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Criminal Justice 101
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1. What English king circa 1154 A.D. sent representatives out to the eight English 'regions' in order to organize some type of common law?
Tribal
Better
$1.7 million
King Henry II
2. What Latin term means great paper?
Magna Carta
None
Infraction
14th Amendment
3. What constitutional amendments were alluded to in Miranda versus Arizona?
All volunteers
U.S. Postal Service Inspectors - Federal Marshall's Department
5th Amendment 6th Amendment
$1.7 million
4. What was name of the era which was distinguished by the Kansas City Patrol Experiment and Flint - Michigan Patrol Program?
Appeals
1 and 8
Formal Probation
Community Orientated Policing Era
5. What are the four main players in the criminal justice system?
Citizens - Cops - Courts - Corrections
Due Process Phase
F.B.I.
50 - 25000
6. From 1789 to 1799 how was the U.S. Supreme Court?
Very inactive
Complaint
Patronage and Corruption
Lower Courts
7. What are the three Terms of Imprisonment?
Low Term - Mid Term - High Term
Quasi-Military - Strict Chain of Command
Very inactive
Tribal
8. Indeterminate sentencing was a mainstay within the California juvenile justice system until what year?
1977 Dixon Bill
Stare Decisis
Judiciary Act
1903
9. What English Common Law court system could arguably be seen as the world's first dedicated juvenile court?
10. What hearing comes after a misdemeanor arraignment?
Stamp Act of 1765
County
Pretrial Hearing
U.S. Court of Appeals - State Supreme Court
11. In which two locations did the actual shooting war begin between British soldiers and Colonial militia men?
George Washington - John Adams
Preliminary Hearing
Lexington - Concord
Probation Officer
12. What Penal Code section states that the court shall refer to probation for a report?
English Common Law
1203(b)(1) - Felony
State
1977 Dixon Bill
13. Who said - 'The police are the public and the public are the police'?
1899 Illinois
Sir Robert Peel
Crime Control - Due Process
Probation Officer
14. How many law enforcement agencies exist in this country?
Severity of the crime - Where it was committed
Trial Courts of General Jurisdiction
Adversarial System
17 -500
15. What does the Court of Appeals not possess?
Original Jurisdiction
8th Amendment
Lexington - Concord
Attorney General
16. Besides the U.S. Marshall Service - what is the other oldest federal law enforcement agency?
Community Orientated Policing Era
Self Report Studies Victimization Surveys
U.S. Postal Inspectors
Superior Court
17. Local California courts which handle misdemeanors - minor civil matters - and traffic violations are called what?
State
Trial Courts of Limited Jurisdiction
8th Amendment
Citizens - Cops - Courts - Corrections
18. How long is a federal judge's term of office for?
Local - County - Tribal - State - Federal
Loosely Coupled System
Judicial - Executive
Life
19. What 1770 shooting incident heightened tensions between Boston colonists and newly arrived British soldiers?
34
Boston Massacre
Misdemeanor
Habeas Corpus
20. What was the missing component of those persons working with in the Birth of Probation Model circa 1841?
All volunteers
Jurisdiction
F.B.I.
Drug Violations - White Collar Crimes
21. What crimes is the death penalty used for?
Own Recognizance
Adversarial System
First Degree Murder - Federal drug trafficking and treason
Trial Courts of General Jurisdiction
22. What are small law enforcement agencies often made up of?
Secret Service
Generalists
Life
5th Amendment 6th Amendment
23. What percent of the time will a judge go with what a presentence court report says?
Patrick Colquhoun
85%
Potential for Incarceration
U.S. Postal Service Inspectors - Federal Marshall's Department
24. What federal law enforcement agency delegated peace officer powers to citizens during the era of the wild west?
25. What criteria does the judge use when setting bail?
Article III of the Constitution
Life
Seriousness of Offense - Flight Risk - Prior Record
The Family Model
26. How many states have State Courts of Appeals?
Magna Carta
State
39
Lexington - Concord
27. How many chief justice and associate justices currently make up the U.S. Supreme Court?
Private Attorneys - Public Defenders
Sworn - Non-sworn
17
1 and 8
28. Law enforcement has been traditionally very resistant to what?
Change
F.B.I
6th Amendment
Constitutional Law
29. What law further defined the role and make up of the U.S. Supreme court?
State
Preliminary Hearing
Judiciary Act
Complaint
30. What word represents the ability of criminal justice players to make independent decisions?
Future laws not passed yet
Loosely Coupled
Discretion
Mary Ann Crouse
31. What is a legal system that pits two opposing parties against one another with a third neutral party applying the rules?
Potential for Incarceration
Adversarial System
Stare Decisis
Crime Control Due Process
32. What amendment discusses protection from unreasonable searches?
Incapaciation
Makes deals and not go to trial
NIBRS or National Incident Based Reporting System
4th Amendment
33. What is meant by inferior courts?
Constitutional Law
Special Police Force
Preliminary Hearing
Lower Courts
34. What level of law enforcement generally provides services to the local court system?
Reputation and Appearance - Dialogue and Counseling - Empty Hands - Physical Restraint - Mechanical Restraint - Chemical Restraint
County
14
Challenge for Cause and Peremptory Challenges at a Jury Panel Hearing
35. What major 1829 English law created a centralized urban police force in London?
Sheriff or Shireeve
Deterrence
First Degree Murder - Federal drug trafficking and treason
London Metropolitan Police Act
36. What does the U.S. Federal District Court possess regarding cases heard?
Precedent
Original Jurisdiction
U.S. Postal Service Inspectors - Federal Marshall's Department
Court Room Work Group
37. Who were the country's first president and vice president?
Right away
Review charges again because felony stakes are higher
Judicial System = Institutional System
George Washington - John Adams
38. What is the Latin term that literally means - 'to adhere to what has come before'?
Possecomintatus
Loosely Coupled System
Trial Courts of General Jurisdiction
Stare Decisis
39. Where does a felony case begin?
Formal Probation
Judicial Review
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
Judicial System = Institutional System
40. What is ultimate goal at all early hearings?
U.S. Court of Appeals - State Supreme Court
Dual System
Original Jurisdiction
Makes deals and not go to trial
41. What 1865 federal law enforcement agency was initially responsible for excessive counterfeiting following the civil war?
Secret Service
Severity of the crime - Where it was committed
Adversarial System
14
42. What concept attempts to alter future behaviors through threats of punishment and consequences?
First Degree Murder - Federal drug trafficking and treason
Severity of the crime - Where it was committed
4th Amendment
Deterrence
43. What criminal statistical agency or method was created in 1987 as a supplement to UCRS?
NIBRS or National Incident Based Reporting System
George Washington - John Adams
Challenge for Cause and Peremptory Challenges at a Jury Panel Hearing
Stare Decisis
44. The Federal Court system was created through what?
F.B.I
Lower Courts
Constitutional Law
Judiciary Act
45. The Kansas City Patrol Experiment and Flint - Michigan Patrol Program motivated police to try what new procedures?
Community Sensitive Programs
Severity of the crime - Where it was committed
Tribal
Change
46. If you plea guilty at a misdemeanor arraignment - when can a judge sentence you?
Right away
State
Arrangement
Generalists
47. What was the original staffing of the U.S. Supreme Court?
Adversarial System
Military Police - Tribal Police = Civilian Federal Law Enforcement
1 Chief Justice 5 Associate Justices
Mala Prohibita
48. What 1285 A.D. English law removed the emphasis on law enforcement away from the military and back onto the citizens?
Discretion
Statue of Winchester
Serpico
1203(d) - Misdemeanor
49. Which 1760s British tax law placed tax quotes on all paper based products imported into the colonies?
Loosely Coupled
U.S. Marshall's
Preliminary Hearing
Stamp Act of 1765
50. What types of law enforcement agency is influenced by federal and territorial sovereignty?
Arrangement
5th Amendment
Tribal
Drug Violations - White Collar Crimes