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Criminal Justice 101
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1. Where does the U.S. Supreme Court hear cases from?
Serpico
Very inactive
U.S. Court of Appeals - State Supreme Court
Lexington - Concord
2. Our criminal justice system tries to maintain a balance between which two conflicting models/ideologies?
Crime Control - Due Process
U.S. Federal District Courts
Reputation and Appearance - Dialogue and Counseling - Empty Hands - Physical Restraint - Mechanical Restraint - Chemical Restraint
830.1
3. What two additional branches of government did the Constitution add to government?
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
Judicial - Executive
Deterrence
Better
4. Who said - 'The police are the public and the public are the police'?
Legislative - Executive - Judicial
Felony
Sir Robert Peel
1 and 8
5. Indeterminate sentencing was a mainstay within the California juvenile justice system until what year?
1383
Judicial Review
Generalists
1977 Dixon Bill
6. What percent of the time are deals makes and cases do not go to trial?
1 and 8
90 Million
90%
Due Process Phase
7. What was name of the era which was distinguished by the Kansas City Patrol Experiment and Flint - Michigan Patrol Program?
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
Community Orientated Policing Era
Pendelton Act
Retribution
8. Why does someone plea nolo contendre?
Cannot be used against you later in civil court
Chief
The Family Model
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
9. What does an aggravating factor make the report?
Worse
Infraction
U.S. Marshall's
Federal Court System
10. The term original jurisdiction alludes to what?
Very inactive
The Family Model
Retribution
Trials
11. What major 1829 English law created a centralized urban police force in London?
14
Limited or Reduced Capacity - Layers of Justice
D.E.A.or Drug Enforcement Agency
London Metropolitan Police Act
12. What is ultimate goal at all early hearings?
Makes deals and not go to trial
Seriousness of Offense - Flight Risk - Prior Record
Retribution
Due Process
13. How many states use the death penalty?
Jurisdiction
34
Formal Probation
Very inactive
14. State Troopers are what level of law enforcement?
Precedent
Appeals
State
Assistant District Attorneys
15. What does the Court of Appeals not possess?
Complaint
Vigilantes
Original Jurisdiction
Secret Service
16. What Latin term means - 'father or parent of the country?'
Parens Patriae
Court Room Work Group
King Chamberlain's Court
Nolo Contendre
17. Jail time - restitution - contact restrictions - drug testing - searches and seizures - employment verification - and counseling can be terms of what?
85%
Formal Probation
Attorney General
State
18. What is the point of a second preliminary hearing?
Trial
Sheriff
Review charges again because felony stakes are higher
Very inactive
19. What is discovery?
State/Local Court System
Complaint
14
Evidence
20. What are the three Terms of Imprisonment?
Low Term - Mid Term - High Term
Jury Panel Death Penalty Phase
Judicial/Legislative
Constitutional Law
21. What are the two parts of the Constitution called?
UCRS or Uniform Crime Reporting System
Body - Amendments
Courts
Assistant District Attorneys
22. What is a local law enforcement agency's head administrator?
Courts
John Marshall
Chief
King Chamberlain's Court
23. Local California courts which handle misdemeanors - minor civil matters - and traffic violations are called what?
17
Sufficient evidence that a felony was committed - Should it go to a felony trial
Trial Courts of Limited Jurisdiction
Incapaciation
24. UCRS and NIBRS recieve information from how many agencies?
Habeas Corpus
Loosely Coupled System
17 -500
1 Chief Justice 5 Associate Justices
25. Both felonies are misdemeanors are first filed as what?
Judicial System = Institutional System
Due Process
Complaint
1382
26. What kind of powers do corrections and probation officers have?
Boston Massacre
1382
Limited
Local level
27. What does a mitigating factor make the report?
90%
Better
Judiciary Act
State
28. What are the four Cs of the criminal justice system?
Courts - Cops - Citizens - Corrections
Patronage
1 and 8
Limited
29. During the Revolutionary War what major document helped to guide the colonies in fighting their war against Britain?
Probation Officer
Articles of Confederation
Citizens - Cops - Courts - Corrections
F.B.I
30. Who is in charge of staffing - calender - budget - and other material needs of the court room?
Aggravating - Mitigating
Court Administrator
Information
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
31. What are the four main players in the criminal justice system?
U.S. Postal Inspectors
1203(b)(1) - Felony
Citizens - Cops - Courts - Corrections
Discretion
32. The Kansas City Patrol Experiment and Flint - Michigan Patrol Program motivated police to try what new procedures?
Law of Hammurabi - Law of Moses
Sir Robert Peel
Community Sensitive Programs
Judicial - Executive
33. When a court has control or authority over certain matters/issues - what is it called?
Incapaciation
Jurisdiction
Own Recognizance
Change
34. What is known as the highest source of law found within either a country or state?
State/Local Court System
85%
Constitutional Law
Limited or Reduced Capacity - Layers of Justice
35. What Latin term means great paper?
Magna Carta
Potential for Incarceration
14
Formal Probation
36. What are small law enforcement agencies often made up of?
Generalists
None
Arrangement
Superior Court
37. This country's criminal justice system is based on the desire for what kind of system?
Severity of the crime - Where it was committed
Tribal
U.S. Constitution
Loosely Coupled System
38. What does the U.S. Court of Appeals not have regarding what cases to hear?
Limited or Reduced Capacity - Layers of Justice
Aggravating - Mitigating
Discretion
King John
39. After the U.S. Constitution was ratified - what type of court system did the U.S. realize it needed to have?
Federal Court System
Probation Officer
Articles of Confederation
Judiciary Act
40. What constitutional amendments were alluded to in Miranda versus Arizona?
17 -500
5th Amendment 6th Amendment
None
1203(b)(1) - Felony
41. When pleading guilty at a felony arrangement - what does the judge generally do for sentencing?
Military Police - Tribal Police = Civilian Federal Law Enforcement
Continue to another date
Limited or Reduced Capacity - Layers of Justice
Habeas Corpus
42. What Latin term means 'you have the body'?
Serpico
Patronage and Corruption
Habeas Corpus
Presentence Court Report
43. Local California courts which handle felonies and major civil matters are called what?
Pendelton Act
17 -500
Trial Courts of General Jurisdiction
NIBRS or National Incident Based Reporting System
44. Who runs the N.C.I.C.?
D.E.A.or Drug Enforcement Agency
Life
F.B.I
First Continental Congress
45. What penal code states that a felony must go to trial within 60 days of the second arrangement unless time lines are waived?
4th Amendment
Seriousness of Offense - Flight Risk - Prior Record
1382
Pretrial Hearing
46. Where does a felony case begin?
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
14th Amendment
1899 Illinois
Discretion
47. What are the two ancient codes that contributed to our current legal system?
Law of Hammurabi - Law of Moses
Pretrial Hearing
Process criminals and criminal charges - Ensure everyone's due process
1203(d) - Misdemeanor
48. What amendment discusses the right to a speedy trial?
Incorrigibles
6th Amendment
Life
Discretion
49. What level of law enforcement generally runs local detention facilities for adults?
U.S. Supreme Court U.S. Court of Appeals U.S. Federal District Courts
County
Patronage and Corruption
1 Chief Justice 5 Associate Justices
50. What criminal statistical agency or method was created in 1987 as a supplement to UCRS?
Infraction
D.E.A.or Drug Enforcement Agency
NIBRS or National Incident Based Reporting System
Trial Courts of General Jurisdiction
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