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Criminal Justice 101
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1. What is the Latin term that literally means - 'to adhere to what has come before'?
Stare Decisis
Constitutional Law
King John
Deterrence
2. What does the U.S. Court of Appeals not have regarding what cases to hear?
George Washington - John Adams
Low Term - Mid Term - High Term
Discretion
Government Attorney
3. What percent of the time are deals makes and cases do not go to trial?
90%
1383
Federal Court System
Yes
4. Which California code section gives police and corrections their 'peace officer powers'?
830.1
Patronage
1 and 8
Mala en Se
5. Local law enforcement generally display shields on their badges. What do county law enforcement badges appear as?
1903
Crime Control Due Process
Stars
Self Report Studies Victimization Surveys
6. What is ultimate goal at all early hearings?
Makes deals and not go to trial
Hoover
County
Trial Courts of Limited Jurisdiction
7. What level of law enforcement generally runs local detention facilities for adults?
Citizens - Cops - Courts - Corrections
Pendelton Act
State
County
8. What two additional branches of government did the Constitution add to government?
Self Report Studies Victimization Surveys
Cannot be used against you later in civil court
50 - 25000
Judicial - Executive
9. What 1770 shooting incident heightened tensions between Boston colonists and newly arrived British soldiers?
Jurisdiction
Boston Massacre
U.S. Court of Appeals
Retribution
10. What west coast supreme court case in 1876 further established the philosophy of Parens Patriae and no due process for juveniles?
Ah Peen
Sworn - Non-sworn
Federal Court System
F.B.I
11. What concept discusses 'an eye for an eye'?
Low Term - Mid Term - High Term
Retribution
Potential for Incarceration
Adversarial System
12. What does the U.S. Federal District Court possess regarding cases heard?
Boston Massacre
4th Amendment
Original Jurisdiction
Mala Prohibita
13. What is discovery?
1977 Dixon Bill
English Common Law
Continue to another date
Evidence
14. When there is a supposed legal error or discrepancy with a case - what type of hearing does it go to?
Appeal
Presentence Court Report
King Henry II
Marbury versus Madison
15. Other then UCRS and NIBRS - what entities compile information about crime in the country?
Self Report Studies Victimization Surveys
None
Stars
Yes
16. What level of law enforcement generally provides services to the local court system?
U.S. Postal Inspectors
Articles of Confederation
County
Civil Rights Movement Vietnam War
17. What is the Latin term that means an act being wrong because of customs - morals - practices - regulation - or law?
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
Continue to another date
Mala Prohibita
Patronage
18. Where does a misdemeanors case begin?
Appeal
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
Courts - Cops - Citizens - Corrections
Crime Control Due Process
19. Is the Federal or State court system older?
Nolo Contendre
Pretrial Hearing
Deterrence
State
20. The California state highway patrol is an example of what type of law enforcement agency?
State
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
UCRS or Uniform Crime Reporting System
U.S. Court of Appeals - State Supreme Court
21. What is the most important C or level of the criminal justice system?
Process criminals and criminal charges - Ensure everyone's due process
Judiciary Act
Courts
Right away
22. What court system was the same up until the period of the Civil War?
Provide investigation services - Sentencing Recommendations - Provide Supervision
Punishment without trial
50 - 25000
State/Local Court System
23. Railroad Police - Port/Harbor Police - Campus Police - and Mass Transit Police are examples of what?
17
U.S. Federal District Courts
Bill of Rights
Special Police Force
24. What word represents the ability of criminal justice players to make independent decisions?
F.B.I.
Preliminary Hearing
Judicial/Legislative
Discretion
25. From 1789 to 1799 how was the U.S. Supreme Court?
Bench Trial
Very inactive
Courts
D&R - Disposition and Resetting
26. The Federal Court system was authorized through what?
Worse
Appeal
Article III of the Constitution
Punishment without trial
27. How long is a federal judge's term of office for?
Prison Time - Death Sentence
First Continental Congress
Sufficient evidence that a felony was committed - Should it go to a felony trial
Life
28. What Penal Code section states that the court shall refer to probation for a report?
Deterrence
Judges - Prosecuting Attorneys - Defense Attorneys
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
1203(b)(1) - Felony
29. What two things do military police entities possess?
6th Amendment
Adversarial System
1382
Judicial System = Institutional System
30. What does N.C.I.C. stand for?
Complaint
Reputation and Appearance - Dialogue and Counseling - Empty Hands - Physical Restraint - Mechanical Restraint - Chemical Restraint
National Crime Information Center
State
31. What do bills of attainer relate to?
Law of Hammurabi - Law of Moses
Punishment without trial
Stamp Act of 1765
Challenge for Cause and Peremptory Challenges at a Jury Panel Hearing
32. What are state Courts of Appeals also called?
Information
U.S. Marshall's
Discretion
Intermediate Courts
33. What criminal statistical agency or method was created in 1987 as a supplement to UCRS?
Mary Ann Crouse
NIBRS or National Incident Based Reporting System
Boston Massacre
Articles of Confederation
34. In what year and state was the country's first dedicated juvenile justice system and court legally established?
Probation Officer
Severity of the crime - Where it was committed
1899 Illinois
Parens Patriae
35. In 1829 which English government employee pushed a new law which followed the ideas of Patrick Colquhoun?
50 - 25000
Sir Robert Peel
National Crime Information Center
King Chamberlain's Court
36. What is the Latin term for the plea of the no contest?
Nolo Contendre
Preliminary Hearing
Assistant District Attorneys
Incapaciation
37. What is the legal term for fundamental fairness?
Secret Service
Evidence
F.B.I.
Due Process
38. What are the four Cs of the criminal justice system?
1203(b)(1) - Felony
Life
John Marshall
Courts - Cops - Citizens - Corrections
39. In which two locations did the actual shooting war begin between British soldiers and Colonial militia men?
Change
Community Orientated Policing Era
39
Lexington - Concord
40. What Penal Code section states that the court may refer to probation for a report?
County
Discretion
1203(d) - Misdemeanor
Adversarial System
41. Generally speaking - what type of attorney is a prosecuting attorney?
Government Attorney
Right away
1977 Dixon Bill
Lexington - Concord
42. What two factors does a probation officer consider when writing the presentence report?
90%
Aggravating - Mitigating
Private Attorneys - Public Defenders
Bill of Rights
43. What does O.R. mean?
Own Recognizance
First Degree Murder - Federal drug trafficking and treason
Due Process Phase
State Supreme Court
44. What were minors who disobeyed orders of the Kings Chancery Court system called?
Arrangement
Incorrigibles
King Chamberlain's Court
Local - County - Tribal - State - Federal
45. What is the State Court System's court of last resort?
Generalists
State Supreme Court
Courts - Cops - Citizens - Corrections
Change
46. When a court has control or authority over certain matters/issues - what is it called?
Formal Probation
5th Amendment 6th Amendment
Life
Jurisdiction
47. What 1865 federal law enforcement agency was initially responsible for excessive counterfeiting following the civil war?
Secret Service
Possecomintatus
Appeals
U.S. Supreme Court U.S. Court of Appeals U.S. Federal District Courts
48. The third federal inferior court of authority is known as what?
Judiciary Act
D.E.A.or Drug Enforcement Agency
Judicial System = Institutional System
U.S. Federal District Courts
49. What is the name for a juvenile complaint?
Petition
Precedent
U.S. Postal Inspectors
Stamp Act of 1765
50. What was the original staffing of the U.S. Supreme Court?
Process criminals and criminal charges - Ensure everyone's due process
Tribal
1 Chief Justice 5 Associate Justices
Original Jurisdiction