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Criminal Justice 101

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1. The Federal Court system was authorized through what?
Article III of the Constitution
39
1977 Dixon Bill
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction

2. What does the U.S. Federal District Court possess regarding cases heard?
Low Term - Mid Term - High Term
1 Chief Justice 5 Associate Justices
Original Jurisdiction
London Metropolitan Police Act

3. What are the oldest law enforcement agencies in the country?

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4. The Kansas City Patrol Experiment and Flint - Michigan Patrol Program motivated police to try what new procedures?
Low Term - Mid Term - High Term
Future laws not passed yet
Loosely Coupled
Community Sensitive Programs

5. What is the point of a second preliminary hearing?
Change
Court Room Work Group
Sheriff
Review charges again because felony stakes are higher

6. What does a mitigating factor make the report?
Better
U.S. Postal Inspectors
Judicial Review
Local level

7. Jail time - restitution - contact restrictions - drug testing - searches and seizures - employment verification - and counseling can be terms of what?
English Common Law
U.S. Supreme Court U.S. Court of Appeals U.S. Federal District Courts
Formal Probation
Severity of the crime - Where it was committed

8. What constitutional amendments were alluded to in Miranda versus Arizona?
5th Amendment 6th Amendment
Continue to another date
Discretion
U.S. Court of Appeals - State Supreme Court

9. State Troopers are what level of law enforcement?
State
Loosely Coupled
Pretrial Hearing
Life

10. What was the missing component of those persons working with in the Birth of Probation Model circa 1841?
George Washington - John Adams
Nolo Contendre
All volunteers
Discretion

11. How many states use the death penalty?
5th Amendment
Deterrence
Trial Courts of Limited Jurisdiction
34

12. What are the two types of defense attorneys?
Judicial Review
UCRS or Uniform Crime Reporting System
Trial Courts of Limited Jurisdiction
Private Attorneys - Public Defenders

13. What was created in order to convince several of the new states to agree to the Constitution?
John Marshall
Limited
State/Local Court System
Bill of Rights

14. What was name of the era which was distinguished by the Kansas City Patrol Experiment and Flint - Michigan Patrol Program?
Community Orientated Policing Era
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
Judiciary Act
Pretrial Hearing

15. Which California code section gives police and corrections their 'peace officer powers'?
830.1
Mary Ann Crouse
Challenge for Cause and Peremptory Challenges at a Jury Panel Hearing
Hoover

16. What two types of employees do law enforcement agencies employ?
State/Local Court System
Complaint
Sworn - Non-sworn
D.E.A.or Drug Enforcement Agency

17. How many cases go to the local court level each year?
90 Million
Citizens - Cops - Courts - Corrections
39
Discretion

18. What does the Court of Appeals not possess?
1203(d) - Misdemeanor
Private Attorneys - Public Defenders
Original Jurisdiction
The Family Model

19. What concept discusses 'an eye for an eye'?
Retribution
Judicial/Legislative
State/Local Court System
Jurisdiction

20. How long is a federal judge's term of office for?
Local level
85%
Retribution
Life

21. What is the Latin term that literally means - 'to adhere to what has come before'?
F.B.I.
1203(b)(1) - Felony
Stare Decisis
Trial Courts of Limited Jurisdiction

22. What does an aggravating factor make the report?
Adversarial System
Worse
Life
Body - Amendments

23. What percent of the time will a judge go with what a presentence court report says?
1382
Marbury versus Madison
1977 Dixon Bill
85%

24. What has disappeared among law enforcement agencies is this country?
Patronage and Corruption
King John
Life
Article III of the Constitution

25. During the Revolutionary War what major document helped to guide the colonies in fighting their war against Britain?
Articles of Confederation
39
Low Term - Mid Term - High Term
Yes

26. Who is referred to as the father of probation?
Due Process
John Augustus
Intermediate Courts
Loosely Coupled

27. What hearing has evidence presented and witnesses testify?
Conditional Sentence
Due Process Phase
Trial
Possecomintatus

28. The B.I.A. and the F.B.I. often provide support and assistance to what level of law enforcement agencies?
Reputation and Appearance - Dialogue and Counseling - Empty Hands - Physical Restraint - Mechanical Restraint - Chemical Restraint
Pendelton Act
$1.7 million
Tribal

29. What is the best system to compile crime statistics and can stand completely on its own?
All volunteers
Intermediate Courts
Judicial - Executive
None

30. Local California courts which handle misdemeanors - minor civil matters - and traffic violations are called what?
Petition
Trial Courts of Limited Jurisdiction
Continue to another date
Statue of Winchester

31. What is the name for a felony complaint?
Original Jurisdiction
Felony
Information
Challenge for Cause and Peremptory Challenges at a Jury Panel Hearing

32. What are small law enforcement agencies often made up of?
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
Process criminals and criminal charges - Ensure everyone's due process
Lexington - Concord
Generalists

33. What major 1829 English law created a centralized urban police force in London?
Own Recognizance
Yes
London Metropolitan Police Act
F.B.I.

34. What does a preliminary hearing determine?
King Chamberlain's Court
Probation Officer
Sufficient evidence that a felony was committed - Should it go to a felony trial
Local level

35. What does the U.S. Court of Appeals not have regarding what cases to hear?
Miranda versus Arizona
Discretion
Worse
Self Report Studies Victimization Surveys

36. What does the U.S. Supreme Court have regarding what cases to hear?
Marbury versus Madison
Attorney General
Stars
Discretion

37. What are the five levels of force among agencies?
London Metropolitan Police Act
Adversarial System
Reputation and Appearance - Dialogue and Counseling - Empty Hands - Physical Restraint - Mechanical Restraint - Chemical Restraint
Process criminals and criminal charges - Ensure everyone's due process

38. UCRS and NIBRS recieve information from how many agencies?
Due Process
17 -500
1203(b)(1) - Felony
Better

39. What 1865 federal law enforcement agency was initially responsible for excessive counterfeiting following the civil war?
1 and 8
Civil Rights Movement Vietnam War
Secret Service
Mala Prohibita

40. Where does a misdemeanors case begin?
Federal Court System
Stare Decisis
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
Seriousness of Offense - Flight Risk - Prior Record

41. Who runs the N.C.I.C.?
Jurisdiction
F.B.I
Probation Officer
Challenge for Cause and Peremptory Challenges at a Jury Panel Hearing

42. What amendment discusses cruel and unusual punishment?
8th Amendment
Makes deals and not go to trial
Articles of Confederation
Community Orientated Policing Era

43. In Orange County - what type of prosecuting attorneys handle the day to day issues in the court room?
Assistant District Attorneys
Patronage and Corruption
Superior Court
Generalists

44. What current California legal code did the Law of Hammurabi and the Law of Moses contribute to?
The Penal Code
Hoover
King Chamberlain's Court
Original Jurisdiction

45. What amendment discusses protection from unreasonable searches?
Parens Patriae
Stare Decisis
4th Amendment
Limited

46. Stare Decisis has evolved into what concept?
Appeals
Precedent
Constitutional Law
Discretion

47. What are the three duties of Deputy Probation officers in the court room?
Evidence
Mala en Se
U.S. Postal Service Inspectors - Federal Marshall's Department
Provide investigation services - Sentencing Recommendations - Provide Supervision

48. What is the State Court System's court of last resort?
Possecomintatus
State Supreme Court
First Continental Congress
Judicial Review

49. What are the three main players in the Criminal Justice system known as?
Tribal
Constitutional Law
Court Room Work Group
State

50. Where are the vast majority of cases heard?
Local level
Due Process
1203(d) - Misdemeanor
Cannot be used against you later in civil court