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Criminal Justice 101
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1. When court systems or levels disagree or question if rules are properly applied - what type of court is used?
Crime Control - Due Process
Mala en Se
1 Chief Justice 5 Associate Justices
Appeals
2. What are the three main players in the Criminal Justice system known as?
Court Room Work Group
85%
5th Amendment 6th Amendment
Limited or Reduced Capacity - Layers of Justice
3. In which two locations did the actual shooting war begin between British soldiers and Colonial militia men?
Probation Officer
Lexington - Concord
First Degree Murder - Federal drug trafficking and treason
Discretion
4. The second federal inferior court of authority is known as what?
Tribal
Patronage
U.S. Court of Appeals
Judicial/Legislative
5. UCRS and NIBRS recieve information from how many agencies?
Worse
Courts - Cops - Citizens - Corrections
Assistant District Attorneys
17 -500
6. What Latin term allowed the Magna Carta to be enhanced and reinforced and means to adhere to what has come before?
U.S. Court of Appeals
Conditional Sentence
Stare Decisis
Government Attorney
7. What two additional branches of government did the Constitution add to government?
Judicial - Executive
U.S. Constitution
1383
Local level
8. After the U.S. Constitution was ratified - what type of court system did the U.S. realize it needed to have?
Government Attorney
Federal Court System
Appeal
Trial
9. If you plea guilty at a misdemeanor arraignment - when can a judge sentence you?
Discretion
Discretion
Right away
1383
10. Who runs the N.C.I.C.?
14th Amendment
F.B.I
Retribution
Patronage and Corruption
11. What major 1966 U.S. Supreme Court case provided new guidelines in how police arrested and interrogated adult defendants?
Patronage
Crime Control - Due Process
Self Report Studies Victimization Surveys
Miranda versus Arizona
12. What is the best system to compile crime statistics and can stand completely on its own?
Review charges again because felony stakes are higher
Hoover
Judicial/Legislative
None
13. What are the three branches of government enchanced or created by the U.S. Constitution?
Legislative - Executive - Judicial
Serpico
6th Amendment
F.B.I.
14. In Orange County - what type of prosecuting attorneys handle the day to day issues in the court room?
Judicial/Legislative
Generalists
Assistant District Attorneys
Trial Courts of General Jurisdiction
15. Who are the three main players in the Criminal Justice system?
Judges - Prosecuting Attorneys - Defense Attorneys
Lower Courts
Marbury versus Madison
U.S. Constitution
16. From 1789 to 1799 how was the U.S. Supreme Court?
Mary Ann Crouse
Discretion
National Crime Information Center
Very inactive
17. What hearing has evidence presented and witnesses testify?
Trial
1203(b)(1) - Felony
Pretrial Hearing
Assistant District Attorneys
18. What type of 'law' evolved and became a predictable and anticipated set of laws to the English people circa 1000 A.D.?
Stare Decisis
Civil Rights Movement Vietnam War
Constitutional Law
English Common Law
19. Which of the five major phases in the criminal justice system since 1965 produced major case law?
Prison Time - Death Sentence
1383
Due Process Phase
Article III of the Constitution
20. What concept attempts to alter future behaviors through threats of punishment and consequences?
Due Process Phase
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
Continue to another date
Deterrence
21. Who gave the Bureau of Investigation validity during the late 1920s?
Hoover
Community Orientated Policing Era
U.S. Federal District Courts
Felony
22. What federal law enforcement agency delegated peace officer powers to citizens during the era of the wild west?
23. This country's criminal justice system is based on the desire for what kind of system?
Loosely Coupled System
1977 Dixon Bill
50 - 25000
Limited or Reduced Capacity - Layers of Justice
24. What is ultimate goal at all early hearings?
Incorrigibles
Sworn - Non-sworn
830.1
Makes deals and not go to trial
25. The B.I.A. and the F.B.I. often provide support and assistance to what level of law enforcement agencies?
London Metropolitan Police Act
Mary Ann Crouse
Tribal
Patronage
26. For a felony matter to leave a Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction - what special hearing must it go to?
Courts - Cops - Citizens - Corrections
Preliminary Hearing
Low Term - Mid Term - High Term
Conditional Sentence
27. Local California courts which handle felonies and major civil matters are called what?
Serpico
Discretion
Trial Courts of General Jurisdiction
Severity of the crime - Where it was committed
28. What amendment discusses cruel and unusual punishment?
Nolo Contendre
8th Amendment
U.S. Court of Appeals
Limited
29. In the wild west what were the people called who banded together to protect each other?
D&R - Disposition and Resetting
Community Sensitive Programs
The Family Model
Vigilantes
30. What are the two ancient codes that contributed to our current legal system?
Pretrial Hearing
Law of Hammurabi - Law of Moses
1903
Low Term - Mid Term - High Term
31. Under English Common Law what was the general cut off age in distinguishing between those who could charged with felonies?
Crime Control - Due Process
Severity of the crime - Where it was committed
39
14
32. What was the original staffing of the U.S. Supreme Court?
1203(d) - Misdemeanor
1 Chief Justice 5 Associate Justices
Loosely Coupled
Articles of Confederation
33. What are state Courts of Appeals also called?
Habeas Corpus
Original Jurisdiction
Intermediate Courts
Provide investigation services - Sentencing Recommendations - Provide Supervision
34. What is the Latin term that describes a federal peace officer's ability to deputize citizens and give them temporary power?
4th Amendment
Arrangement
Own Recognizance
Possecomintatus
35. What are the two types of defense attorneys?
Information
14th Amendment
1 and 8
Private Attorneys - Public Defenders
36. What kind of powers do corrections and probation officers have?
Precedent
6th Amendment
Limited
Sworn - Non-sworn
37. Who said - 'The police are the public and the public are the police'?
Sir Robert Peel
Vigilantes
County
Judiciary Act
38. Local California courts which handle misdemeanors - minor civil matters - and traffic violations are called what?
Due Process
Trial Courts of Limited Jurisdiction
Jury Panel Death Penalty Phase
State
39. Railroad Police - Port/Harbor Police - Campus Police - and Mass Transit Police are examples of what?
Special Police Force
Adversarial System
Local level
Low Term - Mid Term - High Term
40. Where does a misdemeanors case begin?
Stare Decisis
90%
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
Evidence
41. In what year and state was the country's first dedicated juvenile justice system and court legally established?
Drug Violations - White Collar Crimes
Formal Probation
Hoover
1899 Illinois
42. What two factors does a probation officer consider when writing the presentence report?
Evaluation
Original Jurisdiction
Judiciary Act
Aggravating - Mitigating
43. Other then UCRS and NIBRS - what entities compile information about crime in the country?
Self Report Studies Victimization Surveys
Incapaciation
National Crime Information Center
Judicial Review
44. In Orange County - what is the misdemeanor Pretrial Hearing called?
Nolo Contendre
D&R - Disposition and Resetting
Body - Amendments
Military Police - Tribal Police = Civilian Federal Law Enforcement
45. Does a county law enforcement agency head administrator generally require law enforcement experience?
85%
Reputation and Appearance - Dialogue and Counseling - Empty Hands - Physical Restraint - Mechanical Restraint - Chemical Restraint
Own Recognizance
Yes
46. What is the name for a juvenile complaint?
Federal Court System
John Augustus
Lexington - Concord
Petition
47. What concept discusses 'an eye for an eye'?
Retribution
King Chamberlain's Court
First Continental Congress
Serpico
48. When pleading guilty at a felony arrangement - what does the judge generally do for sentencing?
Possecomintatus
Right away
Sheriff or Shireeve
Continue to another date
49. What 1883 federal law stressed the need for a civil service system based upon merit?
Stare Decisis
Trials
Pendelton Act
Civil Rights Movement Vietnam War
50. What level of law enforcement generally provides services to the local court system?
Drug Violations - White Collar Crimes
County
Petition
U.S. Court of Appeals - State Supreme Court