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Criminal Justice 101
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1. In 1789 which London magistrate stressed the need for a 'centralized' law enforcement agency?
Patrick Colquhoun
Self Report Studies Victimization Surveys
First Degree Murder - Federal drug trafficking and treason
Discretion
2. What is the most important thing that a probation officer does in the presentence court report?
Potential for Incarceration
Parens Patriae
Evaluation
Federal Court System
3. The Federal Court system was created through what?
Judiciary Act
Yes
Body - Amendments
Jurisdiction
4. What current California legal code did the Law of Hammurabi and the Law of Moses contribute to?
Mala en Se
Retribution
The Penal Code
Limited
5. What is the best system to compile crime statistics and can stand completely on its own?
Evaluation
14
None
Boston Massacre
6. The term original jurisdiction alludes to what?
Secret Service
F.B.I
1203(d) - Misdemeanor
Trials
7. What was the original staffing of the U.S. Supreme Court?
1 Chief Justice 5 Associate Justices
Tribal
English Common Law
Legislative - Executive - Judicial
8. What does the U.S. Court of Appeals not have regarding what cases to hear?
Discretion
Original Jurisdiction
Courts - Cops - Citizens - Corrections
U.S. Postal Service Inspectors - Federal Marshall's Department
9. What constitutional amendments were alluded to in Miranda versus Arizona?
5th Amendment 6th Amendment
State
Judicial/Legislative
Judicial System = Institutional System
10. What are the three Terms of Imprisonment?
NIBRS or National Incident Based Reporting System
Low Term - Mid Term - High Term
17 -500
State/Local Court System
11. What was name of the era which was distinguished by the Kansas City Patrol Experiment and Flint - Michigan Patrol Program?
Bench Trial
Broken Windows
Parens Patriae
Community Orientated Policing Era
12. What is the Latin term that literally means - 'to adhere to what has come before'?
Pendelton Act
State
U.S. Postal Inspectors
Stare Decisis
13. When there is a supposed legal error or discrepancy with a case - what type of hearing does it go to?
Attorney General
Parens Patriae
1 and 8
Appeal
14. What percent of the time will a judge go with what a presentence court report says?
39
85%
State Supreme Court
King John
15. What is the name for a juvenile complaint?
Patrick Colquhoun
Pendelton Act
Petition
Vigilantes
16. What are the two main functions of criminal courts?
17. The average local law enforcement agency will often employ how many officers and serve what size population?
50 - 25000
Articles of Confederation
Punishment without trial
14
18. What legal model first attempted the concept of rehabilitation and resocialization?
The Family Model
Preliminary Hearing
Loosely Coupled System
State
19. What is an offense that consists of illegal conduct but no jail time?
Infraction
Trial
Chief
1383
20. What are the five levels of law enforcement in this country?
Habeas Corpus
Local - County - Tribal - State - Federal
Discretion
Complaint
21. What Latin term means 'you have the body'?
Judges - Prosecuting Attorneys - Defense Attorneys
Habeas Corpus
Cannot be used against you later in civil court
Civil Rights Movement Vietnam War
22. Which California code section gives police and corrections their 'peace officer powers'?
Limited
Possecomintatus
830.1
National Crime Information Center
23. What is another term for informal probation?
Limited or Reduced Capacity - Layers of Justice
Conditional Sentence
Superior Court
90%
24. From 1789 to 1799 how was the U.S. Supreme Court?
Very inactive
Court Administrator
Courts
Self Report Studies Victimization Surveys
25. What is the first hearing or court appearance for all cases?
Arrangement
King John
Tribal
1382
26. What two additional branches of government did the Constitution add to government?
Self Report Studies Victimization Surveys
UCRS or Uniform Crime Reporting System
14
Judicial - Executive
27. In what year did California pass its juvenile justice system act known as Juvenile Court Act?
1903
8th Amendment
First Degree Murder - Federal drug trafficking and treason
1203(d) - Misdemeanor
28. What is a legal system that pits two opposing parties against one another with a third neutral party applying the rules?
F.B.I.
Jurisdiction
Adversarial System
King Chamberlain's Court
29. What concept attempts to alter future behaviors through threats of punishment and consequences?
Better
F.B.I.
Complaint
Deterrence
30. The California state highway patrol is an example of what type of law enforcement agency?
State
Probation Officer
Reputation and Appearance - Dialogue and Counseling - Empty Hands - Physical Restraint - Mechanical Restraint - Chemical Restraint
Serpico
31. Which 1760s British tax law placed tax quotes on all paper based products imported into the colonies?
Right away
Discretion
Stamp Act of 1765
None
32. What is a crime punishable by jail - fines or prison?
Courts - Cops - Citizens - Corrections
Limited or Reduced Capacity - Layers of Justice
Felony
Petition
33. After the Bill of Rights was ratified - how many more times was the U.S. Constitution amended?
17
Stamp Act of 1765
Continue to another date
NIBRS or National Incident Based Reporting System
34. What are the three main players in the Criminal Justice system known as?
Private Attorneys - Public Defenders
34
Court Room Work Group
Article III of the Constitution
35. What was the missing component of those persons working with in the Birth of Probation Model circa 1841?
Community Orientated Policing Era
All volunteers
Legislative - Executive - Judicial
$1.7 million
36. What type of bodies do our current laws come from?
Marbury versus Madison
Stars
Judicial/Legislative
Special Police Force
37. What are state Courts of Appeals also called?
Intermediate Courts
Sir Robert Peel
Original Jurisdiction
Private Attorneys - Public Defenders
38. Where does a misdemeanors case begin?
Stars
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
$1.7 million
Right away
39. What does N.C.I.C. stand for?
Infraction
Ah Peen
Trial Courts of General Jurisdiction
National Crime Information Center
40. What does a judge order the probation department to write in order to find more about an individual before sentencing?
Presentence Court Report
Aggravating - Mitigating
Generalists
Tribal
41. What types of law enforcement agency is influenced by federal and territorial sovereignty?
Change
Adversarial System
Tribal
Drug Violations - White Collar Crimes
42. UCRS and NIBRS recieve information from how many agencies?
39
Challenge for Cause and Peremptory Challenges at a Jury Panel Hearing
17 -500
Process criminals and criminal charges - Ensure everyone's due process
43. What is a crime publishable by six months to one yer in jail - fines - or probation?
Misdemeanor
Life
Court Administrator
Articles of Confederation
44. According to Hammurabi - what age was considered as the cut off between juveniles and adults?
Original Jurisdiction
17 -500
14
Bill of Rights
45. What are small law enforcement agencies often made up of?
Vigilantes
Generalists
English Common Law
Low Term - Mid Term - High Term
46. What 1285 A.D. English law removed the emphasis on law enforcement away from the military and back onto the citizens?
King Chamberlain's Court
Low Term - Mid Term - High Term
Nolo Contendre
Statue of Winchester
47. What Latin term means - 'father or parent of the country?'
Formal Probation
State
Felony
Parens Patriae
48. How many chief justice and associate justices currently make up the U.S. Supreme Court?
1 and 8
17 -500
Constitutional Law
Tribal
49. What criteria does the judge use when setting bail?
Seriousness of Offense - Flight Risk - Prior Record
Magna Carta
King Henry II
Quasi-Military - Strict Chain of Command
50. What is the Latin term for the plea of the no contest?
Probation Officer
Vigilantes
State/Local Court System
Nolo Contendre