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Criminal Justice 101
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1. Is the Federal or State court system older?
Adversarial System
State
County
Serpico
2. What does O.R. mean?
Own Recognizance
Trial Courts of Limited Jurisdiction
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
Broken Windows
3. After the U.S. Constitution was ratified - what type of court system did the U.S. realize it needed to have?
Federal Court System
State
John Marshall
1382
4. How many states use the death penalty?
Jurisdiction
17 -500
34
State
5. What are state Courts of Appeals also called?
Information
Sworn - Non-sworn
Intermediate Courts
Bill of Rights
6. What penal code states that a felony must go to trial within 60 days of the second arrangement unless time lines are waived?
90%
Citizens - Cops - Courts - Corrections
1382
Provide investigation services - Sentencing Recommendations - Provide Supervision
7. What are small law enforcement agencies often made up of?
Tribal
Yes
Possecomintatus
Generalists
8. What is the name for a felony complaint?
Habeas Corpus
Information
Courts - Cops - Citizens - Corrections
First Continental Congress
9. What types of law enforcement agency is influenced by federal and territorial sovereignty?
Tribal
Legislative - Executive - Judicial
Complaint
Evaluation
10. Local California courts which handle felonies and major civil matters are called what?
90 Million
Trial Courts of General Jurisdiction
Magna Carta
F.B.I.
11. What important corrections position was mandated in Massachusetts in 1878?
Own Recognizance
Probation Officer
First Continental Congress
Right away
12. What are the three main players in the Criminal Justice system known as?
5th Amendment
Tribal
NIBRS or National Incident Based Reporting System
Court Room Work Group
13. Railroad Police - Port/Harbor Police - Campus Police - and Mass Transit Police are examples of what?
34
Petition
Special Police Force
14
14. When pleading guilty at a felony arrangement - what does the judge generally do for sentencing?
Precedent
Intermediate Courts
Severity of the crime - Where it was committed
Continue to another date
15. What are the four Cs of the criminal justice system?
National Crime Information Center
UCRS or Uniform Crime Reporting System
Conditional Sentence
Courts - Cops - Citizens - Corrections
16. What are the two conflicting philosophies which talk of a desire for individual freedom and a crime free society?
Crime Control Due Process
Challenge for Cause and Peremptory Challenges at a Jury Panel Hearing
Attorney General
UCRS or Uniform Crime Reporting System
17. What kind of system is our criminal justice system based upon?
Government Attorney
Loosely Coupled
Adversarial System
Process criminals and criminal charges - Ensure everyone's due process
18. What are the five levels of force among agencies?
National Crime Information Center
Reputation and Appearance - Dialogue and Counseling - Empty Hands - Physical Restraint - Mechanical Restraint - Chemical Restraint
Parens Patriae
U.S. Court of Appeals - State Supreme Court
19. The second federal inferior court of authority is known as what?
Constitutional Law
U.S. Court of Appeals
Makes deals and not go to trial
Due Process Phase
20. What is the most important thing that a probation officer does in the presentence court report?
Evaluation
Private Attorneys - Public Defenders
Seriousness of Offense - Flight Risk - Prior Record
Arrangement
21. What do the majority of cases going into the U.S. District Court involve?
Drug Violations - White Collar Crimes
Mary Ann Crouse
Presentence Court Report
Self Report Studies Victimization Surveys
22. When court systems or levels disagree or question if rules are properly applied - what type of court is used?
Appeals
U.S. Postal Service Inspectors - Federal Marshall's Department
50 - 25000
Due Process Phase
23. What were minors who disobeyed orders of the Kings Chancery Court system called?
All volunteers
Incorrigibles
Assistant District Attorneys
Judicial/Legislative
24. How many cases go to the local court level each year?
Challenge for Cause and Peremptory Challenges at a Jury Panel Hearing
90 Million
Petition
Loosely Coupled System
25. What current California legal code did the Law of Hammurabi and the Law of Moses contribute to?
Mala en Se
The Penal Code
Presentence Court Report
Loosely Coupled
26. What major 1803 U.S. Supreme Court case established that the court would begin to interpret what the constitution was all about?
Trial
Marbury versus Madison
F.B.I
Discretion
27. What is the most important C or level of the criminal justice system?
Courts
Trial
Intermediate Courts
Loosely Coupled System
28. What amendment discuses issues if incorporation - citizenship - and due process?
$1.7 million
14th Amendment
Drug Violations - White Collar Crimes
Federal Court System
29. What 1838 Ohio State Supreme Court Case established the concept of Parens Patriae and no need for due process in juvenile matters?
8th Amendment
Mary Ann Crouse
U.S. Postal Inspectors
UCRS or Uniform Crime Reporting System
30. What penal code section is used to waive time lines during a trial?
Jurisdiction
1383
Sir Robert Peel
Broken Windows
31. What is a local law enforcement agency's head administrator?
Chief
Incapaciation
Patronage and Corruption
State
32. What are the two types of defense attorneys?
Trials
U.S. Federal District Courts
Special Police Force
Private Attorneys - Public Defenders
33. What two factors does a probation officer consider when writing the presentence report?
Lower Courts
Aggravating - Mitigating
F.B.I.
Community Orientated Policing Era
34. The average local law enforcement agency will often employ how many officers and serve what size population?
Punishment without trial
Prison Time - Death Sentence
50 - 25000
90 Million
35. Local California courts which handle misdemeanors - minor civil matters - and traffic violations are called what?
Judicial/Legislative
Trial Courts of Limited Jurisdiction
Lower Courts
Limited or Reduced Capacity - Layers of Justice
36. What are the oldest law enforcement agencies in the country?
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37. What criteria does the judge use when setting bail?
Seriousness of Offense - Flight Risk - Prior Record
Civil Rights Movement Vietnam War
Jurisdiction
Special Police Force
38. What concept did the 1800 Babylonian King Hammurabi create that said juveniles could be considered for lessor penalties?
Felony
Judicial System = Institutional System
Broken Windows
Limited or Reduced Capacity - Layers of Justice
39. What type of hearing does a felony case go to after arrangement?
Dual System
17
Assistant District Attorneys
Preliminary Hearing
40. Where does a misdemeanors case begin?
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
90%
Trial Courts of General Jurisdiction
4th Amendment
41. What is another term for informal probation?
Judiciary Act
Discretion
Loosely Coupled
Conditional Sentence
42. What are the three branches of government enchanced or created by the U.S. Constitution?
Yes
County
Legislative - Executive - Judicial
90%
43. What are the branches of federal law enforcement?
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
Severity of the crime - Where it was committed
Military Police - Tribal Police = Civilian Federal Law Enforcement
Original Jurisdiction
44. What legal model first attempted the concept of rehabilitation and resocialization?
The Family Model
All volunteers
Stare Decisis
Precedent
45. What does the U.S. Federal District Court possess regarding cases heard?
Trial
Attorney General
Government Attorney
Original Jurisdiction
46. What west coast supreme court case in 1876 further established the philosophy of Parens Patriae and no due process for juveniles?
Articles of Confederation
Court Room Work Group
Lower Courts
Ah Peen
47. How long is a federal judge's term of office for?
Judiciary Act
Life
Sheriff
U.S. Court of Appeals - State Supreme Court
48. What federal law enforcement agency had its origins in 1908?
4th Amendment
Judicial - Executive
F.B.I.
Discretion
49. The Federal Court system was created through what?
English Common Law
Judiciary Act
8th Amendment
Sufficient evidence that a felony was committed - Should it go to a felony trial
50. What two things do military police entities possess?
$1.7 million
Nolo Contendre
Judicial System = Institutional System
Secret Service