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Criminal Justice 101
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1. The Federal Court system was created through what?
Judiciary Act
Marbury versus Madison
Ah Peen
George Washington - John Adams
2. The term original jurisdiction alludes to what?
Special Police Force
Trial Courts of Limited Jurisdiction
Appeal
Trials
3. When a court has control or authority over certain matters/issues - what is it called?
Vigilantes
Military Police - Tribal Police = Civilian Federal Law Enforcement
Challenge for Cause and Peremptory Challenges at a Jury Panel Hearing
Jurisdiction
4. How many states have State Courts of Appeals?
King Henry II
39
830.1
First Degree Murder - Federal drug trafficking and treason
5. What legal model first attempted the concept of rehabilitation and resocialization?
34
Crime Control - Due Process
The Family Model
National Crime Information Center
6. In Orange County - what type of prosecuting attorneys handle the day to day issues in the court room?
Assistant District Attorneys
Discretion
Loosely Coupled
F.B.I.
7. Who are the three main players in the Criminal Justice system?
Dual System
Judges - Prosecuting Attorneys - Defense Attorneys
Makes deals and not go to trial
Misdemeanor
8. What is a county law enforcement agency's head administrator?
Due Process
Sheriff
Jurisdiction
Presentence Court Report
9. Where does a misdemeanors case begin?
State
85%
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
Generalists
10. What law enforcement agency maintains the largest training academy in the U.S.?
Constitutional Law
Private Attorneys - Public Defenders
John Augustus
F.B.I.
11. How many states use the death penalty?
34
State
Lexington - Concord
Trial Courts of Limited Jurisdiction
12. The Kansas City Patrol Experiment and Flint - Michigan Patrol Program motivated police to try what new procedures?
Community Orientated Policing Era
Community Sensitive Programs
Sheriff or Shireeve
State
13. During the Revolutionary War what major document helped to guide the colonies in fighting their war against Britain?
85%
Articles of Confederation
Dual System
Judicial System = Institutional System
14. After the U.S. Constitution was ratified - what type of court system did the U.S. realize it needed to have?
Federal Court System
Arrangement
Due Process
Crime Control - Due Process
15. What does a preliminary hearing determine?
Community Orientated Policing Era
Judicial System = Institutional System
Habeas Corpus
Sufficient evidence that a felony was committed - Should it go to a felony trial
16. What criteria does the judge use when setting bail?
Aggravating - Mitigating
Seriousness of Offense - Flight Risk - Prior Record
5th Amendment 6th Amendment
Mary Ann Crouse
17. In 1829 which English government employee pushed a new law which followed the ideas of Patrick Colquhoun?
Punishment without trial
Sir Robert Peel
Potential for Incarceration
None
18. What is the State Court System's court of last resort?
State Supreme Court
John Marshall
Sufficient evidence that a felony was committed - Should it go to a felony trial
Loosely Coupled System
19. What was the missing component of those persons working with in the Birth of Probation Model circa 1841?
Federal Court System
Community Sensitive Programs
Stars
All volunteers
20. What hearing comes after a misdemeanor arraignment?
Conditional Sentence
Judiciary Act
Sheriff or Shireeve
Pretrial Hearing
21. What were minors who disobeyed orders of the Kings Chancery Court system called?
Due Process
The Family Model
Incorrigibles
Probation Officer
22. How many chief justice and associate justices currently make up the U.S. Supreme Court?
1 and 8
1203(b)(1) - Felony
Parens Patriae
All volunteers
23. If you plea guilty at a misdemeanor arraignment - when can a judge sentence you?
17
U.S. Postal Inspectors
Right away
Trial Courts of General Jurisdiction
24. What are the two general characteristics evident among most law enforcement agencies?
Mala Prohibita
Lexington - Concord
1382
Quasi-Military - Strict Chain of Command
25. Who said - 'The police are the public and the public are the police'?
First Degree Murder - Federal drug trafficking and treason
Patronage and Corruption
Tribal
Sir Robert Peel
26. Law enforcement has been traditionally very resistant to what?
Change
Local - County - Tribal - State - Federal
Infraction
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
27. What level of law enforcement generally runs local detention facilities for adults?
County
Prison Time - Death Sentence
Deterrence
Felony
28. What was the original staffing of the U.S. Supreme Court?
1 Chief Justice 5 Associate Justices
$1.7 million
Original Jurisdiction
Conditional Sentence
29. Why does someone plea nolo contendre?
17 -500
Stamp Act of 1765
Boston Massacre
Cannot be used against you later in civil court
30. What English Common Law court system could arguably be seen as the world's first dedicated juvenile court?
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31. What amendment discusses the right to a speedy trial?
17 -500
Quasi-Military - Strict Chain of Command
6th Amendment
First Continental Congress
32. What 1285 A.D. English law removed the emphasis on law enforcement away from the military and back onto the citizens?
Judicial - Executive
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
Statue of Winchester
Reputation and Appearance - Dialogue and Counseling - Empty Hands - Physical Restraint - Mechanical Restraint - Chemical Restraint
33. What is the Latin term that means evil or bad in itself?
Mala en Se
Judiciary Act
Intermediate Courts
34
34. What type of 'law' evolved and became a predictable and anticipated set of laws to the English people circa 1000 A.D.?
State/Local Court System
17 -500
English Common Law
Judicial Review
35. How many law enforcement agencies exist in this country?
17 -500
U.S. Postal Inspectors
The Family Model
Retribution
36. What penal code states that a felony must go to trial within 60 days of the second arrangement unless time lines are waived?
1382
Very inactive
Makes deals and not go to trial
Quasi-Military - Strict Chain of Command
37. What is the Latin term for the plea of the no contest?
Prison Time - Death Sentence
Nolo Contendre
34
85%
38. How long is a federal judge's term of office for?
State
F.B.I.
UCRS or Uniform Crime Reporting System
Life
39. What is the Latin term that means an act being wrong because of customs - morals - practices - regulation - or law?
Mala Prohibita
4th Amendment
Boston Massacre
Preliminary Hearing
40. The power of the U.S. Supreme Court to interpret what the constitution says and means - via case law - is known as what?
Infraction
Judicial Review
Pendelton Act
Trial Courts of Limited Jurisdiction
41. What two additional branches of government did the Constitution add to government?
State
Conditional Sentence
Judicial - Executive
Crime Control - Due Process
42. What Latin term allowed the Magna Carta to be enhanced and reinforced and means to adhere to what has come before?
Government Attorney
Stare Decisis
Very inactive
Prison Time - Death Sentence
43. Other then UCRS and NIBRS - what entities compile information about crime in the country?
Aggravating - Mitigating
Community Sensitive Programs
Felony
Self Report Studies Victimization Surveys
44. What current California legal code did the Law of Hammurabi and the Law of Moses contribute to?
None
Bill of Rights
The Penal Code
Generalists
45. When pleading guilty at a felony arrangement - what does the judge generally do for sentencing?
Government Attorney
Judges - Prosecuting Attorneys - Defense Attorneys
Continue to another date
Stamp Act of 1765
46. In Orange County - what is the misdemeanor Pretrial Hearing called?
Generalists
Prison Time - Death Sentence
Lexington - Concord
D&R - Disposition and Resetting
47. What penal code section is used to waive time lines during a trial?
Incorrigibles
$1.7 million
1383
Very inactive
48. What are the two conflicting philosophies which talk of a desire for individual freedom and a crime free society?
Federal Court System
D.E.A.or Drug Enforcement Agency
Crime Control Due Process
Challenge for Cause and Peremptory Challenges at a Jury Panel Hearing
49. The California state highway patrol is an example of what type of law enforcement agency?
Boston Massacre
State
Possecomintatus
Civil Rights Movement Vietnam War
50. What are the five levels of force among agencies?
Punishment without trial
Reputation and Appearance - Dialogue and Counseling - Empty Hands - Physical Restraint - Mechanical Restraint - Chemical Restraint
County
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction