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Criminal Justice 101
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is the best system to compile crime statistics and can stand completely on its own?
None
U.S. Postal Inspectors
90%
U.S. Court of Appeals
2. How many cases go to the local court level each year?
90 Million
Superior Court
Article III of the Constitution
Petition
3. What 1838 Ohio State Supreme Court Case established the concept of Parens Patriae and no need for due process in juvenile matters?
Body - Amendments
George Washington - John Adams
Trial Courts of Limited Jurisdiction
Mary Ann Crouse
4. What constitutes the major difference between a crime and illegal behavior?
Mala Prohibita
Potential for Incarceration
State
Jurisdiction
5. What type of 'law' evolved and became a predictable and anticipated set of laws to the English people circa 1000 A.D.?
Parens Patriae
Change
English Common Law
Sheriff
6. In 1829 which English government employee pushed a new law which followed the ideas of Patrick Colquhoun?
U.S. Postal Inspectors
Adversarial System
Conditional Sentence
Sir Robert Peel
7. What major 1829 English law created a centralized urban police force in London?
U.S. Supreme Court U.S. Court of Appeals U.S. Federal District Courts
Assistant District Attorneys
17 -500
London Metropolitan Police Act
8. Other then UCRS and NIBRS - what entities compile information about crime in the country?
State
Habeas Corpus
Self Report Studies Victimization Surveys
F.B.I.
9. The Kansas City Patrol Experiment and Flint - Michigan Patrol Program motivated police to try what new procedures?
39
1 and 8
Sir Robert Peel
Community Sensitive Programs
10. What is the Latin term that describes a federal peace officer's ability to deputize citizens and give them temporary power?
Original Jurisdiction
The Family Model
17 -500
Possecomintatus
11. Who said - 'The police are the public and the public are the police'?
Discretion
Habeas Corpus
Limited or Reduced Capacity - Layers of Justice
Sir Robert Peel
12. Which California code section gives police and corrections their 'peace officer powers'?
County
Judiciary Act
830.1
Preliminary Hearing
13. What is the Latin term that literally means - 'to adhere to what has come before'?
John Augustus
Evidence
Mala Prohibita
Stare Decisis
14. What crimes is the death penalty used for?
Judicial - Executive
Seriousness of Offense - Flight Risk - Prior Record
First Degree Murder - Federal drug trafficking and treason
Broken Windows
15. What level of law enforcement generally provides services to the local court system?
Stars
6th Amendment
County
85%
16. What are the two parts of the Constitution called?
Felony
Dual System
Body - Amendments
39
17. If you plea guilty at a misdemeanor arraignment - when can a judge sentence you?
34
Right away
Future laws not passed yet
Superior Court
18. What 1770 shooting incident heightened tensions between Boston colonists and newly arrived British soldiers?
Nolo Contendre
Right away
Mala Prohibita
Boston Massacre
19. The three federal courts are known as what?
U.S. Supreme Court U.S. Court of Appeals U.S. Federal District Courts
Local - County - Tribal - State - Federal
Reputation and Appearance - Dialogue and Counseling - Empty Hands - Physical Restraint - Mechanical Restraint - Chemical Restraint
Incapaciation
20. Stare Decisis has evolved into what concept?
John Augustus
Presentence Court Report
Precedent
Information
21. What does the U.S. Supreme Court have regarding what cases to hear?
Discretion
Deterrence
Crime Control Due Process
Evidence
22. When pleading guilty at a felony arrangement - what does the judge generally do for sentencing?
Pendelton Act
Continue to another date
Limited or Reduced Capacity - Layers of Justice
Patronage and Corruption
23. What English king was responsible for generating the concept of the Magna Carta?
Judicial System = Institutional System
Intermediate Courts
Yes
King John
24. The power of the U.S. Supreme Court to interpret what the constitution says and means - via case law - is known as what?
Low Term - Mid Term - High Term
Judicial Review
Patrick Colquhoun
U.S. Marshall's
25. What are the two ancient codes that contributed to our current legal system?
Law of Hammurabi - Law of Moses
Tribal
Nolo Contendre
Sheriff or Shireeve
26. Is the Federal or State court system older?
1382
State
Low Term - Mid Term - High Term
Misdemeanor
27. What concept attempts to alter future behaviors through threats of punishment and consequences?
Deterrence
5th Amendment 6th Amendment
Judiciary Act
Punishment without trial
28. Who is in charge of staffing - calender - budget - and other material needs of the court room?
Lower Courts
Government Attorney
Ah Peen
Court Administrator
29. What are the oldest law enforcement agencies in the country?
30. What legal model first attempted the concept of rehabilitation and resocialization?
Judiciary Act
Loosely Coupled
The Family Model
Chief
31. What major 1966 U.S. Supreme Court case provided new guidelines in how police arrested and interrogated adult defendants?
King Chamberlain's Court
1383
Miranda versus Arizona
90%
32. Local California courts which handle misdemeanors - minor civil matters - and traffic violations are called what?
Trial Courts of Limited Jurisdiction
Yes
Citizens - Cops - Courts - Corrections
National Crime Information Center
33. What does N.C.I.C. stand for?
Article III of the Constitution
Loosely Coupled
1203(d) - Misdemeanor
National Crime Information Center
34. What is discovery?
14
Evidence
Body - Amendments
Stamp Act of 1765
35. What does a judge order the probation department to write in order to find more about an individual before sentencing?
Limited or Reduced Capacity - Layers of Justice
Very inactive
Presentence Court Report
14
36. What criminal statistical agency or method was created in 1987 as a supplement to UCRS?
Deterrence
NIBRS or National Incident Based Reporting System
Nolo Contendre
Reputation and Appearance - Dialogue and Counseling - Empty Hands - Physical Restraint - Mechanical Restraint - Chemical Restraint
37. What concept deals with corrections or judicial personal determining how much incarceration a person will serve?
Retribution
1 Chief Justice 5 Associate Justices
Original Jurisdiction
Indeterminate Sentencing
38. What is the State Court System's court of last resort?
State Supreme Court
Civil Rights Movement Vietnam War
Discretion
Reputation and Appearance - Dialogue and Counseling - Empty Hands - Physical Restraint - Mechanical Restraint - Chemical Restraint
39. Who gave the Bureau of Investigation validity during the late 1920s?
Review charges again because felony stakes are higher
John Augustus
Petition
Hoover
40. When there is a supposed legal error or discrepancy with a case - what type of hearing does it go to?
Judiciary Act
Broken Windows
Appeal
John Marshall
41. Who are the three main players in the Criminal Justice system?
Crime Control Due Process
Bill of Rights
Judges - Prosecuting Attorneys - Defense Attorneys
F.B.I.
42. What is ultimate goal at all early hearings?
U.S. Marshall's
Seriousness of Offense - Flight Risk - Prior Record
Generalists
Makes deals and not go to trial
43. In Orange County - what is the misdemeanor Pretrial Hearing called?
D&R - Disposition and Resetting
Preliminary Hearing
Continue to another date
Bench Trial
44. After the U.S. Constitution was ratified - what type of court system did the U.S. realize it needed to have?
Federal Court System
Tribal
Judicial/Legislative
Self Report Studies Victimization Surveys
45. What is the average budget of a local law enforcement agency?
$1.7 million
U.S. Supreme Court U.S. Court of Appeals U.S. Federal District Courts
Jury Panel Death Penalty Phase
Quasi-Military - Strict Chain of Command
46. What amendment discusses protection from unreasonable searches?
Law of Hammurabi - Law of Moses
4th Amendment
Discretion
Sufficient evidence that a felony was committed - Should it go to a felony trial
47. What Penal Code section states that the court shall refer to probation for a report?
1203(b)(1) - Felony
Very inactive
Preliminary Hearing
D.E.A.or Drug Enforcement Agency
48. Who was the Supreme Court's third chief justice - credited with making the court more proactive - effective - and powerful?
U.S. Marshall's
5th Amendment 6th Amendment
Self Report Studies Victimization Surveys
John Marshall
49. What is a trial where there is no jury and the verdict is given by the judge?
Bench Trial
Broken Windows
Limited
Nolo Contendre
50. What does the Court of Appeals not possess?
Discretion
Original Jurisdiction
Serpico
Bill of Rights