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Criminal Justice 101
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1. What is a trial where there is no jury and the verdict is given by the judge?
Worse
Patrick Colquhoun
Bench Trial
State Supreme Court
2. After the Bill of Rights was ratified - how many more times was the U.S. Constitution amended?
17
County
John Augustus
Courts
3. The third federal inferior court of authority is known as what?
Sworn - Non-sworn
U.S. Federal District Courts
Stare Decisis
Very inactive
4. What is a local law enforcement agency's head administrator?
State Supreme Court
Chief
George Washington - John Adams
1977 Dixon Bill
5. In Orange County - what is the misdemeanor Pretrial Hearing called?
Discretion
D&R - Disposition and Resetting
90 Million
Judicial Review
6. What criminal statistical agency or method was created in 1987 as a supplement to UCRS?
NIBRS or National Incident Based Reporting System
Intermediate Courts
Legislative - Executive - Judicial
State
7. Both felonies are misdemeanors are first filed as what?
1899 Illinois
Loosely Coupled System
Complaint
D.E.A.or Drug Enforcement Agency
8. After the U.S. Constitution was ratified - what type of court system did the U.S. realize it needed to have?
NIBRS or National Incident Based Reporting System
Federal Court System
Own Recognizance
Better
9. What are the oldest law enforcement agencies in the country?
10. Who runs the N.C.I.C.?
90%
Trial Courts of Limited Jurisdiction
F.B.I
Severity of the crime - Where it was committed
11. What level of law enforcement generally provides services to the local court system?
Possecomintatus
County
Very inactive
17 -500
12. What 1883 federal law stressed the need for a civil service system based upon merit?
$1.7 million
U.S. Court of Appeals
Pendelton Act
Mala en Se
13. Does a county law enforcement agency head administrator generally require law enforcement experience?
Law of Hammurabi - Law of Moses
U.S. Federal District Courts
U.S. Marshall's
Yes
14. What current California legal code did the Law of Hammurabi and the Law of Moses contribute to?
Citizens - Cops - Courts - Corrections
John Augustus
The Penal Code
London Metropolitan Police Act
15. What kind of powers do corrections and probation officers have?
Jury Panel Death Penalty Phase
George Washington - John Adams
Patronage and Corruption
Limited
16. What was created in order to convince several of the new states to agree to the Constitution?
Appeal
4th Amendment
Bill of Rights
U.S. Supreme Court U.S. Court of Appeals U.S. Federal District Courts
17. What English king was responsible for generating the concept of the Magna Carta?
Judicial - Executive
King John
1203(d) - Misdemeanor
Pretrial Hearing
18. What does ex-post facto law relate to?
Chief
Future laws not passed yet
Generalists
Makes deals and not go to trial
19. In the wild west what were the people called who banded together to protect each other?
Vigilantes
Loosely Coupled
17 -500
Review charges again because felony stakes are higher
20. The Texas Rangers are the oldest law enforcement agency in this country at what level?
14th Amendment
State
Original Jurisdiction
Low Term - Mid Term - High Term
21. What level of law enforcement generally runs local detention facilities for adults?
Limited or Reduced Capacity - Layers of Justice
County
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
Complaint
22. What is a county law enforcement agency's head administrator?
Legislative - Executive - Judicial
Stamp Act of 1765
Misdemeanor
Sheriff
23. What is the Latin term that means evil or bad in itself?
Own Recognizance
U.S. Postal Service Inspectors - Federal Marshall's Department
Mala en Se
50 - 25000
24. What was name of the era which was distinguished by the Kansas City Patrol Experiment and Flint - Michigan Patrol Program?
Community Orientated Policing Era
Dual System
The Family Model
Severity of the crime - Where it was committed
25. From 1789 to 1799 how was the U.S. Supreme Court?
Limited
Very inactive
U.S. Marshall's
F.B.I
26. What court system was the same up until the period of the Civil War?
17
Hoover
Sir Robert Peel
State/Local Court System
27. What are the two general characteristics evident among most law enforcement agencies?
Review charges again because felony stakes are higher
Quasi-Military - Strict Chain of Command
Cannot be used against you later in civil court
Aggravating - Mitigating
28. What is a crime publishable by six months to one yer in jail - fines - or probation?
17 -500
Makes deals and not go to trial
Misdemeanor
Sufficient evidence that a felony was committed - Should it go to a felony trial
29. What two additional sentences can come from a Formal Felony Sentencing Hearing different from a misdemeanor?
Trials
Prison Time - Death Sentence
London Metropolitan Police Act
U.S. Postal Service Inspectors - Federal Marshall's Department
30. What legal model first attempted the concept of rehabilitation and resocialization?
UCRS or Uniform Crime Reporting System
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
Broken Windows
The Family Model
31. What amendment discuses issues if incorporation - citizenship - and due process?
Serpico
Preliminary Hearing
14th Amendment
Possecomintatus
32. What 1865 federal law enforcement agency was initially responsible for excessive counterfeiting following the civil war?
Secret Service
Conditional Sentence
Aggravating - Mitigating
Community Sensitive Programs
33. What types of law enforcement agency is influenced by federal and territorial sovereignty?
Nolo Contendre
Habeas Corpus
Tribal
Dual System
34. What is the name of our criminal justice system that is made up of both federal and state levels?
Misdemeanor
Adversarial System
Dual System
Patrick Colquhoun
35. How many law enforcement agencies exist in this country?
8th Amendment
14
14
17 -500
36. How many cases go to the local court level each year?
Petition
Magna Carta
Trial Courts of Limited Jurisdiction
90 Million
37. What are the three duties of Deputy Probation officers in the court room?
Petition
Incorrigibles
Provide investigation services - Sentencing Recommendations - Provide Supervision
U.S. Marshall's
38. The three federal courts are known as what?
Complaint
U.S. Court of Appeals
Chief
U.S. Supreme Court U.S. Court of Appeals U.S. Federal District Courts
39. What is known as the highest source of law found within either a country or state?
Right away
Constitutional Law
Patronage and Corruption
1203(d) - Misdemeanor
40. What is the first hearing or court appearance for all cases?
Incapaciation
U.S. Court of Appeals
Arrangement
Trial Courts of Limited Jurisdiction
41. What are the four Cs of the criminal justice system?
Lower Courts
Yes
Courts - Cops - Citizens - Corrections
F.B.I.
42. What does O.R. mean?
Own Recognizance
Discretion
8th Amendment
1899 Illinois
43. What do bills of attainer relate to?
Punishment without trial
U.S. Supreme Court U.S. Court of Appeals U.S. Federal District Courts
Chief
Vigilantes
44. What are the two ancient codes that contributed to our current legal system?
14
1203(b)(1) - Felony
U.S. Marshall's
Law of Hammurabi - Law of Moses
45. In what year and state was the country's first dedicated juvenile justice system and court legally established?
Judiciary Act
Very inactive
1899 Illinois
U.S. Federal District Courts
46. What Latin term means great paper?
Magna Carta
Discretion
5th Amendment
Pretrial Hearing
47. What 1770 shooting incident heightened tensions between Boston colonists and newly arrived British soldiers?
Boston Massacre
First Continental Congress
Probation Officer
Local level
48. In 1829 which English government employee pushed a new law which followed the ideas of Patrick Colquhoun?
Body - Amendments
F.B.I.
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
Sir Robert Peel
49. What document was eventually created in order to replace the Articles of Confederation?
U.S. Constitution
Judiciary Act
U.S. Marshall's
85%
50. What is the State Court System's court of last resort?
State Supreme Court
Change
Possecomintatus
Attorney General