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Criminal Justice 101
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1. How many law enforcement agencies exist in this country?
Pendelton Act
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
Hoover
17 -500
2. After the Bill of Rights was ratified - how many more times was the U.S. Constitution amended?
Information
17
First Continental Congress
Judges - Prosecuting Attorneys - Defense Attorneys
3. What kind of system is our criminal justice system based upon?
King Henry II
Loosely Coupled
Lower Courts
Community Orientated Policing Era
4. What are the branches of federal law enforcement?
Discretion
Yes
Military Police - Tribal Police = Civilian Federal Law Enforcement
50 - 25000
5. What are the two main functions of criminal courts?
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6. Besides the U.S. Marshall Service - what is the other oldest federal law enforcement agency?
Stare Decisis
U.S. Postal Inspectors
Mary Ann Crouse
Conditional Sentence
7. What was created in order to convince several of the new states to agree to the Constitution?
Vigilantes
Bill of Rights
Dual System
Mala en Se
8. What is the first hearing or court appearance for all cases?
Arrangement
Community Orientated Policing Era
Yes
Serpico
9. What concept discusses 'an eye for an eye'?
Local - County - Tribal - State - Federal
Retribution
Appeals
County
10. When a court has control or authority over certain matters/issues - what is it called?
Jurisdiction
85%
Dual System
Cannot be used against you later in civil court
11. What crimes is the death penalty used for?
Limited
Change
Intermediate Courts
First Degree Murder - Federal drug trafficking and treason
12. What two additional branches of government did the Constitution add to government?
UCRS or Uniform Crime Reporting System
Judicial - Executive
Federal Court System
Original Jurisdiction
13. What is a crime publishable by six months to one yer in jail - fines - or probation?
Superior Court
Misdemeanor
Presentence Court Report
Adversarial System
14. What percent of the time are deals makes and cases do not go to trial?
90%
Discretion
State Supreme Court
Sufficient evidence that a felony was committed - Should it go to a felony trial
15. Who runs the N.C.I.C.?
County
Very inactive
Life
F.B.I
16. What are the two types of defense attorneys?
Generalists
Statue of Winchester
State
Private Attorneys - Public Defenders
17. Why does someone plea nolo contendre?
Vigilantes
Misdemeanor
Cannot be used against you later in civil court
1203(d) - Misdemeanor
18. What hearing has evidence presented and witnesses testify?
Trial
Discretion
Tribal
Chief
19. For a felony matter to leave a Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction - what special hearing must it go to?
Mala Prohibita
Parens Patriae
Trial Courts of Limited Jurisdiction
Preliminary Hearing
20. In what year and state was the country's first dedicated juvenile justice system and court legally established?
Hoover
Crime Control Due Process
Adversarial System
1899 Illinois
21. What was the missing component of those persons working with in the Birth of Probation Model circa 1841?
All volunteers
Conditional Sentence
Court Room Work Group
First Continental Congress
22. According to Hammurabi - what age was considered as the cut off between juveniles and adults?
Punishment without trial
14
Provide investigation services - Sentencing Recommendations - Provide Supervision
Marbury versus Madison
23. During the Revolutionary War what major document helped to guide the colonies in fighting their war against Britain?
Articles of Confederation
Aggravating - Mitigating
17
Life
24. What are the five levels of law enforcement in this country?
Local - County - Tribal - State - Federal
14
Law of Hammurabi - Law of Moses
Own Recognizance
25. What court system was the same up until the period of the Civil War?
State/Local Court System
Quasi-Military - Strict Chain of Command
Jury Panel Death Penalty Phase
Evaluation
26. Is the Federal or State court system older?
U.S. Postal Service Inspectors - Federal Marshall's Department
Secret Service
Judiciary Act
State
27. 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?
Bill of Rights
50 - 25000
First Continental Congress
Petition
28. Local California courts which handle felonies and major civil matters are called what?
Mala en Se
Trial Courts of General Jurisdiction
Preliminary Hearing
Infraction
29. What Latin term allowed the Magna Carta to be enhanced and reinforced and means to adhere to what has come before?
D.E.A.or Drug Enforcement Agency
Stare Decisis
Mala en Se
U.S. Court of Appeals
30. The Federal Court system was authorized through what?
90 Million
Patronage and Corruption
First Degree Murder - Federal drug trafficking and treason
Article III of the Constitution
31. How long is a federal judge's term of office for?
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
Life
Loosely Coupled System
Chief
32. What 1865 federal law enforcement agency was initially responsible for excessive counterfeiting following the civil war?
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
90%
Better
Secret Service
33. Who said - 'The police are the public and the public are the police'?
Sir Robert Peel
Judicial/Legislative
1383
1203(d) - Misdemeanor
34. From 1789 to 1799 how was the U.S. Supreme Court?
Misdemeanor
Jury Panel Death Penalty Phase
Very inactive
Seriousness of Offense - Flight Risk - Prior Record
35. What is the State Court System's court of last resort?
State Supreme Court
Marbury versus Madison
Judiciary Act
Limited or Reduced Capacity - Layers of Justice
36. Does a county law enforcement agency head administrator generally require law enforcement experience?
Marbury versus Madison
Yes
U.S. Court of Appeals
Lexington - Concord
37. What is the point of a second preliminary hearing?
Review charges again because felony stakes are higher
Stamp Act of 1765
Future laws not passed yet
85%
38. 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
1383
14th Amendment
Pretrial Hearing
39. Local law enforcement generally display shields on their badges. What do county law enforcement badges appear as?
UCRS or Uniform Crime Reporting System
Challenge for Cause and Peremptory Challenges at a Jury Panel Hearing
Punishment without trial
Stars
40. In Orange County - what type of prosecuting attorneys handle the day to day issues in the court room?
Assistant District Attorneys
John Augustus
Legislative - Executive - Judicial
London Metropolitan Police Act
41. In 1829 which English government employee pushed a new law which followed the ideas of Patrick Colquhoun?
Sir Robert Peel
Aggravating - Mitigating
1899 Illinois
First Continental Congress
42. What is a local law enforcement agency's head administrator?
Miranda versus Arizona
Precedent
17 -500
Chief
43. When pleading guilty at a felony arrangement - what does the judge generally do for sentencing?
17 -500
Continue to another date
Own Recognizance
14
44. What type of 'law' evolved and became a predictable and anticipated set of laws to the English people circa 1000 A.D.?
English Common Law
Cannot be used against you later in civil court
Original Jurisdiction
Community Sensitive Programs
45. When court systems or levels disagree or question if rules are properly applied - what type of court is used?
1 and 8
Crime Control Due Process
Broken Windows
Appeals
46. What is the main criteria which determines whether a mater goes to a federal or state court?
Complaint
Body - Amendments
Severity of the crime - Where it was committed
County
47. Jail time - restitution - contact restrictions - drug testing - searches and seizures - employment verification - and counseling can be terms of what?
Formal Probation
King Chamberlain's Court
1 Chief Justice 5 Associate Justices
Evaluation
48. What criminal statistical agency or method was created in 1987 as a supplement to UCRS?
UCRS or Uniform Crime Reporting System
NIBRS or National Incident Based Reporting System
U.S. Postal Service Inspectors - Federal Marshall's Department
D&R - Disposition and Resetting
49. What is discovery?
1977 Dixon Bill
Future laws not passed yet
Evidence
8th Amendment
50. The Texas Rangers are the oldest law enforcement agency in this country at what level?
Private Attorneys - Public Defenders
State
Article III of the Constitution
Reputation and Appearance - Dialogue and Counseling - Empty Hands - Physical Restraint - Mechanical Restraint - Chemical Restraint