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Criminal Justice 101
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1. What Penal Code section states that the court may refer to probation for a report?
14
1203(d) - Misdemeanor
Government Attorney
Vigilantes
2. What is the most important thing that a probation officer does in the presentence court report?
Bill of Rights
Sheriff or Shireeve
Evaluation
1382
3. What hearing determines in an individual receives the death penalty?
Misdemeanor
Change
The Family Model
Jury Panel Death Penalty Phase
4. What 1285 A.D. English law removed the emphasis on law enforcement away from the military and back onto the citizens?
Statue of Winchester
Mary Ann Crouse
Sheriff or Shireeve
Lexington - Concord
5. What major 1803 U.S. Supreme Court case established that the court would begin to interpret what the constitution was all about?
Judicial System = Institutional System
First Degree Murder - Federal drug trafficking and treason
Broken Windows
Marbury versus Madison
6. Local California courts which handle felonies and major civil matters are called what?
Nolo Contendre
Formal Probation
Trial Courts of General Jurisdiction
Discretion
7. The third federal inferior court of authority is known as what?
1 and 8
U.S. Federal District Courts
Trial Courts of Limited Jurisdiction
14
8. What hearing comes after a misdemeanor arraignment?
Pretrial Hearing
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
Magna Carta
Discretion
9. What important corrections position was mandated in Massachusetts in 1878?
Low Term - Mid Term - High Term
Assistant District Attorneys
Arrangement
Probation Officer
10. What are the three branches of government enchanced or created by the U.S. Constitution?
Legislative - Executive - Judicial
Trial Courts of Limited Jurisdiction
Parens Patriae
U.S. Federal District Courts
11. What penal code section is used to waive time lines during a trial?
None
50 - 25000
1383
4th Amendment
12. The Federal Court system was created through what?
Judiciary Act
Judges - Prosecuting Attorneys - Defense Attorneys
Article III of the Constitution
Right away
13. What are the five levels of force among agencies?
Ah Peen
Arrangement
Appeals
Reputation and Appearance - Dialogue and Counseling - Empty Hands - Physical Restraint - Mechanical Restraint - Chemical Restraint
14. The three federal courts are known as what?
U.S. Supreme Court U.S. Court of Appeals U.S. Federal District Courts
Adversarial System
D.E.A.or Drug Enforcement Agency
Judges - Prosecuting Attorneys - Defense Attorneys
15. Where are the vast majority of cases heard?
U.S. Court of Appeals
Local level
Preliminary Hearing
Drug Violations - White Collar Crimes
16. What is the best system to compile crime statistics and can stand completely on its own?
Misdemeanor
None
State/Local Court System
Petition
17. What does a mitigating factor make the report?
Information
Better
State
Deterrence
18. Besides the U.S. Marshall Service - what is the other oldest federal law enforcement agency?
U.S. Postal Inspectors
Ah Peen
Sworn - Non-sworn
Courts
19. What 1883 federal law stressed the need for a civil service system based upon merit?
Pendelton Act
Vigilantes
Legislative - Executive - Judicial
Stamp Act of 1765
20. The term original jurisdiction alludes to what?
Loosely Coupled
Generalists
Due Process
Trials
21. In 1829 which English government employee pushed a new law which followed the ideas of Patrick Colquhoun?
U.S. Postal Inspectors
Incapaciation
Due Process Phase
Sir Robert Peel
22. The California state highway patrol is an example of what type of law enforcement agency?
1203(b)(1) - Felony
State
U.S. Constitution
Potential for Incarceration
23. In what year and state was the country's first dedicated juvenile justice system and court legally established?
Patrick Colquhoun
1899 Illinois
Article III of the Constitution
Intermediate Courts
24. What is another term for informal probation?
Sheriff
Legislative - Executive - Judicial
Own Recognizance
Conditional Sentence
25. Who is in charge of staffing - calender - budget - and other material needs of the court room?
John Marshall
Incapaciation
Ah Peen
Court Administrator
26. What types of law enforcement agency is influenced by federal and territorial sovereignty?
Patronage
39
Tribal
5th Amendment
27. What is meant by inferior courts?
Civil Rights Movement Vietnam War
Generalists
Lower Courts
County
28. The Federal Court system was authorized through what?
Courts
Judicial System = Institutional System
Article III of the Constitution
Precedent
29. The Reintegration Model - circa 1960s - failed due to community concern over leniency toward criminals and what two major social events?
Stars
Miranda versus Arizona
Civil Rights Movement Vietnam War
Pendelton Act
30. What concept attempts to alter future behaviors through threats of punishment and consequences?
Deterrence
Article III of the Constitution
Patronage and Corruption
Stamp Act of 1765
31. What are the three Terms of Imprisonment?
State Supreme Court
Felony
F.B.I.
Low Term - Mid Term - High Term
32. What concept discusses 'an eye for an eye'?
Right away
Retribution
Due Process Phase
Stare Decisis
33. What level of law enforcement generally provides services to the local court system?
14
F.B.I.
County
None
34. Railroad Police - Port/Harbor Police - Campus Police - and Mass Transit Police are examples of what?
Challenge for Cause and Peremptory Challenges at a Jury Panel Hearing
Special Police Force
Own Recognizance
Lower Courts
35. UCRS and NIBRS recieve information from how many agencies?
Secret Service
17 -500
Judges - Prosecuting Attorneys - Defense Attorneys
Sworn - Non-sworn
36. What are the three duties of Deputy Probation officers in the court room?
Quasi-Military - Strict Chain of Command
Provide investigation services - Sentencing Recommendations - Provide Supervision
Punishment without trial
U.S. Supreme Court U.S. Court of Appeals U.S. Federal District Courts
37. What current California legal code did the Law of Hammurabi and the Law of Moses contribute to?
The Penal Code
Boston Massacre
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
Preliminary Hearing
38. How many states use the death penalty?
34
Stare Decisis
Trials
Felony
39. Does a county law enforcement agency head administrator generally require law enforcement experience?
Trial Courts of Limited Jurisdiction
Yes
Change
Generalists
40. Why does someone plea nolo contendre?
Cannot be used against you later in civil court
1203(b)(1) - Felony
County
Future laws not passed yet
41. When a court has control or authority over certain matters/issues - what is it called?
Jurisdiction
Boston Massacre
8th Amendment
17 -500
42. What Latin term means great paper?
Magna Carta
Seriousness of Offense - Flight Risk - Prior Record
Evidence
Felony
43. What is the first hearing or court appearance for all cases?
Judges - Prosecuting Attorneys - Defense Attorneys
Constitutional Law
1203(d) - Misdemeanor
Arrangement
44. What percent of the time are deals makes and cases do not go to trial?
Severity of the crime - Where it was committed
Judges - Prosecuting Attorneys - Defense Attorneys
90%
50 - 25000
45. What amendment discusses cruel and unusual punishment?
8th Amendment
Life
Punishment without trial
Crime Control - Due Process
46. What does O.R. mean?
Dual System
14
90 Million
Own Recognizance
47. What Latin term allowed the Magna Carta to be enhanced and reinforced and means to adhere to what has come before?
Preliminary Hearing
Stare Decisis
6th Amendment
State
48. What type of hearing does a felony case go to after arrangement?
U.S. Federal District Courts
Tribal
Preliminary Hearing
17 -500
49. What is an offense that consists of illegal conduct but no jail time?
8th Amendment
Presentence Court Report
Infraction
U.S. Postal Inspectors
50. What are the three main players in the Criminal Justice system known as?
Sheriff
Court Room Work Group
U.S. Marshall's
1899 Illinois
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