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Criminal Justice 101
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1. What English king circa 1154 A.D. sent representatives out to the eight English 'regions' in order to organize some type of common law?
King Henry II
Judicial System = Institutional System
Future laws not passed yet
Better
2. When a court has control or authority over certain matters/issues - what is it called?
Jurisdiction
8th Amendment
Bill of Rights
Mary Ann Crouse
3. What is the Latin term that means evil or bad in itself?
Precedent
Mala en Se
Stare Decisis
Parens Patriae
4. Why does someone plea nolo contendre?
90 Million
Cannot be used against you later in civil court
1903
Community Orientated Policing Era
5. What is the first hearing or court appearance for all cases?
Arrangement
Stars
Review charges again because felony stakes are higher
Lower Courts
6. What concept attempts to alter future behaviors through threats of punishment and consequences?
Petition
$1.7 million
Review charges again because felony stakes are higher
Deterrence
7. What amendment discusses protection from unreasonable searches?
4th Amendment
Judicial/Legislative
Stars
Aggravating - Mitigating
8. This country's criminal justice system is based on the desire for what kind of system?
Attorney General
Loosely Coupled System
1382
The Family Model
9. Besides the U.S. Marshall Service - what is the other oldest federal law enforcement agency?
1 Chief Justice 5 Associate Justices
U.S. Postal Inspectors
Quasi-Military - Strict Chain of Command
Review charges again because felony stakes are higher
10. What does ex-post facto law relate to?
Civil Rights Movement Vietnam War
Judges - Prosecuting Attorneys - Defense Attorneys
Future laws not passed yet
Adversarial System
11. What major 1966 U.S. Supreme Court case provided new guidelines in how police arrested and interrogated adult defendants?
Conditional Sentence
Appeals
George Washington - John Adams
Miranda versus Arizona
12. What are the three main players in the Criminal Justice system known as?
Court Room Work Group
Continue to another date
Process criminals and criminal charges - Ensure everyone's due process
Mary Ann Crouse
13. What is the most important C or level of the criminal justice system?
Courts
Body - Amendments
$1.7 million
Own Recognizance
14. What has disappeared among law enforcement agencies is this country?
U.S. Postal Service Inspectors - Federal Marshall's Department
Discretion
Adversarial System
Patronage and Corruption
15. What is the legal term for fundamental fairness?
F.B.I
Felony
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
Due Process
16. What is an offense that consists of illegal conduct but no jail time?
The Family Model
Infraction
Miranda versus Arizona
Tribal
17. What crimes is the death penalty used for?
Local - County - Tribal - State - Federal
NIBRS or National Incident Based Reporting System
First Degree Murder - Federal drug trafficking and treason
Chief
18. What is the Latin term for the plea of the no contest?
Court Administrator
Judicial/Legislative
Judicial System = Institutional System
Nolo Contendre
19. What percent of the time will a judge go with what a presentence court report says?
Crime Control - Due Process
Drug Violations - White Collar Crimes
State Supreme Court
85%
20. What Penal Code section states that the court may refer to probation for a report?
Petition
14
1203(d) - Misdemeanor
Better
21. In what year did California pass its juvenile justice system act known as Juvenile Court Act?
Magna Carta
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
Felony
1903
22. How many cases go to the local court level each year?
Sheriff or Shireeve
D.E.A.or Drug Enforcement Agency
Court Administrator
90 Million
23. Where does the U.S. Supreme Court hear cases from?
U.S. Court of Appeals - State Supreme Court
Broken Windows
1 Chief Justice 5 Associate Justices
Jury Panel Death Penalty Phase
24. What is a crime publishable by six months to one yer in jail - fines - or probation?
Mary Ann Crouse
The Penal Code
First Degree Murder - Federal drug trafficking and treason
Misdemeanor
25. According to Hammurabi - what age was considered as the cut off between juveniles and adults?
Arrangement
1382
U.S. Postal Inspectors
14
26. When there is a supposed legal error or discrepancy with a case - what type of hearing does it go to?
Appeal
Precedent
Drug Violations - White Collar Crimes
Sufficient evidence that a felony was committed - Should it go to a felony trial
27. What amendment discusses cruel and unusual punishment?
$1.7 million
Discretion
Trial Courts of General Jurisdiction
8th Amendment
28. Negative political influence and corruption impacting 19th century U.S. police agencies was called what?
Patronage
Crime Control Due Process
Lower Courts
Incorrigibles
29. What is the point of a second preliminary hearing?
State
All volunteers
Review charges again because felony stakes are higher
Pendelton Act
30. Who is referred to as the father of probation?
Evidence
John Augustus
Generalists
County
31. What was name of the era which was distinguished by the Kansas City Patrol Experiment and Flint - Michigan Patrol Program?
Punishment without trial
F.B.I.
Community Orientated Policing Era
Local level
32. What are the two parts of the Constitution called?
Felony
Statue of Winchester
Magna Carta
Body - Amendments
33. What kind of system is our criminal justice system based upon?
Civil Rights Movement Vietnam War
Loosely Coupled
Original Jurisdiction
Legislative - Executive - Judicial
34. Stare Decisis has evolved into what concept?
Precedent
Patronage
Petition
Infraction
35. What current U.S. law enforcement position/title had its origins with the English legal system circa 1000 A.D.?
Sheriff or Shireeve
Federal Court System
Court Room Work Group
17 -500
36. What amendment discusses protection from self incrimination?
5th Amendment
Due Process Phase
Review charges again because felony stakes are higher
Mala Prohibita
37. What are the five levels of force among agencies?
Reputation and Appearance - Dialogue and Counseling - Empty Hands - Physical Restraint - Mechanical Restraint - Chemical Restraint
Information
U.S. Marshall's
17 -500
38. What is meant by inferior courts?
State/Local Court System
Sir Robert Peel
Lower Courts
George Washington - John Adams
39. What was the missing component of those persons working with in the Birth of Probation Model circa 1841?
Precedent
U.S. Supreme Court U.S. Court of Appeals U.S. Federal District Courts
All volunteers
Local level
40. What are the three branches of government enchanced or created by the U.S. Constitution?
Local level
Legislative - Executive - Judicial
U.S. Constitution
U.S. Marshall's
41. In Orange County - what is the misdemeanor Pretrial Hearing called?
Evaluation
Assistant District Attorneys
County
D&R - Disposition and Resetting
42. What is the most important thing that a probation officer does in the presentence court report?
Pendelton Act
Evaluation
14
National Crime Information Center
43. What was the name of the article which encouraged law enforcement not just to focus on crime - but the social factors of crime?
Marbury versus Madison
Lexington - Concord
Broken Windows
Makes deals and not go to trial
44. What is the Latin term that means an act being wrong because of customs - morals - practices - regulation - or law?
Patronage and Corruption
Mala Prohibita
14th Amendment
Community Orientated Policing Era
45. What do the majority of cases going into the U.S. District Court involve?
Citizens - Cops - Courts - Corrections
Aggravating - Mitigating
Broken Windows
Drug Violations - White Collar Crimes
46. What are the five levels of law enforcement in this country?
Local - County - Tribal - State - Federal
Sufficient evidence that a felony was committed - Should it go to a felony trial
Seriousness of Offense - Flight Risk - Prior Record
F.B.I.
47. Local California courts which handle felonies and major civil matters are called what?
Infraction
Trial Courts of General Jurisdiction
George Washington - John Adams
The Penal Code
48. What penal code states that a felony must go to trial within 60 days of the second arrangement unless time lines are waived?
F.B.I
First Degree Murder - Federal drug trafficking and treason
Patrick Colquhoun
1382
49. Which California code section gives police and corrections their 'peace officer powers'?
State/Local Court System
830.1
Hoover
Sir Robert Peel
50. After the Bill of Rights was ratified - how many more times was the U.S. Constitution amended?
Life
$1.7 million
17
1203(b)(1) - Felony