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Criminal Justice 101
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1. What was the name of the article which encouraged law enforcement not just to focus on crime - but the social factors of crime?
85%
F.B.I
Broken Windows
Sheriff
2. What is the system that puts two conflicting parties against each other with a third neutral part overseeing the process?
Adversarial System
Review charges again because felony stakes are higher
Local - County - Tribal - State - Federal
Loosely Coupled System
3. Besides the U.S. Marshall Service - what is the other oldest federal law enforcement agency?
Military Police - Tribal Police = Civilian Federal Law Enforcement
Information
U.S. Postal Inspectors
830.1
4. What does the U.S. Court of Appeals not have regarding what cases to hear?
Serpico
1 Chief Justice 5 Associate Justices
1203(b)(1) - Felony
Discretion
5. What is the name for a felony complaint?
Own Recognizance
Information
D&R - Disposition and Resetting
Lower Courts
6. The third federal inferior court of authority is known as what?
U.S. Federal District Courts
Loosely Coupled
Hoover
Local - County - Tribal - State - Federal
7. What major 1966 U.S. Supreme Court case provided new guidelines in how police arrested and interrogated adult defendants?
Lexington - Concord
Better
Miranda versus Arizona
5th Amendment
8. Who gave the Bureau of Investigation validity during the late 1920s?
90%
1903
Hoover
U.S. Postal Service Inspectors - Federal Marshall's Department
9. What concepts attempts to protect society by isolating others?
State
Incapaciation
Trial Courts of General Jurisdiction
U.S. Court of Appeals - State Supreme Court
10. What Latin term means great paper?
1 Chief Justice 5 Associate Justices
King Henry II
Courts
Magna Carta
11. What kind of system is our criminal justice system based upon?
Loosely Coupled
Mary Ann Crouse
D.E.A.or Drug Enforcement Agency
50 - 25000
12. The B.I.A. and the F.B.I. often provide support and assistance to what level of law enforcement agencies?
Presentence Court Report
Mala en Se
Tribal
Crime Control - Due Process
13. What 1770 shooting incident heightened tensions between Boston colonists and newly arrived British soldiers?
Boston Massacre
Jurisdiction
Local level
Future laws not passed yet
14. What current California legal code did the Law of Hammurabi and the Law of Moses contribute to?
Lexington - Concord
Own Recognizance
The Penal Code
Tribal
15. What does O.R. mean?
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
Future laws not passed yet
Challenge for Cause and Peremptory Challenges at a Jury Panel Hearing
Own Recognizance
16. When court systems or levels disagree or question if rules are properly applied - what type of court is used?
Felony
U.S. Court of Appeals
Retribution
Appeals
17. What is the name of our criminal justice system that is made up of both federal and state levels?
Boston Massacre
Dual System
Military Police - Tribal Police = Civilian Federal Law Enforcement
D.E.A.or Drug Enforcement Agency
18. Where does a felony case begin?
Trial
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
14
Parens Patriae
19. How many cases go to the local court level each year?
90 Million
Mary Ann Crouse
Deterrence
Constitutional Law
20. What concept attempts to alter future behaviors through threats of punishment and consequences?
Incapaciation
Right away
Original Jurisdiction
Deterrence
21. What does the U.S. Federal District Court possess regarding cases heard?
Original Jurisdiction
John Augustus
Local - County - Tribal - State - Federal
Community Sensitive Programs
22. What is the Latin term that means an act being wrong because of customs - morals - practices - regulation - or law?
14
Mala Prohibita
Tribal
Possecomintatus
23. What are the two conflicting philosophies which talk of a desire for individual freedom and a crime free society?
Felony
Retribution
Crime Control Due Process
Trial Courts of Limited Jurisdiction
24. What are the five levels of force among agencies?
Probation Officer
Reputation and Appearance - Dialogue and Counseling - Empty Hands - Physical Restraint - Mechanical Restraint - Chemical Restraint
Patronage and Corruption
National Crime Information Center
25. What is the highest attorney at the federal level?
Law of Hammurabi - Law of Moses
Due Process Phase
Crime Control Due Process
Attorney General
26. Who runs the N.C.I.C.?
F.B.I
Courts
14
U.S. Postal Inspectors
27. What English king circa 1154 A.D. sent representatives out to the eight English 'regions' in order to organize some type of common law?
Indeterminate Sentencing
King Henry II
Self Report Studies Victimization Surveys
Presentence Court Report
28. The power of the U.S. Supreme Court to interpret what the constitution says and means - via case law - is known as what?
Judicial Review
Military Police - Tribal Police = Civilian Federal Law Enforcement
90%
None
29. What is the legal term for fundamental fairness?
Due Process
Challenge for Cause and Peremptory Challenges at a Jury Panel Hearing
Lexington - Concord
Appeal
30. Which California code section gives police and corrections their 'peace officer powers'?
5th Amendment
50 - 25000
Superior Court
830.1
31. Local law enforcement generally display shields on their badges. What do county law enforcement badges appear as?
Stars
Challenge for Cause and Peremptory Challenges at a Jury Panel Hearing
90 Million
Lower Courts
32. How many chief justice and associate justices currently make up the U.S. Supreme Court?
Boston Massacre
90%
1 and 8
Loosely Coupled System
33. Other then UCRS and NIBRS - what entities compile information about crime in the country?
Limited or Reduced Capacity - Layers of Justice
Self Report Studies Victimization Surveys
Habeas Corpus
Citizens - Cops - Courts - Corrections
34. Who were the country's first president and vice president?
39
Sheriff
George Washington - John Adams
Cannot be used against you later in civil court
35. What two things do military police entities possess?
Drug Violations - White Collar Crimes
Judicial System = Institutional System
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
Statue of Winchester
36. What amendment discusses protection from self incrimination?
Precedent
5th Amendment
Makes deals and not go to trial
Presentence Court Report
37. What federal law enforcement agency had its origins in 1908?
14
Arrangement
Seriousness of Offense - Flight Risk - Prior Record
F.B.I.
38. What are the four main players in the criminal justice system?
Own Recognizance
Court Room Work Group
Citizens - Cops - Courts - Corrections
Generalists
39. What constitutional amendments were alluded to in Miranda versus Arizona?
Reputation and Appearance - Dialogue and Counseling - Empty Hands - Physical Restraint - Mechanical Restraint - Chemical Restraint
830.1
5th Amendment 6th Amendment
Retribution
40. What amendment discusses protection from unreasonable searches?
4th Amendment
Judicial Review
Drug Violations - White Collar Crimes
Court Room Work Group
41. When a court has control or authority over certain matters/issues - what is it called?
John Augustus
Infraction
Jurisdiction
Trial
42. What two types of employees do law enforcement agencies employ?
Sworn - Non-sworn
Stare Decisis
Lexington - Concord
Community Sensitive Programs
43. What is ultimate goal at all early hearings?
Makes deals and not go to trial
Miranda versus Arizona
Challenge for Cause and Peremptory Challenges at a Jury Panel Hearing
Provide investigation services - Sentencing Recommendations - Provide Supervision
44. Where does the U.S. Supreme Court hear cases from?
Sir Robert Peel
U.S. Court of Appeals - State Supreme Court
Community Sensitive Programs
5th Amendment
45. Which of the five major phases in the criminal justice system since 1965 produced major case law?
Due Process Phase
Precedent
Seriousness of Offense - Flight Risk - Prior Record
Aggravating - Mitigating
46. What 1883 federal law stressed the need for a civil service system based upon merit?
Potential for Incarceration
Stare Decisis
Pendelton Act
Community Orientated Policing Era
47. Indeterminate sentencing was a mainstay within the California juvenile justice system until what year?
14
Court Room Work Group
D.E.A.or Drug Enforcement Agency
1977 Dixon Bill
48. What was name of the era which was distinguished by the Kansas City Patrol Experiment and Flint - Michigan Patrol Program?
Community Orientated Policing Era
Information
County
Adversarial System
49. What Penal Code section states that the court shall refer to probation for a report?
Probation Officer
Courts
Petition
1203(b)(1) - Felony
50. What 1838 Ohio State Supreme Court Case established the concept of Parens Patriae and no need for due process in juvenile matters?
Private Attorneys - Public Defenders
Dual System
Mary Ann Crouse
Own Recognizance