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Criminal Justice 101
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1. What do bills of attainer relate to?
Punishment without trial
1899 Illinois
Possecomintatus
50 - 25000
2. The power of the U.S. Supreme Court to interpret what the constitution says and means - via case law - is known as what?
Stare Decisis
4th Amendment
State
Judicial Review
3. Which California code section gives police and corrections their 'peace officer powers'?
Deterrence
Makes deals and not go to trial
Community Sensitive Programs
830.1
4. What was name of the era which was distinguished by the Kansas City Patrol Experiment and Flint - Michigan Patrol Program?
First Degree Murder - Federal drug trafficking and treason
Discretion
Felony
Community Orientated Policing Era
5. In what year and state was the country's first dedicated juvenile justice system and court legally established?
Court Room Work Group
5th Amendment 6th Amendment
1899 Illinois
Secret Service
6. What was the original staffing of the U.S. Supreme Court?
Mala en Se
D.E.A.or Drug Enforcement Agency
Judges - Prosecuting Attorneys - Defense Attorneys
1 Chief Justice 5 Associate Justices
7. What 1883 federal law stressed the need for a civil service system based upon merit?
Pendelton Act
Serpico
Process criminals and criminal charges - Ensure everyone's due process
Special Police Force
8. What does the U.S. Court of Appeals not have regarding what cases to hear?
5th Amendment 6th Amendment
Discretion
Drug Violations - White Collar Crimes
Presentence Court Report
9. During the Revolutionary War what major document helped to guide the colonies in fighting their war against Britain?
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
Articles of Confederation
50 - 25000
Cannot be used against you later in civil court
10. What does the U.S. Federal District Court possess regarding cases heard?
Court Administrator
Original Jurisdiction
King Henry II
1383
11. Other then UCRS and NIBRS - what entities compile information about crime in the country?
Change
Self Report Studies Victimization Surveys
Possecomintatus
Petition
12. What Latin term means - 'father or parent of the country?'
Judicial - Executive
Provide investigation services - Sentencing Recommendations - Provide Supervision
Parens Patriae
Body - Amendments
13. What are the two types of defense attorneys?
Private Attorneys - Public Defenders
Trials
Cannot be used against you later in civil court
Deterrence
14. What law enforcement agency maintains the largest training academy in the U.S.?
F.B.I.
Evaluation
Bill of Rights
Conditional Sentence
15. In Orange County - what type of prosecuting attorneys handle the day to day issues in the court room?
U.S. Postal Service Inspectors - Federal Marshall's Department
Assistant District Attorneys
John Augustus
Jurisdiction
16. What is the best system to compile crime statistics and can stand completely on its own?
Article III of the Constitution
Retribution
Community Orientated Policing Era
None
17. What hearing determines in an individual receives the death penalty?
Jury Panel Death Penalty Phase
1 Chief Justice 5 Associate Justices
1977 Dixon Bill
Better
18. What is the system that puts two conflicting parties against each other with a third neutral part overseeing the process?
Adversarial System
Stare Decisis
Constitutional Law
830.1
19. What Latin term means great paper?
Makes deals and not go to trial
Magna Carta
Private Attorneys - Public Defenders
Government Attorney
20. What two factors does a probation officer consider when writing the presentence report?
Community Sensitive Programs
Original Jurisdiction
King Henry II
Aggravating - Mitigating
21. This country's criminal justice system is based on the desire for what kind of system?
Loosely Coupled System
Vigilantes
Generalists
Sir Robert Peel
22. What is a crime publishable by six months to one yer in jail - fines - or probation?
U.S. Postal Inspectors
Preliminary Hearing
Misdemeanor
Complaint
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?
U.S. Supreme Court U.S. Court of Appeals U.S. Federal District Courts
14
Patronage and Corruption
King Henry II
24. What English king was responsible for generating the concept of the Magna Carta?
King Chamberlain's Court
First Continental Congress
King John
1977 Dixon Bill
25. Both felonies are misdemeanors are first filed as what?
Sir Robert Peel
F.B.I.
Mala en Se
Complaint
26. In 1829 which English government employee pushed a new law which followed the ideas of Patrick Colquhoun?
Sir Robert Peel
Preliminary Hearing
Sworn - Non-sworn
Loosely Coupled
27. What 1285 A.D. English law removed the emphasis on law enforcement away from the military and back onto the citizens?
Statue of Winchester
Chief
Nolo Contendre
Sufficient evidence that a felony was committed - Should it go to a felony trial
28. The average local law enforcement agency will often employ how many officers and serve what size population?
Original Jurisdiction
Worse
Punishment without trial
50 - 25000
29. 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
U.S. Court of Appeals
Worse
Magna Carta
30. What 1770 shooting incident heightened tensions between Boston colonists and newly arrived British soldiers?
Ah Peen
Jurisdiction
Chief
Boston Massacre
31. What constitutional amendments were alluded to in Miranda versus Arizona?
Deterrence
State/Local Court System
Stare Decisis
5th Amendment 6th Amendment
32. What amendment discusses protection from unreasonable searches?
Community Orientated Policing Era
4th Amendment
The Penal Code
Deterrence
33. What does a mitigating factor make the report?
Courts - Cops - Citizens - Corrections
Better
All volunteers
Own Recognizance
34. The Federal Court system was created through what?
90 Million
Judiciary Act
Trials
Right away
35. Who runs the N.C.I.C.?
U.S. Court of Appeals
Limited
F.B.I
D&R - Disposition and Resetting
36. Indeterminate sentencing was a mainstay within the California juvenile justice system until what year?
1977 Dixon Bill
Limited or Reduced Capacity - Layers of Justice
The Family Model
Petition
37. What is known as the highest source of law found within either a country or state?
Reputation and Appearance - Dialogue and Counseling - Empty Hands - Physical Restraint - Mechanical Restraint - Chemical Restraint
Review charges again because felony stakes are higher
Presentence Court Report
Constitutional Law
38. What Penal Code section states that the court may refer to probation for a report?
1203(d) - Misdemeanor
Limited or Reduced Capacity - Layers of Justice
Probation Officer
5th Amendment 6th Amendment
39. What is a crime punishable by jail - fines or prison?
Severity of the crime - Where it was committed
Lexington - Concord
Statue of Winchester
Felony
40. Which of the five major phases in the criminal justice system since 1965 produced major case law?
None
Due Process Phase
Complaint
1977 Dixon Bill
41. What major 1803 U.S. Supreme Court case established that the court would begin to interpret what the constitution was all about?
Marbury versus Madison
Adversarial System
Process criminals and criminal charges - Ensure everyone's due process
Constitutional Law
42. When court systems or levels disagree or question if rules are properly applied - what type of court is used?
Patronage and Corruption
Trial
National Crime Information Center
Appeals
43. What is the most important thing that a probation officer does in the presentence court report?
U.S. Court of Appeals
Local level
Judiciary Act
Evaluation
44. What kind of system is our criminal justice system based upon?
Loosely Coupled
Local - County - Tribal - State - Federal
$1.7 million
17
45. What is the Latin term for the plea of the no contest?
14
Very inactive
Nolo Contendre
Tribal
46. How is a jury panel selected?
Superior Court
Presentence Court Report
Challenge for Cause and Peremptory Challenges at a Jury Panel Hearing
830.1
47. What are the two general characteristics evident among most law enforcement agencies?
Severity of the crime - Where it was committed
17 -500
Loosely Coupled
Quasi-Military - Strict Chain of Command
48. What is the highest attorney at the federal level?
Superior Court
Attorney General
Judiciary Act
Sheriff or Shireeve
49. Where does a misdemeanors case begin?
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
Superior Court
D&R - Disposition and Resetting
U.S. Court of Appeals
50. Besides the U.S. Marshall Service - what is the other oldest federal law enforcement agency?
U.S. Postal Inspectors
Limited
Discretion
1903
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