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Criminal Justice 101
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1. What are the three main players in the Criminal Justice system known as?
Boston Massacre
Patronage and Corruption
Vigilantes
Court Room Work Group
2. What Penal Code section states that the court may refer to probation for a report?
1203(d) - Misdemeanor
Evidence
UCRS or Uniform Crime Reporting System
Life
3. The Reintegration Model - circa 1960s - failed due to community concern over leniency toward criminals and what two major social events?
Civil Rights Movement Vietnam War
Change
Conditional Sentence
Local level
4. What are the two conflicting philosophies which talk of a desire for individual freedom and a crime free society?
1203(d) - Misdemeanor
1899 Illinois
U.S. Court of Appeals - State Supreme Court
Crime Control Due Process
5. When a court has control or authority over certain matters/issues - what is it called?
Constitutional Law
Drug Violations - White Collar Crimes
Jurisdiction
Assistant District Attorneys
6. From 1789 to 1799 how was the U.S. Supreme Court?
50 - 25000
Very inactive
Reputation and Appearance - Dialogue and Counseling - Empty Hands - Physical Restraint - Mechanical Restraint - Chemical Restraint
Judiciary Act
7. Local California courts which handle felonies and major civil matters are called what?
Original Jurisdiction
Trial Courts of General Jurisdiction
Secret Service
Cannot be used against you later in civil court
8. What percent of the time are deals makes and cases do not go to trial?
90%
Adversarial System
All volunteers
First Degree Murder - Federal drug trafficking and treason
9. What is a crime punishable by jail - fines or prison?
State
State
All volunteers
Felony
10. What 1838 Ohio State Supreme Court Case established the concept of Parens Patriae and no need for due process in juvenile matters?
Mary Ann Crouse
5th Amendment
Complaint
1899 Illinois
11. What criminal statistical agency or method was created in 1930?
Preliminary Hearing
Sworn - Non-sworn
Loosely Coupled
UCRS or Uniform Crime Reporting System
12. This country's criminal justice system is based on the desire for what kind of system?
Loosely Coupled System
Possecomintatus
Due Process Phase
Evidence
13. What west coast supreme court case in 1876 further established the philosophy of Parens Patriae and no due process for juveniles?
Court Administrator
Secret Service
Severity of the crime - Where it was committed
Ah Peen
14. How many law enforcement agencies exist in this country?
Trials
17 -500
Civil Rights Movement Vietnam War
1977 Dixon Bill
15. What kind of system is our criminal justice system based upon?
Loosely Coupled
Judges - Prosecuting Attorneys - Defense Attorneys
U.S. Supreme Court U.S. Court of Appeals U.S. Federal District Courts
Tribal
16. What does a preliminary hearing determine?
Local level
1977 Dixon Bill
UCRS or Uniform Crime Reporting System
Sufficient evidence that a felony was committed - Should it go to a felony trial
17. How many chief justice and associate justices currently make up the U.S. Supreme Court?
Sworn - Non-sworn
Incorrigibles
Mala Prohibita
1 and 8
18. For a felony matter to leave a Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction - what special hearing must it go to?
Broken Windows
Worse
Preliminary Hearing
Limited
19. Which of the five major phases in the criminal justice system since 1965 produced major case law?
U.S. Supreme Court U.S. Court of Appeals U.S. Federal District Courts
1382
1 Chief Justice 5 Associate Justices
Due Process Phase
20. What was the name of the group of people who went to Philadelphia in 1774 in order to discuss their unhappiness with Britain and its taxes?
14
Sworn - Non-sworn
Cannot be used against you later in civil court
First Continental Congress
21. What is the name for a juvenile complaint?
Military Police - Tribal Police = Civilian Federal Law Enforcement
Retribution
Presentence Court Report
Petition
22. What is the Latin term that means an act being wrong because of customs - morals - practices - regulation - or law?
17
Mala Prohibita
4th Amendment
Potential for Incarceration
23. What does the Court of Appeals not possess?
U.S. Constitution
Pretrial Hearing
90%
Original Jurisdiction
24. What legal model first attempted the concept of rehabilitation and resocialization?
Petition
NIBRS or National Incident Based Reporting System
The Family Model
London Metropolitan Police Act
25. What constitutes the major difference between a crime and illegal behavior?
Potential for Incarceration
Discretion
Judicial Review
Stare Decisis
26. In the wild west what were the people called who banded together to protect each other?
Miranda versus Arizona
U.S. Constitution
Vigilantes
Yes
27. Who were the country's first president and vice president?
Discretion
Possecomintatus
George Washington - John Adams
Patrick Colquhoun
28. How many cases go to the local court level each year?
Presentence Court Report
Trial
5th Amendment 6th Amendment
90 Million
29. What has disappeared among law enforcement agencies is this country?
Attorney General
Crime Control - Due Process
Patronage and Corruption
90 Million
30. After the Bill of Rights was ratified - how many more times was the U.S. Constitution amended?
State
King Henry II
Government Attorney
17
31. Who is in charge of staffing - calender - budget - and other material needs of the court room?
Court Administrator
Federal Court System
Punishment without trial
Court Room Work Group
32. How many states have State Courts of Appeals?
Mala Prohibita
39
U.S. Federal District Courts
State
33. What level of law enforcement generally provides services to the local court system?
National Crime Information Center
County
State Supreme Court
Adversarial System
34. Generally speaking - what type of attorney is a prosecuting attorney?
Vigilantes
Government Attorney
Reputation and Appearance - Dialogue and Counseling - Empty Hands - Physical Restraint - Mechanical Restraint - Chemical Restraint
Due Process
35. What is the legal term for fundamental fairness?
1382
Mala Prohibita
Due Process
4th Amendment
36. What word represents the ability of criminal justice players to make independent decisions?
Severity of the crime - Where it was committed
Sheriff or Shireeve
Discretion
Appeals
37. When pleading guilty at a felony arrangement - what does the judge generally do for sentencing?
Sir Robert Peel
Continue to another date
Local - County - Tribal - State - Federal
Trials
38. What federal law enforcement agency had its origins in 1908?
Retribution
First Continental Congress
1 and 8
F.B.I.
39. When there is a supposed legal error or discrepancy with a case - what type of hearing does it go to?
Future laws not passed yet
Tribal
Yes
Appeal
40. Local law enforcement generally display shields on their badges. What do county law enforcement badges appear as?
Stars
90%
Better
Cannot be used against you later in civil court
41. What are the two ancient codes that contributed to our current legal system?
Stars
Mary Ann Crouse
Judges - Prosecuting Attorneys - Defense Attorneys
Law of Hammurabi - Law of Moses
42. How many states use the death penalty?
All volunteers
Provide investigation services - Sentencing Recommendations - Provide Supervision
34
Makes deals and not go to trial
43. In what year and state was the country's first dedicated juvenile justice system and court legally established?
Vigilantes
Patronage
Serpico
1899 Illinois
44. What level of law enforcement generally runs local detention facilities for adults?
County
Original Jurisdiction
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
1203(b)(1) - Felony
45. What amendment discusses cruel and unusual punishment?
Yes
Nolo Contendre
Military Police - Tribal Police = Civilian Federal Law Enforcement
8th Amendment
46. The term original jurisdiction alludes to what?
U.S. Court of Appeals
Trials
Complaint
King Henry II
47. Negative political influence and corruption impacting 19th century U.S. police agencies was called what?
Patronage
All volunteers
Government Attorney
National Crime Information Center
48. What does the U.S. Federal District Court possess regarding cases heard?
Article III of the Constitution
County
Own Recognizance
Original Jurisdiction
49. When court systems or levels disagree or question if rules are properly applied - what type of court is used?
Appeals
8th Amendment
Stamp Act of 1765
Yes
50. What is the system that puts two conflicting parties against each other with a third neutral part overseeing the process?
Adversarial System
The Penal Code
Incapaciation
Challenge for Cause and Peremptory Challenges at a Jury Panel Hearing