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Criminal Justice 101
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1. Does a county law enforcement agency head administrator generally require law enforcement experience?
U.S. Postal Inspectors
830.1
Federal Court System
Yes
2. What is the Latin term that literally means - 'to adhere to what has come before'?
1 and 8
Stare Decisis
Habeas Corpus
1899 Illinois
3. What percent of the time will a judge go with what a presentence court report says?
Judicial/Legislative
Complaint
Appeals
85%
4. What criteria does the judge use when setting bail?
Aggravating - Mitigating
Seriousness of Offense - Flight Risk - Prior Record
U.S. Federal District Courts
Own Recognizance
5. What is the system that puts two conflicting parties against each other with a third neutral part overseeing the process?
Yes
Adversarial System
Military Police - Tribal Police = Civilian Federal Law Enforcement
Sheriff or Shireeve
6. What concept did the 1800 Babylonian King Hammurabi create that said juveniles could be considered for lessor penalties?
Limited or Reduced Capacity - Layers of Justice
Change
London Metropolitan Police Act
17
7. What two additional branches of government did the Constitution add to government?
1203(b)(1) - Felony
Local - County - Tribal - State - Federal
Information
Judicial - Executive
8. What are the three Terms of Imprisonment?
Makes deals and not go to trial
Low Term - Mid Term - High Term
Continue to another date
Jurisdiction
9. What federal law enforcement agency was created in 1973 and currently has over 5 -000 agents spread around the world?
D.E.A.or Drug Enforcement Agency
1383
Loosely Coupled System
Right away
10. What are the three branches of government enchanced or created by the U.S. Constitution?
8th Amendment
The Family Model
1899 Illinois
Legislative - Executive - Judicial
11. Besides the U.S. Marshall Service - what is the other oldest federal law enforcement agency?
$1.7 million
Discretion
Private Attorneys - Public Defenders
U.S. Postal Inspectors
12. How many cases go to the local court level each year?
Marbury versus Madison
London Metropolitan Police Act
Boston Massacre
90 Million
13. What current California legal code did the Law of Hammurabi and the Law of Moses contribute to?
Future laws not passed yet
The Penal Code
Precedent
8th Amendment
14. From 1789 to 1799 how was the U.S. Supreme Court?
U.S. Postal Inspectors
National Crime Information Center
Very inactive
Stars
15. During the Revolutionary War what major document helped to guide the colonies in fighting their war against Britain?
Articles of Confederation
1899 Illinois
Makes deals and not go to trial
1382
16. When there is a supposed legal error or discrepancy with a case - what type of hearing does it go to?
F.B.I.
Sheriff
Appeal
Seriousness of Offense - Flight Risk - Prior Record
17. Other then UCRS and NIBRS - what entities compile information about crime in the country?
Courts
Judicial/Legislative
Self Report Studies Victimization Surveys
Pendelton Act
18. Local law enforcement generally display shields on their badges. What do county law enforcement badges appear as?
Stars
Misdemeanor
Local - County - Tribal - State - Federal
London Metropolitan Police Act
19. What concept deals with corrections or judicial personal determining how much incarceration a person will serve?
Military Police - Tribal Police = Civilian Federal Law Enforcement
Due Process
Indeterminate Sentencing
1 Chief Justice 5 Associate Justices
20. What are the five levels of force among agencies?
Reputation and Appearance - Dialogue and Counseling - Empty Hands - Physical Restraint - Mechanical Restraint - Chemical Restraint
Courts
Challenge for Cause and Peremptory Challenges at a Jury Panel Hearing
Judicial - Executive
21. When court systems or levels disagree or question if rules are properly applied - what type of court is used?
Patronage
Bill of Rights
Appeals
Superior Court
22. Who is in charge of staffing - calender - budget - and other material needs of the court room?
U.S. Court of Appeals - State Supreme Court
Court Administrator
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
U.S. Postal Service Inspectors - Federal Marshall's Department
23. What is a county law enforcement agency's head administrator?
First Degree Murder - Federal drug trafficking and treason
Magna Carta
Special Police Force
Sheriff
24. What kind of system is our criminal justice system based upon?
Loosely Coupled
King John
Preliminary Hearing
King Henry II
25. What is the main criteria which determines whether a mater goes to a federal or state court?
Indeterminate Sentencing
Severity of the crime - Where it was committed
Patronage and Corruption
6th Amendment
26. What are the four main players in the criminal justice system?
Jury Panel Death Penalty Phase
17 -500
Citizens - Cops - Courts - Corrections
Lower Courts
27. When a court has control or authority over certain matters/issues - what is it called?
Sworn - Non-sworn
Jurisdiction
Process criminals and criminal charges - Ensure everyone's due process
Citizens - Cops - Courts - Corrections
28. What two additional sentences can come from a Formal Felony Sentencing Hearing different from a misdemeanor?
Prison Time - Death Sentence
Sir Robert Peel
Better
Due Process Phase
29. What does the U.S. Supreme Court have regarding what cases to hear?
U.S. Supreme Court U.S. Court of Appeals U.S. Federal District Courts
Discretion
Sufficient evidence that a felony was committed - Should it go to a felony trial
State
30. What west coast supreme court case in 1876 further established the philosophy of Parens Patriae and no due process for juveniles?
Infraction
34
Judiciary Act
Ah Peen
31. What do bills of attainer relate to?
Probation Officer
Conditional Sentence
Low Term - Mid Term - High Term
Punishment without trial
32. What crimes is the death penalty used for?
6th Amendment
First Degree Murder - Federal drug trafficking and treason
Infraction
Aggravating - Mitigating
33. What amendment discusses protection from self incrimination?
Judicial - Executive
5th Amendment
Patronage
Sir Robert Peel
34. The three federal courts are known as what?
Legislative - Executive - Judicial
U.S. Supreme Court U.S. Court of Appeals U.S. Federal District Courts
Change
All volunteers
35. What English Common Law court system could arguably be seen as the world's first dedicated juvenile court?
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36. What important corrections position was mandated in Massachusetts in 1878?
Infraction
Ah Peen
Probation Officer
Makes deals and not go to trial
37. What does a mitigating factor make the report?
Better
Sheriff
State
Retribution
38. What law further defined the role and make up of the U.S. Supreme court?
Chief
Judiciary Act
Boston Massacre
Trial Courts of Limited Jurisdiction
39. Which of the five major phases in the criminal justice system since 1965 produced major case law?
Due Process Phase
U.S. Supreme Court U.S. Court of Appeals U.S. Federal District Courts
Tribal
Formal Probation
40. In what year and state was the country's first dedicated juvenile justice system and court legally established?
Lower Courts
Law of Hammurabi - Law of Moses
1899 Illinois
Sheriff
41. The Reintegration Model - circa 1960s - failed due to community concern over leniency toward criminals and what two major social events?
Judiciary Act
NIBRS or National Incident Based Reporting System
Civil Rights Movement Vietnam War
1203(d) - Misdemeanor
42. What amendment discusses the right to a speedy trial?
Low Term - Mid Term - High Term
John Marshall
Better
6th Amendment
43. Our criminal justice system tries to maintain a balance between which two conflicting models/ideologies?
Habeas Corpus
Crime Control - Due Process
Punishment without trial
First Degree Murder - Federal drug trafficking and treason
44. Where does the U.S. Supreme Court hear cases from?
Sheriff
Infraction
Severity of the crime - Where it was committed
U.S. Court of Appeals - State Supreme Court
45. Under English Common Law what was the general cut off age in distinguishing between those who could charged with felonies?
National Crime Information Center
14
The Penal Code
Sheriff
46. Who said - 'The police are the public and the public are the police'?
Sir Robert Peel
Habeas Corpus
8th Amendment
John Marshall
47. What current U.S. law enforcement position/title had its origins with the English legal system circa 1000 A.D.?
Evidence
Aggravating - Mitigating
Challenge for Cause and Peremptory Challenges at a Jury Panel Hearing
Sheriff or Shireeve
48. What are the two types of defense attorneys?
Retribution
1382
Limited or Reduced Capacity - Layers of Justice
Private Attorneys - Public Defenders
49. What is the highest attorney at the federal level?
Presentence Court Report
Judiciary Act
1903
Attorney General
50. Where does a felony case begin?
Prison Time - Death Sentence
F.B.I.
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
Broken Windows