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Criminal Justice 101
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1. The Federal Court system was authorized through what?
Article III of the Constitution
Worse
1977 Dixon Bill
Presentence Court Report
2. What is the most important thing that a probation officer does in the presentence court report?
Evaluation
1203(d) - Misdemeanor
1899 Illinois
Conditional Sentence
3. In which two locations did the actual shooting war begin between British soldiers and Colonial militia men?
Secret Service
Better
Lexington - Concord
Judicial - Executive
4. What is the most important C or level of the criminal justice system?
5th Amendment 6th Amendment
U.S. Postal Service Inspectors - Federal Marshall's Department
Retribution
Courts
5. After the Bill of Rights was ratified - how many more times was the U.S. Constitution amended?
Due Process Phase
Court Room Work Group
Due Process
17
6. What type of 'law' evolved and became a predictable and anticipated set of laws to the English people circa 1000 A.D.?
Incorrigibles
Original Jurisdiction
Federal Court System
English Common Law
7. What west coast supreme court case in 1876 further established the philosophy of Parens Patriae and no due process for juveniles?
Ah Peen
Intermediate Courts
Complaint
Stare Decisis
8. In what year and state was the country's first dedicated juvenile justice system and court legally established?
1899 Illinois
Original Jurisdiction
State
Potential for Incarceration
9. What types of law enforcement agency is influenced by federal and territorial sovereignty?
Trial
Tribal
5th Amendment
1903
10. What 1770 shooting incident heightened tensions between Boston colonists and newly arrived British soldiers?
Boston Massacre
London Metropolitan Police Act
1203(b)(1) - Felony
85%
11. What is known as the highest source of law found within either a country or state?
Evidence
Constitutional Law
Chief
Sheriff
12. What is the highest attorney at the federal level?
Misdemeanor
Patronage
Attorney General
Reputation and Appearance - Dialogue and Counseling - Empty Hands - Physical Restraint - Mechanical Restraint - Chemical Restraint
13. What does O.R. mean?
Own Recognizance
Infraction
34
Precedent
14. What does N.C.I.C. stand for?
Bench Trial
Hoover
National Crime Information Center
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
15. Indeterminate sentencing was a mainstay within the California juvenile justice system until what year?
1977 Dixon Bill
State
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
Due Process
16. If you plea guilty at a misdemeanor arraignment - when can a judge sentence you?
Body - Amendments
1899 Illinois
F.B.I.
Right away
17. Where does the U.S. Supreme Court hear cases from?
U.S. Court of Appeals - State Supreme Court
17
Punishment without trial
Courts - Cops - Citizens - Corrections
18. What hearing has evidence presented and witnesses testify?
Discretion
Patronage
Low Term - Mid Term - High Term
Trial
19. What is the name for a juvenile complaint?
Petition
Precedent
F.B.I.
Superior Court
20. The California state highway patrol is an example of what type of law enforcement agency?
17
Sheriff
State
Community Orientated Policing Era
21. What is the legal term for fundamental fairness?
Government Attorney
14
Due Process
Evidence
22. What is ultimate goal at all early hearings?
Pendelton Act
Patrick Colquhoun
Makes deals and not go to trial
Citizens - Cops - Courts - Corrections
23. What penal code states that a felony must go to trial within 60 days of the second arrangement unless time lines are waived?
Limited or Reduced Capacity - Layers of Justice
Limited
UCRS or Uniform Crime Reporting System
1382
24. For a felony matter to leave a Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction - what special hearing must it go to?
Preliminary Hearing
Lexington - Concord
90 Million
Chief
25. How many chief justice and associate justices currently make up the U.S. Supreme Court?
1 Chief Justice 5 Associate Justices
Tribal
1 and 8
Cannot be used against you later in civil court
26. What Latin term means 'you have the body'?
Habeas Corpus
Broken Windows
Information
London Metropolitan Police Act
27. The average local law enforcement agency will often employ how many officers and serve what size population?
London Metropolitan Police Act
Evidence
50 - 25000
Loosely Coupled System
28. What is meant by inferior courts?
Stamp Act of 1765
The Penal Code
Lower Courts
1 and 8
29. What Latin term means great paper?
Bench Trial
F.B.I.
Magna Carta
Challenge for Cause and Peremptory Challenges at a Jury Panel Hearing
30. Who was the Supreme Court's third chief justice - credited with making the court more proactive - effective - and powerful?
1977 Dixon Bill
John Marshall
Felony
Broken Windows
31. Under English Common Law what was the general cut off age in distinguishing between those who could charged with felonies?
Adversarial System
Parens Patriae
14
Discretion
32. How long is a federal judge's term of office for?
Judicial Review
Life
Incorrigibles
Incapaciation
33. In 1829 which English government employee pushed a new law which followed the ideas of Patrick Colquhoun?
14
1977 Dixon Bill
Pretrial Hearing
Sir Robert Peel
34. Local California courts which handle felonies and major civil matters are called what?
Trial Courts of General Jurisdiction
14th Amendment
5th Amendment 6th Amendment
Attorney General
35. 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
Judges - Prosecuting Attorneys - Defense Attorneys
Preliminary Hearing
F.B.I.
36. Why does someone plea nolo contendre?
Cannot be used against you later in civil court
Judicial System = Institutional System
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
8th Amendment
37. What are the two parts of the Constitution called?
County
Body - Amendments
1382
Quasi-Military - Strict Chain of Command
38. Who are the three main players in the Criminal Justice system?
Preliminary Hearing
Presentence Court Report
Arrangement
Judges - Prosecuting Attorneys - Defense Attorneys
39. Law enforcement has been traditionally very resistant to what?
Change
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
Precedent
Trial
40. What federal law enforcement agency had its origins in 1908?
The Penal Code
Intermediate Courts
F.B.I.
Makes deals and not go to trial
41. Besides the U.S. Marshall Service - what is the other oldest federal law enforcement agency?
Stare Decisis
Loosely Coupled System
London Metropolitan Police Act
U.S. Postal Inspectors
42. What is the first hearing or court appearance for all cases?
Judicial Review
Arrangement
London Metropolitan Police Act
Mala en Se
43. What two things do military police entities possess?
14
Precedent
Judicial System = Institutional System
Sheriff
44. What is a local law enforcement agency's head administrator?
U.S. Court of Appeals
Chief
Court Room Work Group
Mala en Se
45. What does the U.S. Supreme Court have regarding what cases to hear?
Original Jurisdiction
Tribal
Change
Discretion
46. What concepts attempts to protect society by isolating others?
1383
Infraction
Incapaciation
Chief
47. What crimes is the death penalty used for?
U.S. Postal Inspectors
Very inactive
First Degree Murder - Federal drug trafficking and treason
Information
48. Where does a misdemeanors case begin?
Marbury versus Madison
Mala en Se
Tribal
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
49. What are the four Cs of the criminal justice system?
Infraction
NIBRS or National Incident Based Reporting System
Severity of the crime - Where it was committed
Courts - Cops - Citizens - Corrections
50. What does a judge order the probation department to write in order to find more about an individual before sentencing?
Presentence Court Report
Punishment without trial
Habeas Corpus
Dual System