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Criminal Justice 101
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1. What federal law enforcement agency delegated peace officer powers to citizens during the era of the wild west?
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2. Under English Common Law what was the general cut off age in distinguishing between those who could charged with felonies?
Mala Prohibita
Loosely Coupled
14
Prison Time - Death Sentence
3. How long is a federal judge's term of office for?
Constitutional Law
Trial
Life
Courts
4. What is the point of a second preliminary hearing?
90%
Retribution
Challenge for Cause and Peremptory Challenges at a Jury Panel Hearing
Review charges again because felony stakes are higher
5. Besides the U.S. Marshall Service - what is the other oldest federal law enforcement agency?
U.S. Postal Inspectors
Severity of the crime - Where it was committed
Judicial - Executive
39
6. What is the Latin term that means an act being wrong because of customs - morals - practices - regulation - or law?
Mala Prohibita
Trial
Constitutional Law
Complaint
7. What was created in order to convince several of the new states to agree to the Constitution?
Loosely Coupled System
Bill of Rights
Broken Windows
39
8. What law enforcement agency maintains the largest training academy in the U.S.?
Federal Court System
State
F.B.I.
Community Sensitive Programs
9. What is the first hearing or court appearance for all cases?
Community Orientated Policing Era
Misdemeanor
Mary Ann Crouse
Arrangement
10. Where does the U.S. Supreme Court hear cases from?
Magna Carta
Reputation and Appearance - Dialogue and Counseling - Empty Hands - Physical Restraint - Mechanical Restraint - Chemical Restraint
U.S. Court of Appeals - State Supreme Court
50 - 25000
11. State Troopers are what level of law enforcement?
90 Million
Dual System
State
U.S. Supreme Court U.S. Court of Appeals U.S. Federal District Courts
12. How many chief justice and associate justices currently make up the U.S. Supreme Court?
50 - 25000
90%
Arrangement
1 and 8
13. What 1883 federal law stressed the need for a civil service system based upon merit?
1899 Illinois
Possecomintatus
Pendelton Act
F.B.I.
14. In 1789 which London magistrate stressed the need for a 'centralized' law enforcement agency?
Sir Robert Peel
Aggravating - Mitigating
Patrick Colquhoun
5th Amendment
15. Local California courts which handle felonies and major civil matters are called what?
Trial Courts of General Jurisdiction
Courts - Cops - Citizens - Corrections
Civil Rights Movement Vietnam War
Patronage
16. What federal law enforcement agency was created in 1973 and currently has over 5 -000 agents spread around the world?
Article III of the Constitution
Jury Panel Death Penalty Phase
D.E.A.or Drug Enforcement Agency
1899 Illinois
17. What is the average budget of a local law enforcement agency?
U.S. Postal Inspectors
$1.7 million
Discretion
Precedent
18. What are small law enforcement agencies often made up of?
14
National Crime Information Center
Generalists
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
19. What two additional branches of government did the Constitution add to government?
The Penal Code
King John
Judicial - Executive
Crime Control - Due Process
20. How many states use the death penalty?
Limited or Reduced Capacity - Layers of Justice
Judicial - Executive
Original Jurisdiction
34
21. What were minors who disobeyed orders of the Kings Chancery Court system called?
Incorrigibles
Cannot be used against you later in civil court
85%
State
22. What penal code states that a felony must go to trial within 60 days of the second arrangement unless time lines are waived?
Yes
Crime Control - Due Process
1382
County
23. What are the four main players in the criminal justice system?
Own Recognizance
Citizens - Cops - Courts - Corrections
State
The Family Model
24. What Latin term allowed the Magna Carta to be enhanced and reinforced and means to adhere to what has come before?
17 -500
Stare Decisis
Courts - Cops - Citizens - Corrections
Sheriff
25. What amendment discusses protection from self incrimination?
Discretion
Trial Courts of General Jurisdiction
5th Amendment
County
26. What is ultimate goal at all early hearings?
Makes deals and not go to trial
Local - County - Tribal - State - Federal
Yes
Sheriff
27. What is discovery?
Preliminary Hearing
John Augustus
Evidence
State Supreme Court
28. The Kansas City Patrol Experiment and Flint - Michigan Patrol Program motivated police to try what new procedures?
U.S. Postal Service Inspectors - Federal Marshall's Department
1382
Community Sensitive Programs
Loosely Coupled
29. What concept attempts to alter future behaviors through threats of punishment and consequences?
Federal Court System
5th Amendment 6th Amendment
Deterrence
Discretion
30. The Federal Court system was created through what?
Judiciary Act
1 and 8
Stare Decisis
Patrick Colquhoun
31. Local law enforcement generally display shields on their badges. What do county law enforcement badges appear as?
Stare Decisis
Stars
14
Provide investigation services - Sentencing Recommendations - Provide Supervision
32. What English king circa 1154 A.D. sent representatives out to the eight English 'regions' in order to organize some type of common law?
U.S. Marshall's
Very inactive
County
King Henry II
33. What is the name of our criminal justice system that is made up of both federal and state levels?
National Crime Information Center
Original Jurisdiction
Statue of Winchester
Dual System
34. What two things do military police entities possess?
Pretrial Hearing
D.E.A.or Drug Enforcement Agency
Loosely Coupled
Judicial System = Institutional System
35. Law enforcement has been traditionally very resistant to what?
Potential for Incarceration
Change
John Marshall
King Chamberlain's Court
36. What type of hearing does a felony case go to after arrangement?
Sufficient evidence that a felony was committed - Should it go to a felony trial
Judiciary Act
John Augustus
Preliminary Hearing
37. What is known as the highest source of law found within either a country or state?
Quasi-Military - Strict Chain of Command
14th Amendment
State
Constitutional Law
38. When pleading guilty at a felony arrangement - what does the judge generally do for sentencing?
Infraction
George Washington - John Adams
Makes deals and not go to trial
Continue to another date
39. What 1285 A.D. English law removed the emphasis on law enforcement away from the military and back onto the citizens?
1382
Discretion
Statue of Winchester
Tribal
40. Our criminal justice system tries to maintain a balance between which two conflicting models/ideologies?
Crime Control - Due Process
Due Process
Right away
U.S. Marshall's
41. What are the four Cs of the criminal justice system?
Sworn - Non-sworn
Ah Peen
State
Courts - Cops - Citizens - Corrections
42. What is a local law enforcement agency's head administrator?
Chief
Infraction
Worse
State
43. Who are the three main players in the Criminal Justice system?
Judges - Prosecuting Attorneys - Defense Attorneys
U.S. Court of Appeals
Judicial/Legislative
Court Administrator
44. What kind of system is our criminal justice system based upon?
Courts
Yes
Prison Time - Death Sentence
Loosely Coupled
45. When there is a supposed legal error or discrepancy with a case - what type of hearing does it go to?
Loosely Coupled System
Challenge for Cause and Peremptory Challenges at a Jury Panel Hearing
Appeal
Magna Carta
46. If you plea guilty at a misdemeanor arraignment - when can a judge sentence you?
State
14
Adversarial System
Right away
47. For a felony matter to leave a Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction - what special hearing must it go to?
Sheriff
Trial Courts of Limited Jurisdiction
Magna Carta
Preliminary Hearing
48. Local California courts which handle misdemeanors - minor civil matters - and traffic violations are called what?
85%
Trial Courts of Limited Jurisdiction
None
Federal Court System
49. What do the majority of cases going into the U.S. District Court involve?
Drug Violations - White Collar Crimes
Boston Massacre
Formal Probation
Preliminary Hearing
50. What are the branches of federal law enforcement?
Government Attorney
Judicial/Legislative
Due Process Phase
Military Police - Tribal Police = Civilian Federal Law Enforcement