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Criminal Justice 101
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1. The third federal inferior court of authority is known as what?
U.S. Federal District Courts
Sir Robert Peel
Attorney General
Indeterminate Sentencing
2. What two things do military police entities possess?
First Degree Murder - Federal drug trafficking and treason
Judicial System = Institutional System
Severity of the crime - Where it was committed
Stare Decisis
3. How long is a federal judge's term of office for?
90%
Parens Patriae
Life
Stare Decisis
4. What court system was the same up until the period of the Civil War?
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
F.B.I
Local level
State/Local Court System
5. What penal code states that a felony must go to trial within 60 days of the second arrangement unless time lines are waived?
17 -500
Citizens - Cops - Courts - Corrections
Discretion
1382
6. Our criminal justice system tries to maintain a balance between which two conflicting models/ideologies?
$1.7 million
Crime Control - Due Process
Miranda versus Arizona
Evaluation
7. What are the two types of defense attorneys?
Low Term - Mid Term - High Term
85%
17
Private Attorneys - Public Defenders
8. What concepts attempts to protect society by isolating others?
Evidence
Future laws not passed yet
830.1
Incapaciation
9. The three federal courts are known as what?
U.S. Supreme Court U.S. Court of Appeals U.S. Federal District Courts
Very inactive
Limited or Reduced Capacity - Layers of Justice
Pendelton Act
10. Is the Federal or State court system older?
State
F.B.I.
Punishment without trial
Stamp Act of 1765
11. What is the name for a juvenile complaint?
Crime Control Due Process
Evidence
Petition
Judicial/Legislative
12. Which of the five major phases in the criminal justice system since 1965 produced major case law?
Prison Time - Death Sentence
Due Process Phase
Mala Prohibita
King Chamberlain's Court
13. State Troopers are what level of law enforcement?
Very inactive
Limited
State
Severity of the crime - Where it was committed
14. Who said - 'The police are the public and the public are the police'?
4th Amendment
1383
County
Sir Robert Peel
15. What two additional branches of government did the Constitution add to government?
14th Amendment
Judicial - Executive
39
U.S. Constitution
16. Railroad Police - Port/Harbor Police - Campus Police - and Mass Transit Police are examples of what?
King Chamberlain's Court
Special Police Force
Drug Violations - White Collar Crimes
17 -500
17. What concept did the 1800 Babylonian King Hammurabi create that said juveniles could be considered for lessor penalties?
U.S. Constitution
Limited or Reduced Capacity - Layers of Justice
Superior Court
Attorney General
18. What major 1966 U.S. Supreme Court case provided new guidelines in how police arrested and interrogated adult defendants?
Potential for Incarceration
Miranda versus Arizona
90 Million
Vigilantes
19. Where does a felony case begin?
Stamp Act of 1765
Parens Patriae
Punishment without trial
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
20. Where does the U.S. Supreme Court hear cases from?
Boston Massacre
George Washington - John Adams
Drug Violations - White Collar Crimes
U.S. Court of Appeals - State Supreme Court
21. What is the point of a second preliminary hearing?
Review charges again because felony stakes are higher
Prison Time - Death Sentence
Serpico
Sheriff
22. What are the five levels of force among agencies?
Discretion
Reputation and Appearance - Dialogue and Counseling - Empty Hands - Physical Restraint - Mechanical Restraint - Chemical Restraint
Lower Courts
Federal Court System
23. This country's criminal justice system is based on the desire for what kind of system?
Precedent
Loosely Coupled System
Evidence
Sufficient evidence that a felony was committed - Should it go to a felony trial
24. 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
Misdemeanor
Information
Deterrence
25. What criteria does the judge use when setting bail?
Reputation and Appearance - Dialogue and Counseling - Empty Hands - Physical Restraint - Mechanical Restraint - Chemical Restraint
Judiciary Act
Trial
Seriousness of Offense - Flight Risk - Prior Record
26. How many cases go to the local court level each year?
1977 Dixon Bill
90 Million
Boston Massacre
Secret Service
27. What do the majority of cases going into the U.S. District Court involve?
Drug Violations - White Collar Crimes
8th Amendment
County
U.S. Court of Appeals
28. The B.I.A. and the F.B.I. often provide support and assistance to what level of law enforcement agencies?
1382
State
Original Jurisdiction
Tribal
29. What does a preliminary hearing determine?
Sufficient evidence that a felony was committed - Should it go to a felony trial
Lower Courts
Secret Service
Judicial/Legislative
30. What English king was responsible for generating the concept of the Magna Carta?
U.S. Postal Service Inspectors - Federal Marshall's Department
King John
Sufficient evidence that a felony was committed - Should it go to a felony trial
All volunteers
31. What is a local law enforcement agency's head administrator?
Chief
Pendelton Act
King Henry II
1382
32. What is a trial where there is no jury and the verdict is given by the judge?
Bench Trial
1383
Trials
State
33. From 1789 to 1799 how was the U.S. Supreme Court?
Change
Arrangement
Very inactive
Sworn - Non-sworn
34. What is a crime punishable by jail - fines or prison?
Felony
Judicial System = Institutional System
Special Police Force
Sheriff or Shireeve
35. Besides the U.S. Marshall Service - what is the other oldest federal law enforcement agency?
Sheriff
Assistant District Attorneys
Pendelton Act
U.S. Postal Inspectors
36. What are the two main functions of criminal courts?
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37. What is the main criteria which determines whether a mater goes to a federal or state court?
Superior Court
14
Severity of the crime - Where it was committed
Assistant District Attorneys
38. What concept attempts to alter future behaviors through threats of punishment and consequences?
Pendelton Act
Deterrence
Arrangement
5th Amendment 6th Amendment
39. When pleading guilty at a felony arrangement - what does the judge generally do for sentencing?
Attorney General
Continue to another date
Complaint
Precedent
40. UCRS and NIBRS recieve information from how many agencies?
Incapaciation
Legislative - Executive - Judicial
17 -500
Makes deals and not go to trial
41. What criminal statistical agency or method was created in 1987 as a supplement to UCRS?
Judiciary Act
Court Room Work Group
NIBRS or National Incident Based Reporting System
Presentence Court Report
42. What federal law enforcement agency was created in 1973 and currently has over 5 -000 agents spread around the world?
D.E.A.or Drug Enforcement Agency
Possecomintatus
Body - Amendments
Patronage and Corruption
43. What 1865 federal law enforcement agency was initially responsible for excessive counterfeiting following the civil war?
Process criminals and criminal charges - Ensure everyone's due process
Patronage
Secret Service
50 - 25000
44. The average local law enforcement agency will often employ how many officers and serve what size population?
Stars
D&R - Disposition and Resetting
50 - 25000
Serpico
45. What was the name of the article which encouraged law enforcement not just to focus on crime - but the social factors of crime?
Challenge for Cause and Peremptory Challenges at a Jury Panel Hearing
Local - County - Tribal - State - Federal
Broken Windows
Law of Hammurabi - Law of Moses
46. What major 1803 U.S. Supreme Court case established that the court would begin to interpret what the constitution was all about?
Community Orientated Policing Era
Marbury versus Madison
Sir Robert Peel
Generalists
47. What were minors who disobeyed orders of the Kings Chancery Court system called?
Incorrigibles
39
Miranda versus Arizona
State
48. 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?
First Continental Congress
Loosely Coupled System
Lexington - Concord
Prison Time - Death Sentence
49. What does the U.S. Federal District Court possess regarding cases heard?
Formal Probation
14th Amendment
8th Amendment
Original Jurisdiction
50. What is discovery?
Evidence
Stare Decisis
Cannot be used against you later in civil court
Parens Patriae
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