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Criminal Justice 101

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1. What is the point of a second preliminary hearing?
King John
Review charges again because felony stakes are higher
F.B.I
U.S. Supreme Court U.S. Court of Appeals U.S. Federal District Courts

2. What is discovery?
Life
Appeals
Evidence
Miranda versus Arizona

3. What are the five levels of force among agencies?
Reputation and Appearance - Dialogue and Counseling - Empty Hands - Physical Restraint - Mechanical Restraint - Chemical Restraint
Misdemeanor
4th Amendment
Lexington - Concord

4. In which two locations did the actual shooting war begin between British soldiers and Colonial militia men?
Assistant District Attorneys
Lexington - Concord
Patronage and Corruption
Crime Control Due Process

5. How many cases go to the local court level each year?
Sufficient evidence that a felony was committed - Should it go to a felony trial
5th Amendment 6th Amendment
830.1
90 Million

6. What 1770 shooting incident heightened tensions between Boston colonists and newly arrived British soldiers?
90 Million
Boston Massacre
Local level
Due Process

7. When a court has control or authority over certain matters/issues - what is it called?
Tribal
Evidence
Jurisdiction
State

8. In the wild west what were the people called who banded together to protect each other?
John Marshall
State
Petition
Vigilantes

9. What is the Latin term that describes a federal peace officer's ability to deputize citizens and give them temporary power?
Worse
Hoover
Possecomintatus
Patronage

10. What concepts attempts to protect society by isolating others?
Very inactive
Probation Officer
5th Amendment
Incapaciation

11. What important corrections position was mandated in Massachusetts in 1878?
Probation Officer
1383
Adversarial System
John Augustus

12. According to Hammurabi - what age was considered as the cut off between juveniles and adults?
County
14
34
Seriousness of Offense - Flight Risk - Prior Record

13. What two additional sentences can come from a Formal Felony Sentencing Hearing different from a misdemeanor?
U.S. Federal District Courts
Arrangement
U.S. Constitution
Prison Time - Death Sentence

14. What two types of employees do law enforcement agencies employ?
First Degree Murder - Federal drug trafficking and treason
Limited or Reduced Capacity - Layers of Justice
Sworn - Non-sworn
U.S. Marshall's

15. Who runs the N.C.I.C.?
Articles of Confederation
Sufficient evidence that a felony was committed - Should it go to a felony trial
Courts - Cops - Citizens - Corrections
F.B.I

16. What penal code section is used to waive time lines during a trial?
Attorney General
6th Amendment
Potential for Incarceration
1383

17. What are the two conflicting philosophies which talk of a desire for individual freedom and a crime free society?
Generalists
Crime Control Due Process
Evidence
Lexington - Concord

18. What federal law enforcement agency delegated peace officer powers to citizens during the era of the wild west?

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19. In 1829 which English government employee pushed a new law which followed the ideas of Patrick Colquhoun?
Limited
Sir Robert Peel
Process criminals and criminal charges - Ensure everyone's due process
All volunteers

20. What current California legal code did the Law of Hammurabi and the Law of Moses contribute to?
Secret Service
Legislative - Executive - Judicial
U.S. Postal Service Inspectors - Federal Marshall's Department
The Penal Code

21. How many law enforcement agencies exist in this country?
17 -500
NIBRS or National Incident Based Reporting System
Article III of the Constitution
County

22. When there is a supposed legal error or discrepancy with a case - what type of hearing does it go to?
Makes deals and not go to trial
Discretion
Appeal
Attorney General

23. State Troopers are what level of law enforcement?
Trial
State
Superior Court
Future laws not passed yet

24. What hearing determines in an individual receives the death penalty?
Nolo Contendre
Jury Panel Death Penalty Phase
Marbury versus Madison
King Chamberlain's Court

25. What law enforcement agency maintains the largest training academy in the U.S.?
F.B.I.
Possecomintatus
8th Amendment
None

26. Does a county law enforcement agency head administrator generally require law enforcement experience?
17 -500
State/Local Court System
Yes
Broken Windows

27. What level of law enforcement generally provides services to the local court system?
U.S. Court of Appeals - State Supreme Court
County
6th Amendment
Due Process Phase

28. What 1285 A.D. English law removed the emphasis on law enforcement away from the military and back onto the citizens?
Preliminary Hearing
Statue of Winchester
Stamp Act of 1765
Marbury versus Madison

29. What were minors who disobeyed orders of the Kings Chancery Court system called?
Incorrigibles
Civil Rights Movement Vietnam War
The Family Model
Dual System

30. The Reintegration Model - circa 1960s - failed due to community concern over leniency toward criminals and what two major social events?
5th Amendment 6th Amendment
National Crime Information Center
U.S. Supreme Court U.S. Court of Appeals U.S. Federal District Courts
Civil Rights Movement Vietnam War

31. What is a crime publishable by six months to one yer in jail - fines - or probation?
Secret Service
Misdemeanor
Petition
Infraction

32. What is ultimate goal at all early hearings?
John Marshall
Makes deals and not go to trial
Evidence
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction

33. What type of bodies do our current laws come from?
Community Sensitive Programs
Mala Prohibita
Judicial/Legislative
NIBRS or National Incident Based Reporting System

34. This country's criminal justice system is based on the desire for what kind of system?
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
Loosely Coupled System
Stamp Act of 1765
Crime Control - Due Process

35. What major 1966 U.S. Supreme Court case provided new guidelines in how police arrested and interrogated adult defendants?
The Penal Code
Miranda versus Arizona
Limited
Very inactive

36. What was the original staffing of the U.S. Supreme Court?
State/Local Court System
Courts
Magna Carta
1 Chief Justice 5 Associate Justices

37. What are the two types of defense attorneys?
Appeal
Private Attorneys - Public Defenders
Tribal
Vigilantes

38. The Kansas City Patrol Experiment and Flint - Michigan Patrol Program motivated police to try what new procedures?
Community Sensitive Programs
All volunteers
County
Judiciary Act

39. What is the name for a felony complaint?
Information
Vigilantes
Bench Trial
1203(d) - Misdemeanor

40. What has disappeared among law enforcement agencies is this country?
English Common Law
17
Patronage and Corruption
Discretion

41. For a felony matter to leave a Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction - what special hearing must it go to?
Possecomintatus
Cannot be used against you later in civil court
Ah Peen
Preliminary Hearing

42. What was created in order to convince several of the new states to agree to the Constitution?
Bill of Rights
State
Broken Windows
Bench Trial

43. What are the four main players in the criminal justice system?
George Washington - John Adams
14
14
Citizens - Cops - Courts - Corrections

44. How long is a federal judge's term of office for?
Review charges again because felony stakes are higher
Appeals
Vigilantes
Life

45. Who was the Supreme Court's third chief justice - credited with making the court more proactive - effective - and powerful?
Ah Peen
Evaluation
State
John Marshall

46. Besides the U.S. Marshall Service - what is the other oldest federal law enforcement agency?
Life
F.B.I.
U.S. Postal Inspectors
London Metropolitan Police Act

47. What is the name for a juvenile complaint?
F.B.I
1903
Petition
The Penal Code

48. What is the main criteria which determines whether a mater goes to a federal or state court?
Review charges again because felony stakes are higher
State
Process criminals and criminal charges - Ensure everyone's due process
Severity of the crime - Where it was committed

49. What amendment discusses cruel and unusual punishment?
8th Amendment
Preliminary Hearing
Presentence Court Report
Judiciary Act

50. What are the two general characteristics evident among most law enforcement agencies?
None
Judiciary Act
Life
Quasi-Military - Strict Chain of Command