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Criminal Justice 101
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1. What is known as the highest source of law found within either a country or state?
Constitutional Law
14
Broken Windows
Bench Trial
2. Local California courts which handle felonies and major civil matters are called what?
Trial Courts of General Jurisdiction
1203(b)(1) - Felony
Yes
1903
3. What major 1966 U.S. Supreme Court case provided new guidelines in how police arrested and interrogated adult defendants?
Court Administrator
Presentence Court Report
Miranda versus Arizona
Bench Trial
4. What are the two types of defense attorneys?
Private Attorneys - Public Defenders
Serpico
Reputation and Appearance - Dialogue and Counseling - Empty Hands - Physical Restraint - Mechanical Restraint - Chemical Restraint
Complaint
5. According to Hammurabi - what age was considered as the cut off between juveniles and adults?
14
Presentence Court Report
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
Bill of Rights
6. Who is referred to as the father of probation?
17 -500
Sheriff
Evidence
John Augustus
7. This country's criminal justice system is based on the desire for what kind of system?
Future laws not passed yet
Superior Court
Loosely Coupled System
Habeas Corpus
8. What legal model first attempted the concept of rehabilitation and resocialization?
1383
UCRS or Uniform Crime Reporting System
The Family Model
Vigilantes
9. The average local law enforcement agency will often employ how many officers and serve what size population?
14
50 - 25000
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
U.S. Federal District Courts
10. When a court has control or authority over certain matters/issues - what is it called?
Precedent
Citizens - Cops - Courts - Corrections
Patronage
Jurisdiction
11. Local law enforcement generally display shields on their badges. What do county law enforcement badges appear as?
5th Amendment
Magna Carta
Stars
Judicial Review
12. What are the branches of federal law enforcement?
Quasi-Military - Strict Chain of Command
Habeas Corpus
Cannot be used against you later in civil court
Military Police - Tribal Police = Civilian Federal Law Enforcement
13. What are the three main players in the Criminal Justice system known as?
Hoover
Court Room Work Group
Attorney General
Discretion
14. What two additional branches of government did the Constitution add to government?
County
Own Recognizance
Bill of Rights
Judicial - Executive
15. State Troopers are what level of law enforcement?
State
17 -500
King John
Retribution
16. How many chief justice and associate justices currently make up the U.S. Supreme Court?
1 and 8
Right away
King Henry II
Lexington - Concord
17. What do the majority of cases going into the U.S. District Court involve?
Drug Violations - White Collar Crimes
Vigilantes
King Henry II
John Augustus
18. Who gave the Bureau of Investigation validity during the late 1920s?
1203(d) - Misdemeanor
Private Attorneys - Public Defenders
Appeal
Hoover
19. Indeterminate sentencing was a mainstay within the California juvenile justice system until what year?
1977 Dixon Bill
Civil Rights Movement Vietnam War
State
Community Sensitive Programs
20. What type of hearing does a felony case go to after arrangement?
Incapaciation
Preliminary Hearing
Complaint
Punishment without trial
21. UCRS and NIBRS recieve information from how many agencies?
17 -500
NIBRS or National Incident Based Reporting System
Trial
Stars
22. What is a trial where there is no jury and the verdict is given by the judge?
Conditional Sentence
Bench Trial
17 -500
First Continental Congress
23. What two things do military police entities possess?
U.S. Postal Service Inspectors - Federal Marshall's Department
Judicial System = Institutional System
50 - 25000
Community Sensitive Programs
24. What is the Latin term that means an act being wrong because of customs - morals - practices - regulation - or law?
1903
Deterrence
Mala Prohibita
Special Police Force
25. What is a crime punishable by jail - fines or prison?
Felony
1383
1203(b)(1) - Felony
4th Amendment
26. What crimes is the death penalty used for?
First Degree Murder - Federal drug trafficking and treason
NIBRS or National Incident Based Reporting System
U.S. Supreme Court U.S. Court of Appeals U.S. Federal District Courts
U.S. Federal District Courts
27. What is the Latin term that means evil or bad in itself?
Assistant District Attorneys
Very inactive
Mala en Se
1 and 8
28. What constitutional amendments were alluded to in Miranda versus Arizona?
Article III of the Constitution
17 -500
Due Process Phase
5th Amendment 6th Amendment
29. What was name of the era which was distinguished by the Kansas City Patrol Experiment and Flint - Michigan Patrol Program?
All volunteers
Punishment without trial
Community Orientated Policing Era
Probation Officer
30. What are the five levels of law enforcement in this country?
Limited or Reduced Capacity - Layers of Justice
Information
County
Local - County - Tribal - State - Federal
31. In what year did California pass its juvenile justice system act known as Juvenile Court Act?
1903
U.S. Postal Inspectors
Judiciary Act
Severity of the crime - Where it was committed
32. What does a mitigating factor make the report?
Stars
Patronage
Government Attorney
Better
33. What 1865 federal law enforcement agency was initially responsible for excessive counterfeiting following the civil war?
Limited
Judicial - Executive
Original Jurisdiction
Secret Service
34. Both felonies are misdemeanors are first filed as what?
1977 Dixon Bill
Preliminary Hearing
Complaint
Judicial Review
35. What was the missing component of those persons working with in the Birth of Probation Model circa 1841?
D&R - Disposition and Resetting
Superior Court
All volunteers
90%
36. What hearing determines in an individual receives the death penalty?
Prison Time - Death Sentence
None
Jury Panel Death Penalty Phase
Preliminary Hearing
37. What English king circa 1154 A.D. sent representatives out to the eight English 'regions' in order to organize some type of common law?
Limited or Reduced Capacity - Layers of Justice
Military Police - Tribal Police = Civilian Federal Law Enforcement
King Henry II
Bench Trial
38. What concept discusses 'an eye for an eye'?
Drug Violations - White Collar Crimes
Generalists
Mary Ann Crouse
Retribution
39. What was the name of the article which encouraged law enforcement not just to focus on crime - but the social factors of crime?
Broken Windows
14
Process criminals and criminal charges - Ensure everyone's due process
Reputation and Appearance - Dialogue and Counseling - Empty Hands - Physical Restraint - Mechanical Restraint - Chemical Restraint
40. What is the name for a juvenile complaint?
Lower Courts
85%
Petition
8th Amendment
41. What does O.R. mean?
Own Recognizance
4th Amendment
5th Amendment 6th Amendment
Crime Control - Due Process
42. What do bills of attainer relate to?
Appeals
Tribal
Body - Amendments
Punishment without trial
43. Which California code section gives police and corrections their 'peace officer powers'?
830.1
Mala Prohibita
Reputation and Appearance - Dialogue and Counseling - Empty Hands - Physical Restraint - Mechanical Restraint - Chemical Restraint
Sheriff
44. What are the two ancient codes that contributed to our current legal system?
Judicial Review
Law of Hammurabi - Law of Moses
Possecomintatus
Parens Patriae
45. What percent of the time are deals makes and cases do not go to trial?
U.S. Marshall's
Court Room Work Group
90%
Change
46. When court systems or levels disagree or question if rules are properly applied - what type of court is used?
Appeals
Jury Panel Death Penalty Phase
Conditional Sentence
U.S. Court of Appeals
47. What types of law enforcement agency is influenced by federal and territorial sovereignty?
Low Term - Mid Term - High Term
90%
Drug Violations - White Collar Crimes
Tribal
48. What federal law enforcement agency had its origins in 1908?
Retribution
F.B.I.
5th Amendment 6th Amendment
Precedent
49. How many law enforcement agencies exist in this country?
Stamp Act of 1765
Federal Court System
Trials
17 -500
50. Where does a felony case begin?
U.S. Marshall's
1203(b)(1) - Felony
14th Amendment
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction