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Criminal Justice 101
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1. What federal law enforcement agency was created in 1973 and currently has over 5 -000 agents spread around the world?
Community Orientated Policing Era
39
D.E.A.or Drug Enforcement Agency
Incapaciation
2. What is a legal system that pits two opposing parties against one another with a third neutral party applying the rules?
5th Amendment
Adversarial System
Felony
Better
3. What Penal Code section states that the court may refer to probation for a report?
U.S. Postal Service Inspectors - Federal Marshall's Department
17 -500
National Crime Information Center
1203(d) - Misdemeanor
4. What concept discusses 'an eye for an eye'?
Severity of the crime - Where it was committed
First Continental Congress
Jurisdiction
Retribution
5. What is the Latin term that describes a federal peace officer's ability to deputize citizens and give them temporary power?
Article III of the Constitution
Conditional Sentence
Possecomintatus
County
6. What law enforcement agency maintains the largest training academy in the U.S.?
Lexington - Concord
F.B.I.
Crime Control Due Process
17 -500
7. What was the original staffing of the U.S. Supreme Court?
Aggravating - Mitigating
U.S. Constitution
1 Chief Justice 5 Associate Justices
Sheriff or Shireeve
8. Who is in charge of staffing - calender - budget - and other material needs of the court room?
Court Administrator
1 and 8
Chief
Hoover
9. The average local law enforcement agency will often employ how many officers and serve what size population?
1203(d) - Misdemeanor
50 - 25000
Secret Service
State Supreme Court
10. The Federal Court system was created through what?
Judges - Prosecuting Attorneys - Defense Attorneys
Judiciary Act
Civil Rights Movement Vietnam War
1 Chief Justice 5 Associate Justices
11. Who gave the Bureau of Investigation validity during the late 1920s?
Limited or Reduced Capacity - Layers of Justice
1383
Civil Rights Movement Vietnam War
Hoover
12. State Troopers are what level of law enforcement?
State
1382
U.S. Federal District Courts
1 and 8
13. During the Revolutionary War what major document helped to guide the colonies in fighting their war against Britain?
Articles of Confederation
Sufficient evidence that a felony was committed - Should it go to a felony trial
1383
1203(b)(1) - Felony
14. In what year and state was the country's first dedicated juvenile justice system and court legally established?
Self Report Studies Victimization Surveys
1 and 8
1899 Illinois
D&R - Disposition and Resetting
15. What level of law enforcement generally provides services to the local court system?
Arrangement
County
English Common Law
Prison Time - Death Sentence
16. What current U.S. law enforcement position/title had its origins with the English legal system circa 1000 A.D.?
34
Court Room Work Group
Sheriff or Shireeve
1977 Dixon Bill
17. What kind of system is our criminal justice system based upon?
Very inactive
Loosely Coupled
D.E.A.or Drug Enforcement Agency
39
18. What is the name for a felony complaint?
County
Boston Massacre
Information
14th Amendment
19. The term original jurisdiction alludes to what?
F.B.I.
5th Amendment
Trials
Information
20. What is a crime publishable by six months to one yer in jail - fines - or probation?
Habeas Corpus
Misdemeanor
Drug Violations - White Collar Crimes
Tribal
21. Why does someone plea nolo contendre?
Jurisdiction
34
Cannot be used against you later in civil court
Vigilantes
22. How long is a federal judge's term of office for?
Judiciary Act
Article III of the Constitution
Felony
Life
23. What was the missing component of those persons working with in the Birth of Probation Model circa 1841?
All volunteers
Trial Courts of Limited Jurisdiction
Makes deals and not go to trial
Courts
24. Where does a misdemeanors case begin?
Precedent
U.S. Postal Inspectors
Crime Control - Due Process
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
25. Other then UCRS and NIBRS - what entities compile information about crime in the country?
Judicial - Executive
Self Report Studies Victimization Surveys
Civil Rights Movement Vietnam War
5th Amendment 6th Amendment
26. What are state Courts of Appeals also called?
Intermediate Courts
Information
1203(b)(1) - Felony
Incorrigibles
27. What Latin term means - 'father or parent of the country?'
Right away
State
Future laws not passed yet
Parens Patriae
28. What two things do military police entities possess?
Loosely Coupled System
Judicial System = Institutional System
Court Administrator
The Penal Code
29. What two types of employees do law enforcement agencies employ?
6th Amendment
Vigilantes
Continue to another date
Sworn - Non-sworn
30. In Orange County - what is the misdemeanor Pretrial Hearing called?
1977 Dixon Bill
1382
D&R - Disposition and Resetting
Civil Rights Movement Vietnam War
31. What word represents the ability of criminal justice players to make independent decisions?
The Penal Code
Discretion
The Family Model
Lower Courts
32. What current California legal code did the Law of Hammurabi and the Law of Moses contribute to?
Patronage
U.S. Constitution
Loosely Coupled
The Penal Code
33. What English king was responsible for generating the concept of the Magna Carta?
Due Process
Worse
King John
Courts - Cops - Citizens - Corrections
34. How many law enforcement agencies exist in this country?
Secret Service
Evidence
Sufficient evidence that a felony was committed - Should it go to a felony trial
17 -500
35. What does a judge order the probation department to write in order to find more about an individual before sentencing?
Judicial - Executive
Own Recognizance
Presentence Court Report
Judicial/Legislative
36. What is the State Court System's court of last resort?
UCRS or Uniform Crime Reporting System
State Supreme Court
Sworn - Non-sworn
Constitutional Law
37. What is meant by inferior courts?
Lower Courts
Jury Panel Death Penalty Phase
Federal Court System
The Family Model
38. What document was eventually created in order to replace the Articles of Confederation?
1203(b)(1) - Felony
Broken Windows
Article III of the Constitution
U.S. Constitution
39. What criminal statistical agency or method was created in 1987 as a supplement to UCRS?
NIBRS or National Incident Based Reporting System
Body - Amendments
Reputation and Appearance - Dialogue and Counseling - Empty Hands - Physical Restraint - Mechanical Restraint - Chemical Restraint
1 Chief Justice 5 Associate Justices
40. What federal law enforcement agency delegated peace officer powers to citizens during the era of the wild west?
41. What 1838 Ohio State Supreme Court Case established the concept of Parens Patriae and no need for due process in juvenile matters?
Mary Ann Crouse
Punishment without trial
Pendelton Act
Serpico
42. What hearing has evidence presented and witnesses testify?
Trial
Complaint
F.B.I.
Mary Ann Crouse
43. When there is a supposed legal error or discrepancy with a case - what type of hearing does it go to?
Possecomintatus
Sir Robert Peel
State Supreme Court
Appeal
44. Which 1760s British tax law placed tax quotes on all paper based products imported into the colonies?
Stamp Act of 1765
Miranda versus Arizona
Jurisdiction
King Henry II
45. Jail time - restitution - contact restrictions - drug testing - searches and seizures - employment verification - and counseling can be terms of what?
Law of Hammurabi - Law of Moses
Original Jurisdiction
Judiciary Act
Formal Probation
46. What is an offense that consists of illegal conduct but no jail time?
Infraction
90%
1203(d) - Misdemeanor
Military Police - Tribal Police = Civilian Federal Law Enforcement
47. What does the U.S. Supreme Court have regarding what cases to hear?
Potential for Incarceration
Crime Control Due Process
4th Amendment
Discretion
48. What constitutes the major difference between a crime and illegal behavior?
Potential for Incarceration
Crime Control - Due Process
Sworn - Non-sworn
Nolo Contendre
49. This country's criminal justice system is based on the desire for what kind of system?
$1.7 million
Loosely Coupled System
Information
14
50. What are the branches of federal law enforcement?
Special Police Force
Judicial - Executive
Military Police - Tribal Police = Civilian Federal Law Enforcement
Community Orientated Policing Era