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Criminal Justice 101
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1. What 1838 Ohio State Supreme Court Case established the concept of Parens Patriae and no need for due process in juvenile matters?
Law of Hammurabi - Law of Moses
Mary Ann Crouse
Prison Time - Death Sentence
Sufficient evidence that a felony was committed - Should it go to a felony trial
2. Local California courts which handle misdemeanors - minor civil matters - and traffic violations are called what?
Trial Courts of Limited Jurisdiction
Trial Courts of General Jurisdiction
Challenge for Cause and Peremptory Challenges at a Jury Panel Hearing
Misdemeanor
3. What two types of employees do law enforcement agencies employ?
Worse
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
Review charges again because felony stakes are higher
Sworn - Non-sworn
4. Who is referred to as the father of probation?
Pretrial Hearing
John Augustus
Stamp Act of 1765
Indeterminate Sentencing
5. In Orange County - what is the misdemeanor Pretrial Hearing called?
Judges - Prosecuting Attorneys - Defense Attorneys
D&R - Disposition and Resetting
Magna Carta
Courts - Cops - Citizens - Corrections
6. What does a judge order the probation department to write in order to find more about an individual before sentencing?
Dual System
Tribal
Presentence Court Report
Secret Service
7. What federal law enforcement agency was created in 1973 and currently has over 5 -000 agents spread around the world?
English Common Law
Continue to another date
D.E.A.or Drug Enforcement Agency
Citizens - Cops - Courts - Corrections
8. Under English Common Law what was the general cut off age in distinguishing between those who could charged with felonies?
Intermediate Courts
14
Better
Assistant District Attorneys
9. What does the U.S. Supreme Court have regarding what cases to hear?
Sir Robert Peel
Discretion
State
Right away
10. The Federal Court system was created through what?
Judiciary Act
U.S. Postal Inspectors
Continue to another date
Pretrial Hearing
11. Stare Decisis has evolved into what concept?
Evaluation
6th Amendment
Precedent
14
12. What is the legal term for fundamental fairness?
Due Process
Precedent
Mala en Se
Evaluation
13. Both felonies are misdemeanors are first filed as what?
Complaint
Deterrence
Crime Control Due Process
1899 Illinois
14. Where does the U.S. Supreme Court hear cases from?
Loosely Coupled System
Pendelton Act
U.S. Court of Appeals - State Supreme Court
1203(b)(1) - Felony
15. What is ultimate goal at all early hearings?
Worse
Trial Courts of Limited Jurisdiction
Marbury versus Madison
Makes deals and not go to trial
16. What are the two conflicting philosophies which talk of a desire for individual freedom and a crime free society?
Trials
Lower Courts
1203(b)(1) - Felony
Crime Control Due Process
17. In what year did California pass its juvenile justice system act known as Juvenile Court Act?
Stamp Act of 1765
1903
Indeterminate Sentencing
Military Police - Tribal Police = Civilian Federal Law Enforcement
18. What does ex-post facto law relate to?
1203(b)(1) - Felony
Vigilantes
Infraction
Future laws not passed yet
19. What current U.S. law enforcement position/title had its origins with the English legal system circa 1000 A.D.?
Community Orientated Policing Era
King Chamberlain's Court
Trial
Sheriff or Shireeve
20. What do bills of attainer relate to?
Petition
John Augustus
Punishment without trial
Sworn - Non-sworn
21. What is a county law enforcement agency's head administrator?
Sheriff
Misdemeanor
50 - 25000
Broken Windows
22. What hearing comes after a misdemeanor arraignment?
Court Administrator
Pretrial Hearing
Community Sensitive Programs
None
23. After the U.S. Constitution was ratified - what type of court system did the U.S. realize it needed to have?
Federal Court System
Judges - Prosecuting Attorneys - Defense Attorneys
English Common Law
Future laws not passed yet
24. Who gave the Bureau of Investigation validity during the late 1920s?
Hoover
Private Attorneys - Public Defenders
90 Million
Prison Time - Death Sentence
25. What two additional branches of government did the Constitution add to government?
Sheriff or Shireeve
Appeals
Stare Decisis
Judicial - Executive
26. What amendment discusses cruel and unusual punishment?
8th Amendment
Challenge for Cause and Peremptory Challenges at a Jury Panel Hearing
Right away
Tribal
27. Which 1760s British tax law placed tax quotes on all paper based products imported into the colonies?
King Chamberlain's Court
Future laws not passed yet
Stamp Act of 1765
6th Amendment
28. What document was eventually created in order to replace the Articles of Confederation?
Original Jurisdiction
Reputation and Appearance - Dialogue and Counseling - Empty Hands - Physical Restraint - Mechanical Restraint - Chemical Restraint
U.S. Constitution
Precedent
29. What types of law enforcement agency is influenced by federal and territorial sovereignty?
$1.7 million
Serpico
Tribal
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
30. What are the three Terms of Imprisonment?
Articles of Confederation
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
8th Amendment
Low Term - Mid Term - High Term
31. What is the system that puts two conflicting parties against each other with a third neutral part overseeing the process?
Adversarial System
Retribution
Attorney General
1203(d) - Misdemeanor
32. What criminal statistical agency or method was created in 1930?
1977 Dixon Bill
Intermediate Courts
NIBRS or National Incident Based Reporting System
UCRS or Uniform Crime Reporting System
33. The California state highway patrol is an example of what type of law enforcement agency?
Petition
Sheriff or Shireeve
State
F.B.I.
34. What are the two types of defense attorneys?
Life
Private Attorneys - Public Defenders
U.S. Postal Service Inspectors - Federal Marshall's Department
Local - County - Tribal - State - Federal
35. What kind of powers do corrections and probation officers have?
Intermediate Courts
Tribal
Conditional Sentence
Limited
36. What are the three branches of government enchanced or created by the U.S. Constitution?
Chief
English Common Law
Legislative - Executive - Judicial
1 and 8
37. When there is a supposed legal error or discrepancy with a case - what type of hearing does it go to?
Due Process Phase
$1.7 million
Appeal
Incorrigibles
38. What does N.C.I.C. stand for?
National Crime Information Center
Marbury versus Madison
14
Stare Decisis
39. During the Revolutionary War what major document helped to guide the colonies in fighting their war against Britain?
Court Room Work Group
90%
Government Attorney
Articles of Confederation
40. What are the two parts of the Constitution called?
Tribal
NIBRS or National Incident Based Reporting System
Body - Amendments
Judiciary Act
41. What are the three duties of Deputy Probation officers in the court room?
Provide investigation services - Sentencing Recommendations - Provide Supervision
U.S. Marshall's
1899 Illinois
Drug Violations - White Collar Crimes
42. State Troopers are what level of law enforcement?
State
Law of Hammurabi - Law of Moses
Continue to another date
1203(d) - Misdemeanor
43. What is the highest attorney at the federal level?
State
Process criminals and criminal charges - Ensure everyone's due process
Attorney General
Magna Carta
44. Is the Federal or State court system older?
Government Attorney
Continue to another date
U.S. Constitution
State
45. What federal law enforcement agency had its origins in 1908?
Sufficient evidence that a felony was committed - Should it go to a felony trial
Judicial System = Institutional System
Own Recognizance
F.B.I.
46. What Latin term means 'you have the body'?
Discretion
Patronage
Habeas Corpus
Judges - Prosecuting Attorneys - Defense Attorneys
47. What does the Court of Appeals not possess?
Due Process Phase
Original Jurisdiction
Very inactive
Sheriff or Shireeve
48. The term original jurisdiction alludes to what?
6th Amendment
Infraction
Trials
John Marshall
49. What is meant by inferior courts?
Stars
Article III of the Constitution
5th Amendment 6th Amendment
Lower Courts
50. When a court has control or authority over certain matters/issues - what is it called?
Secret Service
Courts
Jurisdiction
County