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Criminal Justice 101
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1. What is the Latin term that means an act being wrong because of customs - morals - practices - regulation - or law?
Court Room Work Group
Sufficient evidence that a felony was committed - Should it go to a felony trial
Mala Prohibita
Infraction
2. What is the main criteria which determines whether a mater goes to a federal or state court?
King Henry II
Pretrial Hearing
830.1
Severity of the crime - Where it was committed
3. What does an aggravating factor make the report?
Worse
Court Room Work Group
Precedent
Stars
4. What are the two ancient codes that contributed to our current legal system?
Continue to another date
Law of Hammurabi - Law of Moses
Seriousness of Offense - Flight Risk - Prior Record
Better
5. When pleading guilty at a felony arrangement - what does the judge generally do for sentencing?
34
8th Amendment
Ah Peen
Continue to another date
6. What is a local law enforcement agency's head administrator?
Sworn - Non-sworn
Stars
Courts
Chief
7. What English Common Law court system could arguably be seen as the world's first dedicated juvenile court?
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8. How many states use the death penalty?
34
Stars
National Crime Information Center
The Family Model
9. What type of bodies do our current laws come from?
Stare Decisis
Local level
Judicial/Legislative
Civil Rights Movement Vietnam War
10. What does a judge order the probation department to write in order to find more about an individual before sentencing?
Incapaciation
Chief
Presentence Court Report
Future laws not passed yet
11. What law further defined the role and make up of the U.S. Supreme court?
John Augustus
Limited
Judiciary Act
830.1
12. When there is a supposed legal error or discrepancy with a case - what type of hearing does it go to?
All volunteers
Appeal
Self Report Studies Victimization Surveys
Miranda versus Arizona
13. What is the name for a felony complaint?
Information
Body - Amendments
U.S. Constitution
Local level
14. How many cases go to the local court level each year?
4th Amendment
Trial
90 Million
Civil Rights Movement Vietnam War
15. The Texas Rangers are the oldest law enforcement agency in this country at what level?
Citizens - Cops - Courts - Corrections
State
50 - 25000
John Marshall
16. What is another term for informal probation?
Conditional Sentence
Article III of the Constitution
Judicial System = Institutional System
Review charges again because felony stakes are higher
17. How many states have State Courts of Appeals?
$1.7 million
Evidence
Appeals
39
18. The B.I.A. and the F.B.I. often provide support and assistance to what level of law enforcement agencies?
Tribal
34
Punishment without trial
Jury Panel Death Penalty Phase
19. What was the name of the article which encouraged law enforcement not just to focus on crime - but the social factors of crime?
Trial Courts of Limited Jurisdiction
Pendelton Act
Appeal
Broken Windows
20. What constitutional amendments were alluded to in Miranda versus Arizona?
Cannot be used against you later in civil court
Federal Court System
Secret Service
5th Amendment 6th Amendment
21. What current U.S. law enforcement position/title had its origins with the English legal system circa 1000 A.D.?
Judicial/Legislative
Sheriff or Shireeve
Nolo Contendre
Loosely Coupled System
22. In what year did California pass its juvenile justice system act known as Juvenile Court Act?
Lexington - Concord
1903
Marbury versus Madison
Law of Hammurabi - Law of Moses
23. In Orange County - what type of prosecuting attorneys handle the day to day issues in the court room?
King Henry II
Conditional Sentence
Assistant District Attorneys
Nolo Contendre
24. What was the missing component of those persons working with in the Birth of Probation Model circa 1841?
Incorrigibles
All volunteers
King Henry II
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
25. Railroad Police - Port/Harbor Police - Campus Police - and Mass Transit Police are examples of what?
Due Process Phase
Crime Control - Due Process
None
Special Police Force
26. State Troopers are what level of law enforcement?
Civil Rights Movement Vietnam War
State
Stare Decisis
King Chamberlain's Court
27. What kind of powers do corrections and probation officers have?
U.S. Court of Appeals - State Supreme Court
Limited
Article III of the Constitution
Lower Courts
28. What are the four main players in the criminal justice system?
Low Term - Mid Term - High Term
Citizens - Cops - Courts - Corrections
U.S. Court of Appeals - State Supreme Court
D.E.A.or Drug Enforcement Agency
29. In the wild west what were the people called who banded together to protect each other?
Constitutional Law
Assistant District Attorneys
Vigilantes
Self Report Studies Victimization Surveys
30. What do the majority of cases going into the U.S. District Court involve?
Drug Violations - White Collar Crimes
Trial Courts of General Jurisdiction
King Chamberlain's Court
U.S. Supreme Court U.S. Court of Appeals U.S. Federal District Courts
31. What two factors does a probation officer consider when writing the presentence report?
Complaint
Review charges again because felony stakes are higher
Serpico
Aggravating - Mitigating
32. What 1838 Ohio State Supreme Court Case established the concept of Parens Patriae and no need for due process in juvenile matters?
Limited
Mary Ann Crouse
Jurisdiction
Stamp Act of 1765
33. What document was eventually created in order to replace the Articles of Confederation?
U.S. Constitution
Appeal
Crime Control - Due Process
State/Local Court System
34. What are the two types of defense attorneys?
Dual System
Private Attorneys - Public Defenders
Boston Massacre
Judiciary Act
35. What is the first hearing or court appearance for all cases?
Formal Probation
Information
Arrangement
Tribal
36. What is the name of our criminal justice system that is made up of both federal and state levels?
Judges - Prosecuting Attorneys - Defense Attorneys
John Augustus
Judicial - Executive
Dual System
37. What type of 'law' evolved and became a predictable and anticipated set of laws to the English people circa 1000 A.D.?
Lexington - Concord
English Common Law
George Washington - John Adams
King Henry II
38. What English king was responsible for generating the concept of the Magna Carta?
Generalists
Discretion
King John
Intermediate Courts
39. Local California courts which handle misdemeanors - minor civil matters - and traffic violations are called what?
4th Amendment
Trial Courts of Limited Jurisdiction
Preliminary Hearing
8th Amendment
40. What was created in order to convince several of the new states to agree to the Constitution?
5th Amendment
John Marshall
Bill of Rights
Prison Time - Death Sentence
41. Negative political influence and corruption impacting 19th century U.S. police agencies was called what?
Patronage
Prison Time - Death Sentence
Appeal
Local level
42. Does a county law enforcement agency head administrator generally require law enforcement experience?
F.B.I.
Chief
Yes
Vigilantes
43. What were minors who disobeyed orders of the Kings Chancery Court system called?
Judiciary Act
Bench Trial
Possecomintatus
Incorrigibles
44. What Penal Code section states that the court shall refer to probation for a report?
Infraction
1203(b)(1) - Felony
County
Sheriff
45. What is a crime publishable by six months to one yer in jail - fines - or probation?
Misdemeanor
Pendelton Act
Military Police - Tribal Police = Civilian Federal Law Enforcement
1203(b)(1) - Felony
46. In Orange County - what is the misdemeanor Pretrial Hearing called?
State
D&R - Disposition and Resetting
Adversarial System
1 Chief Justice 5 Associate Justices
47. For a felony matter to leave a Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction - what special hearing must it go to?
5th Amendment 6th Amendment
Courts - Cops - Citizens - Corrections
Preliminary Hearing
Right away
48. What concept discusses 'an eye for an eye'?
Retribution
Information
Crime Control - Due Process
F.B.I.
49. Besides the U.S. Marshall Service - what is the other oldest federal law enforcement agency?
Bill of Rights
U.S. Postal Inspectors
NIBRS or National Incident Based Reporting System
Prison Time - Death Sentence
50. What criminal statistical agency or method was created in 1930?
Challenge for Cause and Peremptory Challenges at a Jury Panel Hearing
First Continental Congress
UCRS or Uniform Crime Reporting System
Preliminary Hearing