearing
1382
Prison Time - Death Sentence
Challenge for Cause and Peremptory Challenges at a Jury Panel Hearing
10. For a felony matter to leave a Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction - what special hearing must it go to?
Felony
State Supreme Court
D.E.A.or Drug Enforcement Agency
Preliminary Hearing
11. What is the system that puts two conflicting parties against each other with a third neutral part overseeing the process?
F.B.I.
F.B.I.
Adversarial System
4th Amendment
12. What are the two types of defense attorneys?
Government Attorney
Private Attorneys - Public Defenders
Felony
King Chamberlain's Court
13. What is the Latin term for the plea of the no contest?
Nolo Contendre
U.S. Federal District Courts
Provide investigation services - Sentencing Recommendations - Provide Supervision
Reputation and Appearance - Dialogue and Counseling - Empty Hands - Physical Restraint - Mechanical Restraint - Chemical Restraint
14. This country's criminal justice system is based on the desire for what kind of system?
Appeals
Loosely Coupled System
London Metropolitan Police Act
14th Amendment
15. In the wild west what were the people called who banded together to protect each other?
Provide investigation services - Sentencing Recommendations - Provide Supervision
Vigilantes
Citizens - Cops - Courts - Corrections
Sir Robert Peel
16. How many states use the death penalty?
34
Punishment without trial
First Continental Congress
King John
17. What Penal Code section states that the court may refer to probation for a report?
Original Jurisdiction
50 - 25000
1203(d) - Misdemeanor
Quasi-Military - Strict Chain of Command
18. What is the average budget of a local law enforcement agency?
Low Term - Mid Term - High Term
Magna Carta
Loosely Coupled
$1.7 million
19. Who gave the Bureau of Investigation validity during the late 1920s?
Judiciary Act
Incorrigibles
Information
Hoover
20. What is the Latin term that describes a federal peace officer's ability to deputize citizens and give them temporary power?
Potential for Incarceration
Tribal
Trial Courts of Limited Jurisdiction
Possecomintatus
21. What two additional branches of government did the Constitution add to government?
Judicial - Executive
Drug Violations - White Collar Crimes
Incorrigibles
Original Jurisdiction
22. What criminal statistical agency or method was created in 1987 as a supplement to UCRS?
Trial
Misdemeanor
NIBRS or National Incident Based Reporting System
Statue of Winchester
23. What major 1829 English law created a centralized urban police force in London?
Mala en Se
London Metropolitan Police Act
Due Process Phase
Statue of Winchester
24. State Troopers are what level of law enforcement?
Future laws not passed yet
State
Court Administrator
NIBRS or National Incident Based Reporting System
25. What current U.S. law enforcement position/title had its origins with the English legal system circa 1000 A.D.?
Sheriff or Shireeve
39
Due Process
Low Term - Mid Term - High Term
26. What 1883 federal law stressed the need for a civil service system based upon merit?
Pendelton Act
Chief
Broken Windows
Government Attorney
27. What does the U.S. Court of Appeals not have regarding what cases to hear?
Miranda versus Arizona
Mala Prohibita
Discretion
U.S. Postal Service Inspectors - Federal Marshall's Department
28. Who said - 'The police are the public and the public are the police'?
Judicial - Executive
Jurisdiction
Sir Robert Peel
Local - County - Tribal - State - Federal
29. Generally speaking - what type of attorney is a prosecuting attorney?
1 Chief Justice 5 Associate Justices
Government Attorney
Lower Courts
First Degree Murder - Federal drug trafficking and treason
30. From 1789 to 1799 how was the U.S. Supreme Court?
Evidence
Own Recognizance
Complaint
Very inactive
31. What Latin term means 'you have the body'?
Deterrence
U.S. Court of Appeals
Habeas Corpus
All volunteers
32. In 1829 which English government employee pushed a new law which followed the ideas of Patrick Colquhoun?
Community Sensitive Programs
UCRS or Uniform Crime Reporting System
Hoover
Sir Robert Peel
33. What are the two general characteristics evident among most law enforcement agencies?
Conditional Sentence
1 Chief Justice 5 Associate Justices
Judicial Review
Quasi-Military - Strict Chain of Command
34. What federal law enforcement agency delegated peace officer powers to citizens during the era of the wild west?
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35. What is another term for informal probation?
Right away
Conditional Sentence
Infraction
Government Attorney
36. What was the name of the article which encouraged law enforcement not just to focus on crime - but the social factors of crime?
Provide investigation services - Sentencing Recommendations - Provide Supervision
Prison Time - Death Sentence
Judicial - Executive
Broken Windows
37. When court systems or levels disagree or question if rules are properly applied - what type of court is used?
Appeals
90%
UCRS or Uniform Crime Reporting System
Discretion
38. Local California courts which handle felonies and major civil matters are called what?
Trial Courts of General Jurisdiction
State/Local Court System
Courts - Cops - Citizens - Corrections
U.S. Postal Inspectors
39. What constitutional amendments were alluded to in Miranda versus Arizona?
Process criminals and criminal charges - Ensure everyone's due process
Complaint
5th Amendment 6th Amendment
Sir Robert Peel
40. What is discovery?
Trial Courts of General Jurisdiction
Evidence
National Crime Information Center
Article III of the Constitution
41. What is the name for a juvenile complaint?
Review charges again because felony stakes are higher
$1.7 million
14
Petition
42. In 1789 which London magistrate stressed the need for a 'centralized' law enforcement agency?
Constitutional Law
Misdemeanor
Sheriff or Shireeve
Patrick Colquhoun
43. When a court has control or authority over certain matters/issues - what is it called?
Loosely Coupled System
Jurisdiction
Retribution
Pendelton Act
44. What two types of employees do law enforcement agencies employ?
17 -500
Sworn - Non-sworn
90 Million
Low Term - Mid Term - High Term
45. After the Bill of Rights was ratified - how many more times was the U.S. Constitution amended?
Judiciary Act
State
17
First Continental Congress
46. Local California courts which handle misdemeanors - minor civil matters - and traffic violations are called what?
Parens Patriae
Habeas Corpus
Review charges again because felony stakes are higher
Trial Courts of Limited Jurisdiction
47. What was the original staffing of the U.S. Supreme Court?
17
1 Chief Justice 5 Associate Justices
Government Attorney
County
48. What are state Courts of Appeals also called?
Intermediate Courts
State
1382
Formal Probation
49. What is ultimate goal at all early hearings?
Judiciary Act
Seriousness of Offense - Flight Risk - Prior Record
1977 Dixon Bill
Makes deals and not go to trial
50. The third federal inferior court of authority is known as what?
U.S. Federal District Courts
Incapaciation
17
Superior Court