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Criminal Justice 101
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1. The Federal Court system was created through what?
1382
Special Police Force
Future laws not passed yet
Judiciary Act
2. What does the U.S. Federal District Court possess regarding cases heard?
Sufficient evidence that a felony was committed - Should it go to a felony trial
Sheriff or Shireeve
Original Jurisdiction
85%
3. Our criminal justice system tries to maintain a balance between which two conflicting models/ideologies?
Pretrial Hearing
Jury Panel Death Penalty Phase
Crime Control - Due Process
Change
4. Which California code section gives police and corrections their 'peace officer powers'?
1 and 8
830.1
Judicial - Executive
Articles of Confederation
5. What was the missing component of those persons working with in the Birth of Probation Model circa 1841?
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
Makes deals and not go to trial
14
All volunteers
6. How many chief justice and associate justices currently make up the U.S. Supreme Court?
Formal Probation
Lower Courts
1 and 8
Very inactive
7. Who are the three main players in the Criminal Justice system?
Judges - Prosecuting Attorneys - Defense Attorneys
85%
Arrangement
1203(d) - Misdemeanor
8. The B.I.A. and the F.B.I. often provide support and assistance to what level of law enforcement agencies?
Sufficient evidence that a felony was committed - Should it go to a felony trial
Stare Decisis
Tribal
Deterrence
9. What is the name of the New York police officer - circa 1970s - who had to deal with corruption and patronage in the NYPD?
Serpico
Evaluation
State
Misdemeanor
10. What amendment discusses protection from self incrimination?
5th Amendment
Judiciary Act
Reputation and Appearance - Dialogue and Counseling - Empty Hands - Physical Restraint - Mechanical Restraint - Chemical Restraint
UCRS or Uniform Crime Reporting System
11. What constitutional amendments were alluded to in Miranda versus Arizona?
5th Amendment 6th Amendment
Felony
Arrangement
Assistant District Attorneys
12. What are the five levels of force among agencies?
Prison Time - Death Sentence
Reputation and Appearance - Dialogue and Counseling - Empty Hands - Physical Restraint - Mechanical Restraint - Chemical Restraint
State Supreme Court
NIBRS or National Incident Based Reporting System
13. Negative political influence and corruption impacting 19th century U.S. police agencies was called what?
Patronage
Presentence Court Report
Indeterminate Sentencing
39
14. According to Hammurabi - what age was considered as the cut off between juveniles and adults?
Trial
Sir Robert Peel
14
Stars
15. The three federal courts are known as what?
Lexington - Concord
U.S. Supreme Court U.S. Court of Appeals U.S. Federal District Courts
Incorrigibles
D.E.A.or Drug Enforcement Agency
16. What is a local law enforcement agency's head administrator?
Legislative - Executive - Judicial
Chief
Limited or Reduced Capacity - Layers of Justice
King Chamberlain's Court
17. Is the Federal or State court system older?
Limited or Reduced Capacity - Layers of Justice
Loosely Coupled
17
State
18. Why does someone plea nolo contendre?
Reputation and Appearance - Dialogue and Counseling - Empty Hands - Physical Restraint - Mechanical Restraint - Chemical Restraint
Yes
Adversarial System
Cannot be used against you later in civil court
19. What is a crime publishable by six months to one yer in jail - fines - or probation?
Judges - Prosecuting Attorneys - Defense Attorneys
F.B.I
Misdemeanor
Severity of the crime - Where it was committed
20. What amendment discusses protection from unreasonable searches?
Private Attorneys - Public Defenders
John Augustus
4th Amendment
Original Jurisdiction
21. What two additional sentences can come from a Formal Felony Sentencing Hearing different from a misdemeanor?
Evidence
Chief
Prison Time - Death Sentence
John Augustus
22. What were minors who disobeyed orders of the Kings Chancery Court system called?
Preliminary Hearing
Incorrigibles
Severity of the crime - Where it was committed
Conditional Sentence
23. What constitutes the major difference between a crime and illegal behavior?
Drug Violations - White Collar Crimes
Challenge for Cause and Peremptory Challenges at a Jury Panel Hearing
17 -500
Potential for Incarceration
24. What are the two main functions of criminal courts?
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25. How many states have State Courts of Appeals?
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Original Jurisdiction
Retribution
Seriousness of Offense - Flight Risk - Prior Record
26. What does O.R. mean?
King John
Pendelton Act
Own Recognizance
Article III of the Constitution
27. What court system was the same up until the period of the Civil War?
Sworn - Non-sworn
State/Local Court System
Special Police Force
Law of Hammurabi - Law of Moses
28. What are state Courts of Appeals also called?
Intermediate Courts
Special Police Force
Stamp Act of 1765
Lower Courts
29. Who was the Supreme Court's third chief justice - credited with making the court more proactive - effective - and powerful?
John Marshall
Due Process
Judiciary Act
Appeals
30. What concept discusses 'an eye for an eye'?
Provide investigation services - Sentencing Recommendations - Provide Supervision
Precedent
Cannot be used against you later in civil court
Retribution
31. The term original jurisdiction alludes to what?
Change
Lexington - Concord
Trials
Stars
32. After the U.S. Constitution was ratified - what type of court system did the U.S. realize it needed to have?
Federal Court System
Crime Control - Due Process
90 Million
Patrick Colquhoun
33. How many states use the death penalty?
Nolo Contendre
Limited
Articles of Confederation
34
34. What is a crime punishable by jail - fines or prison?
Felony
17 -500
King Henry II
State
35. What was the original staffing of the U.S. Supreme Court?
Boston Massacre
NIBRS or National Incident Based Reporting System
Worse
1 Chief Justice 5 Associate Justices
36. What English Common Law court system could arguably be seen as the world's first dedicated juvenile court?
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37. What criteria does the judge use when setting bail?
Community Sensitive Programs
Mala Prohibita
Seriousness of Offense - Flight Risk - Prior Record
Original Jurisdiction
38. What is the Latin term that describes a federal peace officer's ability to deputize citizens and give them temporary power?
$1.7 million
Crime Control Due Process
Possecomintatus
85%
39. What is known as the highest source of law found within either a country or state?
Patronage
Constitutional Law
Preliminary Hearing
Potential for Incarceration
40. What do the majority of cases going into the U.S. District Court involve?
17 -500
Drug Violations - White Collar Crimes
English Common Law
17 -500
41. What are the two parts of the Constitution called?
Sir Robert Peel
830.1
Future laws not passed yet
Body - Amendments
42. What federal law enforcement agency was created in 1973 and currently has over 5 -000 agents spread around the world?
D.E.A.or Drug Enforcement Agency
Due Process Phase
5th Amendment
Aggravating - Mitigating
43. What types of law enforcement agency is influenced by federal and territorial sovereignty?
Preliminary Hearing
John Augustus
Review charges again because felony stakes are higher
Tribal
44. In Orange County - what is the misdemeanor Pretrial Hearing called?
Indeterminate Sentencing
D&R - Disposition and Resetting
English Common Law
King John
45. What word represents the ability of criminal justice players to make independent decisions?
Due Process Phase
Discretion
Stars
Very inactive
46. What are the three branches of government enchanced or created by the U.S. Constitution?
Legislative - Executive - Judicial
Tribal
F.B.I.
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
47. What concept deals with corrections or judicial personal determining how much incarceration a person will serve?
Stamp Act of 1765
Indeterminate Sentencing
Trial Courts of General Jurisdiction
U.S. Court of Appeals - State Supreme Court
48. Other then UCRS and NIBRS - what entities compile information about crime in the country?
Judiciary Act
Miranda versus Arizona
Self Report Studies Victimization Surveys
8th Amendment
49. What does N.C.I.C. stand for?
State
National Crime Information Center
Sworn - Non-sworn
34
50. For a felony matter to leave a Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction - what special hearing must it go to?
Preliminary Hearing
Loosely Coupled
Ah Peen
Judicial - Executive