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Criminal Justice 101
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1. Is the Federal or State court system older?
$1.7 million
State
17 -500
Tribal
2. Who were the country's first president and vice president?
George Washington - John Adams
Judicial System = Institutional System
17 -500
Low Term - Mid Term - High Term
3. What Latin term means 'you have the body'?
Habeas Corpus
Continue to another date
Sheriff or Shireeve
1903
4. What is the Latin term for the plea of the no contest?
Nolo Contendre
Drug Violations - White Collar Crimes
1383
Boston Massacre
5. What is the most important thing that a probation officer does in the presentence court report?
90 Million
Infraction
Evaluation
Pendelton Act
6. Who was the Supreme Court's third chief justice - credited with making the court more proactive - effective - and powerful?
John Marshall
U.S. Federal District Courts
Punishment without trial
39
7. What are the two main functions of criminal courts?
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8. What type of 'law' evolved and became a predictable and anticipated set of laws to the English people circa 1000 A.D.?
English Common Law
Discretion
Judicial - Executive
Yes
9. What is ultimate goal at all early hearings?
Makes deals and not go to trial
U.S. Constitution
Original Jurisdiction
Retribution
10. From 1789 to 1799 how was the U.S. Supreme Court?
Loosely Coupled
Severity of the crime - Where it was committed
Very inactive
Attorney General
11. What are state Courts of Appeals also called?
Intermediate Courts
34
Limited
Severity of the crime - Where it was committed
12. What are the two ancient codes that contributed to our current legal system?
Special Police Force
Law of Hammurabi - Law of Moses
D&R - Disposition and Resetting
17 -500
13. In Orange County - what is the misdemeanor Pretrial Hearing called?
Judicial System = Institutional System
Very inactive
Secret Service
D&R - Disposition and Resetting
14. After the U.S. Constitution was ratified - what type of court system did the U.S. realize it needed to have?
UCRS or Uniform Crime Reporting System
Incorrigibles
Federal Court System
Private Attorneys - Public Defenders
15. What does O.R. mean?
4th Amendment
Appeals
Own Recognizance
Constitutional Law
16. Who is referred to as the father of probation?
Cannot be used against you later in civil court
Makes deals and not go to trial
John Augustus
Patrick Colquhoun
17. What two types of employees do law enforcement agencies employ?
Civil Rights Movement Vietnam War
State/Local Court System
Sworn - Non-sworn
U.S. Postal Inspectors
18. What concept discusses 'an eye for an eye'?
John Marshall
Retribution
NIBRS or National Incident Based Reporting System
Reputation and Appearance - Dialogue and Counseling - Empty Hands - Physical Restraint - Mechanical Restraint - Chemical Restraint
19. What do the majority of cases going into the U.S. District Court involve?
John Augustus
State
Drug Violations - White Collar Crimes
Mary Ann Crouse
20. When a court has control or authority over certain matters/issues - what is it called?
Stars
Tribal
Jurisdiction
Generalists
21. What 1285 A.D. English law removed the emphasis on law enforcement away from the military and back onto the citizens?
Life
Statue of Winchester
Marbury versus Madison
King Chamberlain's Court
22. In 1789 which London magistrate stressed the need for a 'centralized' law enforcement agency?
Challenge for Cause and Peremptory Challenges at a Jury Panel Hearing
Misdemeanor
Change
Patrick Colquhoun
23. What is an offense that consists of illegal conduct but no jail time?
Conditional Sentence
Superior Court
Infraction
85%
24. What constitutes the major difference between a crime and illegal behavior?
Drug Violations - White Collar Crimes
Potential for Incarceration
U.S. Court of Appeals
U.S. Postal Inspectors
25. Railroad Police - Port/Harbor Police - Campus Police - and Mass Transit Police are examples of what?
Evidence
U.S. Postal Inspectors
County
Special Police Force
26. Local law enforcement generally display shields on their badges. What do county law enforcement badges appear as?
Private Attorneys - Public Defenders
County
Stars
Appeal
27. What Latin term means great paper?
Continue to another date
Magna Carta
Court Room Work Group
14
28. The California state highway patrol is an example of what type of law enforcement agency?
None
F.B.I.
State
Right away
29. Does a county law enforcement agency head administrator generally require law enforcement experience?
Yes
Trials
U.S. Constitution
Federal Court System
30. What are the two conflicting philosophies which talk of a desire for individual freedom and a crime free society?
Boston Massacre
Cannot be used against you later in civil court
Patronage and Corruption
Crime Control Due Process
31. After the Bill of Rights was ratified - how many more times was the U.S. Constitution amended?
Life
17
34
90%
32. Generally speaking - what type of attorney is a prosecuting attorney?
Government Attorney
County
London Metropolitan Police Act
Law of Hammurabi - Law of Moses
33. What amendment discuses issues if incorporation - citizenship - and due process?
Private Attorneys - Public Defenders
Challenge for Cause and Peremptory Challenges at a Jury Panel Hearing
Tribal
14th Amendment
34. What is the name of our criminal justice system that is made up of both federal and state levels?
Lexington - Concord
Dual System
Felony
King Henry II
35. What does a preliminary hearing determine?
5th Amendment
U.S. Federal District Courts
Conditional Sentence
Sufficient evidence that a felony was committed - Should it go to a felony trial
36. Both felonies are misdemeanors are first filed as what?
Community Sensitive Programs
Conditional Sentence
Complaint
Articles of Confederation
37. How is a jury panel selected?
Discretion
Challenge for Cause and Peremptory Challenges at a Jury Panel Hearing
Sufficient evidence that a felony was committed - Should it go to a felony trial
Drug Violations - White Collar Crimes
38. Where does a felony case begin?
Jury Panel Death Penalty Phase
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
Habeas Corpus
Better
39. What does a judge order the probation department to write in order to find more about an individual before sentencing?
Presentence Court Report
Self Report Studies Victimization Surveys
Conditional Sentence
Boston Massacre
40. What document was eventually created in order to replace the Articles of Confederation?
U.S. Constitution
Mala en Se
Patrick Colquhoun
Nolo Contendre
41. What Latin term means - 'father or parent of the country?'
Judiciary Act
Appeal
Parens Patriae
Secret Service
42. How many chief justice and associate justices currently make up the U.S. Supreme Court?
Prison Time - Death Sentence
John Augustus
1 and 8
Private Attorneys - Public Defenders
43. What hearing has evidence presented and witnesses testify?
D.E.A.or Drug Enforcement Agency
Trial
Articles of Confederation
George Washington - John Adams
44. What federal law enforcement agency delegated peace officer powers to citizens during the era of the wild west?
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45. What are the three Terms of Imprisonment?
Government Attorney
Judiciary Act
Judicial - Executive
Low Term - Mid Term - High Term
46. The three federal courts are known as what?
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
U.S. Supreme Court U.S. Court of Appeals U.S. Federal District Courts
Hoover
$1.7 million
47. In 1829 which English government employee pushed a new law which followed the ideas of Patrick Colquhoun?
King Chamberlain's Court
John Marshall
D&R - Disposition and Resetting
Sir Robert Peel
48. What is the Latin term that literally means - 'to adhere to what has come before'?
Stare Decisis
6th Amendment
F.B.I
1977 Dixon Bill
49. What is known as the highest source of law found within either a country or state?
Constitutional Law
Discretion
Lexington - Concord
Judges - Prosecuting Attorneys - Defense Attorneys
50. What criteria does the judge use when setting bail?
Worse
Provide investigation services - Sentencing Recommendations - Provide Supervision
Seriousness of Offense - Flight Risk - Prior Record
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