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Criminal Justice 101
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1. What does a judge order the probation department to write in order to find more about an individual before sentencing?
Presentence Court Report
Yes
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
Seriousness of Offense - Flight Risk - Prior Record
2. What are the four main players in the criminal justice system?
Parens Patriae
90 Million
King Chamberlain's Court
Citizens - Cops - Courts - Corrections
3. What is meant by inferior courts?
1203(d) - Misdemeanor
State
Lower Courts
Makes deals and not go to trial
4. What criminal statistical agency or method was created in 1987 as a supplement to UCRS?
NIBRS or National Incident Based Reporting System
Prison Time - Death Sentence
Presentence Court Report
London Metropolitan Police Act
5. How many states have State Courts of Appeals?
Stamp Act of 1765
Local - County - Tribal - State - Federal
39
Patronage and Corruption
6. What two additional sentences can come from a Formal Felony Sentencing Hearing different from a misdemeanor?
Prison Time - Death Sentence
Community Sensitive Programs
The Family Model
Sheriff
7. Other then UCRS and NIBRS - what entities compile information about crime in the country?
State Supreme Court
Self Report Studies Victimization Surveys
Stare Decisis
Bench Trial
8. What two things do military police entities possess?
Infraction
Chief
Judicial System = Institutional System
Courts
9. From 1789 to 1799 how was the U.S. Supreme Court?
Secret Service
King John
Very inactive
Appeals
10. What is the most important thing that a probation officer does in the presentence court report?
Very inactive
Evaluation
90%
Body - Amendments
11. What hearing comes after a misdemeanor arraignment?
Pretrial Hearing
Federal Court System
1903
Military Police - Tribal Police = Civilian Federal Law Enforcement
12. During the Revolutionary War what major document helped to guide the colonies in fighting their war against Britain?
Original Jurisdiction
Articles of Confederation
Tribal
Trial Courts of General Jurisdiction
13. In 1829 which English government employee pushed a new law which followed the ideas of Patrick Colquhoun?
Civil Rights Movement Vietnam War
Sir Robert Peel
Seriousness of Offense - Flight Risk - Prior Record
Complaint
14. What does the U.S. Court of Appeals not have regarding what cases to hear?
50 - 25000
Discretion
John Augustus
National Crime Information Center
15. What major 1829 English law created a centralized urban police force in London?
Intermediate Courts
Judicial System = Institutional System
Mala en Se
London Metropolitan Police Act
16. What is known as the highest source of law found within either a country or state?
Misdemeanor
Sworn - Non-sworn
14th Amendment
Constitutional Law
17. What English king was responsible for generating the concept of the Magna Carta?
Limited
Pretrial Hearing
14
King John
18. What important corrections position was mandated in Massachusetts in 1878?
Assistant District Attorneys
Appeals
Probation Officer
Potential for Incarceration
19. What does O.R. mean?
None
Own Recognizance
1203(b)(1) - Felony
U.S. Postal Inspectors
20. What 1883 federal law stressed the need for a civil service system based upon merit?
Precedent
Tribal
King Henry II
Pendelton Act
21. What was name of the era which was distinguished by the Kansas City Patrol Experiment and Flint - Michigan Patrol Program?
Community Orientated Policing Era
Appeal
Pretrial Hearing
Legislative - Executive - Judicial
22. What concept attempts to alter future behaviors through threats of punishment and consequences?
Attorney General
Court Administrator
Deterrence
The Family Model
23. What was the name of the article which encouraged law enforcement not just to focus on crime - but the social factors of crime?
Broken Windows
County
Due Process Phase
The Family Model
24. What is discovery?
U.S. Marshall's
Preliminary Hearing
Evidence
Appeal
25. What does the U.S. Federal District Court possess regarding cases heard?
Original Jurisdiction
All volunteers
King Chamberlain's Court
Hoover
26. Our criminal justice system tries to maintain a balance between which two conflicting models/ideologies?
D&R - Disposition and Resetting
Patrick Colquhoun
Trials
Crime Control - Due Process
27. What are the three duties of Deputy Probation officers in the court room?
17 -500
English Common Law
Discretion
Provide investigation services - Sentencing Recommendations - Provide Supervision
28. What level of law enforcement generally provides services to the local court system?
County
Tribal
Retribution
UCRS or Uniform Crime Reporting System
29. What crimes is the death penalty used for?
Limited
State/Local Court System
First Degree Murder - Federal drug trafficking and treason
English Common Law
30. This country's criminal justice system is based on the desire for what kind of system?
Loosely Coupled System
Nolo Contendre
State
Reputation and Appearance - Dialogue and Counseling - Empty Hands - Physical Restraint - Mechanical Restraint - Chemical Restraint
31. Who was the Supreme Court's third chief justice - credited with making the court more proactive - effective - and powerful?
Cannot be used against you later in civil court
John Marshall
Limited
1899 Illinois
32. What current California legal code did the Law of Hammurabi and the Law of Moses contribute to?
Superior Court
Potential for Incarceration
The Penal Code
Article III of the Constitution
33. Railroad Police - Port/Harbor Police - Campus Police - and Mass Transit Police are examples of what?
Articles of Confederation
Special Police Force
Superior Court
Deterrence
34. What is a trial where there is no jury and the verdict is given by the judge?
$1.7 million
Stamp Act of 1765
George Washington - John Adams
Bench Trial
35. Who said - 'The police are the public and the public are the police'?
Serpico
F.B.I.
Sheriff
Sir Robert Peel
36. What hearing determines in an individual receives the death penalty?
Ah Peen
Vigilantes
Jury Panel Death Penalty Phase
Mala Prohibita
37. What are the two general characteristics evident among most law enforcement agencies?
Quasi-Military - Strict Chain of Command
Court Room Work Group
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
Punishment without trial
38. Is the Federal or State court system older?
County
U.S. Court of Appeals - State Supreme Court
Felony
State
39. What document was eventually created in order to replace the Articles of Confederation?
Complaint
U.S. Federal District Courts
Tribal
U.S. Constitution
40. What 1770 shooting incident heightened tensions between Boston colonists and newly arrived British soldiers?
Prison Time - Death Sentence
Local level
Boston Massacre
Petition
41. Where does a misdemeanors case begin?
Habeas Corpus
Loosely Coupled System
Pendelton Act
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
42. What two additional branches of government did the Constitution add to government?
John Augustus
Dual System
State
Judicial - Executive
43. Who is referred to as the father of probation?
John Augustus
14
National Crime Information Center
King Henry II
44. What concept discusses 'an eye for an eye'?
34
Retribution
Limited
Serpico
45. In Orange County - what is the misdemeanor Pretrial Hearing called?
Precedent
Trial Courts of General Jurisdiction
Article III of the Constitution
D&R - Disposition and Resetting
46. What is the Latin term that literally means - 'to adhere to what has come before'?
First Degree Murder - Federal drug trafficking and treason
1977 Dixon Bill
Judicial - Executive
Stare Decisis
47. The Texas Rangers are the oldest law enforcement agency in this country at what level?
State
1203(b)(1) - Felony
17 -500
Change
48. Local law enforcement generally display shields on their badges. What do county law enforcement badges appear as?
Stars
Military Police - Tribal Police = Civilian Federal Law Enforcement
Trials
Ah Peen
49. When court systems or levels disagree or question if rules are properly applied - what type of court is used?
Appeals
U.S. Marshall's
$1.7 million
Adversarial System
50. Where are the vast majority of cases heard?
King Henry II
U.S. Supreme Court U.S. Court of Appeals U.S. Federal District Courts
Local level
Serpico
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