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Criminal Justice 101
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1. When court systems or levels disagree or question if rules are properly applied - what type of court is used?
F.B.I.
Formal Probation
Appeals
Original Jurisdiction
2. What crimes is the death penalty used for?
Chief
First Degree Murder - Federal drug trafficking and treason
90 Million
Court Administrator
3. Indeterminate sentencing was a mainstay within the California juvenile justice system until what year?
Presentence Court Report
Petition
Pendelton Act
1977 Dixon Bill
4. What does a mitigating factor make the report?
Marbury versus Madison
39
Incapaciation
Better
5. What amendment discusses protection from self incrimination?
The Penal Code
5th Amendment
Probation Officer
Process criminals and criminal charges - Ensure everyone's due process
6. Who were the country's first president and vice president?
Potential for Incarceration
Very inactive
Sheriff
George Washington - John Adams
7. In what year did California pass its juvenile justice system act known as Juvenile Court Act?
Preliminary Hearing
Indeterminate Sentencing
Formal Probation
1903
8. Who gave the Bureau of Investigation validity during the late 1920s?
State Supreme Court
Retribution
U.S. Constitution
Hoover
9. Which 1760s British tax law placed tax quotes on all paper based products imported into the colonies?
Chief
Jury Panel Death Penalty Phase
Sir Robert Peel
Stamp Act of 1765
10. Does a county law enforcement agency head administrator generally require law enforcement experience?
Yes
1203(b)(1) - Felony
Presentence Court Report
1 Chief Justice 5 Associate Justices
11. What concepts attempts to protect society by isolating others?
Low Term - Mid Term - High Term
F.B.I.
Incapaciation
Right away
12. What percent of the time are deals makes and cases do not go to trial?
Body - Amendments
90%
1977 Dixon Bill
Challenge for Cause and Peremptory Challenges at a Jury Panel Hearing
13. What is the legal term for fundamental fairness?
Articles of Confederation
Marbury versus Madison
Due Process
Hoover
14. What major 1829 English law created a centralized urban police force in London?
London Metropolitan Police Act
Military Police - Tribal Police = Civilian Federal Law Enforcement
First Degree Murder - Federal drug trafficking and treason
Civil Rights Movement Vietnam War
15. What is the point of a second preliminary hearing?
Review charges again because felony stakes are higher
The Family Model
County
Incapaciation
16. What are the five levels of force among agencies?
90 Million
Parens Patriae
8th Amendment
Reputation and Appearance - Dialogue and Counseling - Empty Hands - Physical Restraint - Mechanical Restraint - Chemical Restraint
17. What Latin term means 'you have the body'?
Habeas Corpus
Presentence Court Report
John Augustus
Generalists
18. The B.I.A. and the F.B.I. often provide support and assistance to what level of law enforcement agencies?
Military Police - Tribal Police = Civilian Federal Law Enforcement
Tribal
Court Room Work Group
Adversarial System
19. What amendment discusses protection from unreasonable searches?
Better
Adversarial System
Crime Control Due Process
4th Amendment
20. Why does someone plea nolo contendre?
U.S. Court of Appeals - State Supreme Court
Bench Trial
Due Process Phase
Cannot be used against you later in civil court
21. What major 1966 U.S. Supreme Court case provided new guidelines in how police arrested and interrogated adult defendants?
Miranda versus Arizona
Law of Hammurabi - Law of Moses
Lower Courts
Magna Carta
22. The three federal courts are known as what?
U.S. Supreme Court U.S. Court of Appeals U.S. Federal District Courts
Patrick Colquhoun
Incorrigibles
17 -500
23. Where does a misdemeanors case begin?
U.S. Postal Service Inspectors - Federal Marshall's Department
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
King Chamberlain's Court
39
24. What was name of the era which was distinguished by the Kansas City Patrol Experiment and Flint - Michigan Patrol Program?
Broken Windows
Community Orientated Policing Era
14
King Chamberlain's Court
25. Negative political influence and corruption impacting 19th century U.S. police agencies was called what?
Patronage
Court Administrator
Formal Probation
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
26. What does a preliminary hearing determine?
Tribal
Sufficient evidence that a felony was committed - Should it go to a felony trial
Conditional Sentence
14th Amendment
27. What is meant by inferior courts?
Miranda versus Arizona
Lower Courts
34
Better
28. What is the name of our criminal justice system that is made up of both federal and state levels?
Quasi-Military - Strict Chain of Command
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
U.S. Federal District Courts
Dual System
29. What word represents the ability of criminal justice players to make independent decisions?
Discretion
Government Attorney
Change
First Degree Murder - Federal drug trafficking and treason
30. In Orange County - what is the misdemeanor Pretrial Hearing called?
Local - County - Tribal - State - Federal
D&R - Disposition and Resetting
Conditional Sentence
U.S. Marshall's
31. What are the branches of federal law enforcement?
Yes
Retribution
Military Police - Tribal Police = Civilian Federal Law Enforcement
Discretion
32. What is another term for informal probation?
English Common Law
Future laws not passed yet
Government Attorney
Conditional Sentence
33. What constitutes the major difference between a crime and illegal behavior?
Generalists
F.B.I.
Future laws not passed yet
Potential for Incarceration
34. What was created in order to convince several of the new states to agree to the Constitution?
Bill of Rights
Arrangement
Generalists
George Washington - John Adams
35. State Troopers are what level of law enforcement?
State
Discretion
Information
Appeals
36. After the Bill of Rights was ratified - how many more times was the U.S. Constitution amended?
Self Report Studies Victimization Surveys
Felony
17
17 -500
37. What federal law enforcement agency was created in 1973 and currently has over 5 -000 agents spread around the world?
1383
Petition
D.E.A.or Drug Enforcement Agency
UCRS or Uniform Crime Reporting System
38. What are small law enforcement agencies often made up of?
Limited or Reduced Capacity - Layers of Justice
Generalists
Indeterminate Sentencing
1977 Dixon Bill
39. What federal law enforcement agency delegated peace officer powers to citizens during the era of the wild west?
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40. What level of law enforcement generally runs local detention facilities for adults?
Mala Prohibita
County
Jurisdiction
90%
41. What hearing comes after a misdemeanor arraignment?
Special Police Force
Pretrial Hearing
The Penal Code
Civil Rights Movement Vietnam War
42. What law further defined the role and make up of the U.S. Supreme court?
Judiciary Act
Cannot be used against you later in civil court
Judicial - Executive
Provide investigation services - Sentencing Recommendations - Provide Supervision
43. When a court has control or authority over certain matters/issues - what is it called?
Jurisdiction
Vigilantes
Due Process
1203(d) - Misdemeanor
44. What was the original staffing of the U.S. Supreme Court?
Petition
D.E.A.or Drug Enforcement Agency
Pretrial Hearing
1 Chief Justice 5 Associate Justices
45. When pleading guilty at a felony arrangement - what does the judge generally do for sentencing?
Continue to another date
Patronage and Corruption
Legislative - Executive - Judicial
Adversarial System
46. Where does the U.S. Supreme Court hear cases from?
14
U.S. Court of Appeals - State Supreme Court
Conditional Sentence
First Continental Congress
47. What criminal statistical agency or method was created in 1987 as a supplement to UCRS?
Assistant District Attorneys
King Henry II
NIBRS or National Incident Based Reporting System
Seriousness of Offense - Flight Risk - Prior Record
48. What English Common Law court system could arguably be seen as the world's first dedicated juvenile court?
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49. What penal code section is used to waive time lines during a trial?
Due Process
Limited
F.B.I.
1383
50. What is discovery?
Judges - Prosecuting Attorneys - Defense Attorneys
Evidence
Seriousness of Offense - Flight Risk - Prior Record
F.B.I.