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Criminal Justice 101
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1. What type of bodies do our current laws come from?
Judicial/Legislative
$1.7 million
Complaint
King Chamberlain's Court
2. What percent of the time are deals makes and cases do not go to trial?
The Penal Code
Judicial System = Institutional System
90%
F.B.I.
3. In 1829 which English government employee pushed a new law which followed the ideas of Patrick Colquhoun?
Due Process
Sir Robert Peel
39
U.S. Postal Service Inspectors - Federal Marshall's Department
4. After the Bill of Rights was ratified - how many more times was the U.S. Constitution amended?
Courts - Cops - Citizens - Corrections
17
Military Police - Tribal Police = Civilian Federal Law Enforcement
Seriousness of Offense - Flight Risk - Prior Record
5. The term original jurisdiction alludes to what?
Pretrial Hearing
Trials
Mala Prohibita
Stamp Act of 1765
6. What is a county law enforcement agency's head administrator?
Sir Robert Peel
1 and 8
Tribal
Sheriff
7. What are the oldest law enforcement agencies in the country?
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8. What kind of powers do corrections and probation officers have?
Nolo Contendre
Military Police - Tribal Police = Civilian Federal Law Enforcement
State
Limited
9. Does a county law enforcement agency head administrator generally require law enforcement experience?
Yes
Habeas Corpus
Information
Infraction
10. What law enforcement agency maintains the largest training academy in the U.S.?
F.B.I.
Private Attorneys - Public Defenders
King Chamberlain's Court
14th Amendment
11. What word represents the ability of criminal justice players to make independent decisions?
Hoover
Incorrigibles
Discretion
90 Million
12. What is meant by inferior courts?
Trial
Stare Decisis
Lower Courts
Information
13. In 1789 which London magistrate stressed the need for a 'centralized' law enforcement agency?
Judiciary Act
U.S. Constitution
Lower Courts
Patrick Colquhoun
14. What has disappeared among law enforcement agencies is this country?
1382
Patronage and Corruption
State Supreme Court
Pendelton Act
15. Local law enforcement generally display shields on their badges. What do county law enforcement badges appear as?
Stars
Miranda versus Arizona
Appeals
Statue of Winchester
16. What are the two main functions of criminal courts?
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17. The second federal inferior court of authority is known as what?
Secret Service
Adversarial System
U.S. Court of Appeals
Process criminals and criminal charges - Ensure everyone's due process
18. What is the name for a juvenile complaint?
Petition
17
F.B.I.
Trial Courts of General Jurisdiction
19. Generally speaking - what type of attorney is a prosecuting attorney?
Government Attorney
Tribal
Patronage and Corruption
Yes
20. What two types of employees do law enforcement agencies employ?
State
Felony
Sworn - Non-sworn
Better
21. Railroad Police - Port/Harbor Police - Campus Police - and Mass Transit Police are examples of what?
Formal Probation
1903
Special Police Force
Potential for Incarceration
22. What does the U.S. Supreme Court have regarding what cases to hear?
Discretion
Community Orientated Policing Era
The Family Model
Limited
23. When court systems or levels disagree or question if rules are properly applied - what type of court is used?
Appeals
Discretion
Tribal
County
24. Local California courts which handle misdemeanors - minor civil matters - and traffic violations are called what?
Magna Carta
Trial Courts of Limited Jurisdiction
5th Amendment 6th Amendment
London Metropolitan Police Act
25. If you plea guilty at a misdemeanor arraignment - when can a judge sentence you?
Law of Hammurabi - Law of Moses
Government Attorney
Stare Decisis
Right away
26. Jail time - restitution - contact restrictions - drug testing - searches and seizures - employment verification - and counseling can be terms of what?
Formal Probation
County
U.S. Marshall's
Severity of the crime - Where it was committed
27. What two additional branches of government did the Constitution add to government?
Judicial - Executive
Community Sensitive Programs
Loosely Coupled System
Worse
28. What does ex-post facto law relate to?
Attorney General
Conditional Sentence
Sufficient evidence that a felony was committed - Should it go to a felony trial
Future laws not passed yet
29. State Troopers are what level of law enforcement?
Trial Courts of Limited Jurisdiction
Sufficient evidence that a felony was committed - Should it go to a felony trial
State
F.B.I.
30. What English king circa 1154 A.D. sent representatives out to the eight English 'regions' in order to organize some type of common law?
85%
King Henry II
Local level
Retribution
31. What is another term for informal probation?
Conditional Sentence
U.S. Marshall's
Sir Robert Peel
Tribal
32. Where does a felony case begin?
U.S. Postal Inspectors
Petition
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
Future laws not passed yet
33. What two additional sentences can come from a Formal Felony Sentencing Hearing different from a misdemeanor?
Bench Trial
Judges - Prosecuting Attorneys - Defense Attorneys
Prison Time - Death Sentence
39
34. Other then UCRS and NIBRS - what entities compile information about crime in the country?
Potential for Incarceration
Judicial System = Institutional System
Articles of Confederation
Self Report Studies Victimization Surveys
35. What amendment discusses cruel and unusual punishment?
8th Amendment
Yes
Statue of Winchester
County
36. What is the most important C or level of the criminal justice system?
Courts
Constitutional Law
Incorrigibles
$1.7 million
37. What current U.S. law enforcement position/title had its origins with the English legal system circa 1000 A.D.?
830.1
Conditional Sentence
Sheriff or Shireeve
Sufficient evidence that a felony was committed - Should it go to a felony trial
38. What is an offense that consists of illegal conduct but no jail time?
Indeterminate Sentencing
Infraction
F.B.I.
Presentence Court Report
39. Negative political influence and corruption impacting 19th century U.S. police agencies was called what?
Jury Panel Death Penalty Phase
Patronage
F.B.I.
Future laws not passed yet
40. Where are the vast majority of cases heard?
17 -500
Very inactive
Own Recognizance
Local level
41. Where does a misdemeanors case begin?
39
Parens Patriae
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
Civil Rights Movement Vietnam War
42. How many cases go to the local court level each year?
Judiciary Act
Original Jurisdiction
All volunteers
90 Million
43. What is a trial where there is no jury and the verdict is given by the judge?
Serpico
Bench Trial
Crime Control - Due Process
Trials
44. What is the State Court System's court of last resort?
Chief
Sufficient evidence that a felony was committed - Should it go to a felony trial
Pendelton Act
State Supreme Court
45. What amendment discuses issues if incorporation - citizenship - and due process?
Petition
Complaint
14th Amendment
Patronage and Corruption
46. When pleading guilty at a felony arrangement - what does the judge generally do for sentencing?
Complaint
Continue to another date
Trial Courts of Limited Jurisdiction
Sir Robert Peel
47. What Latin term means great paper?
Sheriff
Due Process Phase
Worse
Magna Carta
48. What is a crime publishable by six months to one yer in jail - fines - or probation?
Court Room Work Group
Limited or Reduced Capacity - Layers of Justice
Punishment without trial
Misdemeanor
49. What is the Latin term that literally means - 'to adhere to what has come before'?
Adversarial System
14
Seriousness of Offense - Flight Risk - Prior Record
Stare Decisis
50. What type of 'law' evolved and became a predictable and anticipated set of laws to the English people circa 1000 A.D.?
Magna Carta
County
English Common Law
Constitutional Law