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Criminal Justice 101
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1. What concept did the 1800 Babylonian King Hammurabi create that said juveniles could be considered for lessor penalties?
Misdemeanor
Limited or Reduced Capacity - Layers of Justice
Marbury versus Madison
Legislative - Executive - Judicial
2. What is meant by inferior courts?
17 -500
Sworn - Non-sworn
Limited or Reduced Capacity - Layers of Justice
Lower Courts
3. What is a local law enforcement agency's head administrator?
Bill of Rights
Chief
Stars
State
4. What major 1829 English law created a centralized urban police force in London?
London Metropolitan Police Act
Mary Ann Crouse
Loosely Coupled System
1383
5. The second federal inferior court of authority is known as what?
D.E.A.or Drug Enforcement Agency
U.S. Court of Appeals
1203(b)(1) - Felony
14
6. When there is a supposed legal error or discrepancy with a case - what type of hearing does it go to?
Appeal
Reputation and Appearance - Dialogue and Counseling - Empty Hands - Physical Restraint - Mechanical Restraint - Chemical Restraint
NIBRS or National Incident Based Reporting System
U.S. Supreme Court U.S. Court of Appeals U.S. Federal District Courts
7. What do the majority of cases going into the U.S. District Court involve?
Trial
Intermediate Courts
U.S. Marshall's
Drug Violations - White Collar Crimes
8. What is the main criteria which determines whether a mater goes to a federal or state court?
Body - Amendments
Severity of the crime - Where it was committed
Self Report Studies Victimization Surveys
Due Process Phase
9. What two things do military police entities possess?
Limited or Reduced Capacity - Layers of Justice
Judicial System = Institutional System
Vigilantes
Self Report Studies Victimization Surveys
10. What does the U.S. Federal District Court possess regarding cases heard?
Original Jurisdiction
Miranda versus Arizona
Severity of the crime - Where it was committed
1903
11. Who runs the N.C.I.C.?
Hoover
F.B.I
Review charges again because felony stakes are higher
Adversarial System
12. What is the Latin term that means evil or bad in itself?
Crime Control - Due Process
Mala en Se
Citizens - Cops - Courts - Corrections
State
13. In which two locations did the actual shooting war begin between British soldiers and Colonial militia men?
Government Attorney
King John
Stare Decisis
Lexington - Concord
14. Railroad Police - Port/Harbor Police - Campus Police - and Mass Transit Police are examples of what?
90 Million
Stare Decisis
50 - 25000
Special Police Force
15. The third federal inferior court of authority is known as what?
County
Possecomintatus
Infraction
U.S. Federal District Courts
16. Where does the U.S. Supreme Court hear cases from?
The Family Model
U.S. Court of Appeals - State Supreme Court
Nolo Contendre
Quasi-Military - Strict Chain of Command
17. The B.I.A. and the F.B.I. often provide support and assistance to what level of law enforcement agencies?
14
17
Tribal
Marbury versus Madison
18. What hearing comes after a misdemeanor arraignment?
Citizens - Cops - Courts - Corrections
George Washington - John Adams
Pretrial Hearing
National Crime Information Center
19. What does the U.S. Court of Appeals not have regarding what cases to hear?
Patrick Colquhoun
D&R - Disposition and Resetting
Severity of the crime - Where it was committed
Discretion
20. In what year did California pass its juvenile justice system act known as Juvenile Court Act?
1903
Evidence
Mala Prohibita
Patronage and Corruption
21. What 1838 Ohio State Supreme Court Case established the concept of Parens Patriae and no need for due process in juvenile matters?
None
Mary Ann Crouse
90%
Appeals
22. What does the U.S. Supreme Court have regarding what cases to hear?
50 - 25000
Discretion
5th Amendment
8th Amendment
23. What was the name of the group of people who went to Philadelphia in 1774 in order to discuss their unhappiness with Britain and its taxes?
First Continental Congress
State
Makes deals and not go to trial
39
24. What legal model first attempted the concept of rehabilitation and resocialization?
Aggravating - Mitigating
The Family Model
Better
Seriousness of Offense - Flight Risk - Prior Record
25. What does O.R. mean?
Loosely Coupled
Own Recognizance
U.S. Federal District Courts
Military Police - Tribal Police = Civilian Federal Law Enforcement
26. What do bills of attainer relate to?
Trial
Indeterminate Sentencing
Punishment without trial
Discretion
27. What does a preliminary hearing determine?
UCRS or Uniform Crime Reporting System
Bill of Rights
Information
Sufficient evidence that a felony was committed - Should it go to a felony trial
28. In what year and state was the country's first dedicated juvenile justice system and court legally established?
1899 Illinois
Probation Officer
Serpico
Presentence Court Report
29. Where does a misdemeanors case begin?
First Degree Murder - Federal drug trafficking and treason
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
Secret Service
County
30. What west coast supreme court case in 1876 further established the philosophy of Parens Patriae and no due process for juveniles?
The Family Model
Ah Peen
Better
Courts
31. What does the Court of Appeals not possess?
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
Original Jurisdiction
London Metropolitan Police Act
Felony
32. What is the name of our criminal justice system that is made up of both federal and state levels?
Stare Decisis
Dual System
Marbury versus Madison
Stars
33. What Latin term means 'you have the body'?
Judiciary Act
Provide investigation services - Sentencing Recommendations - Provide Supervision
Habeas Corpus
Nolo Contendre
34. Which California code section gives police and corrections their 'peace officer powers'?
Community Sensitive Programs
Judicial - Executive
Preliminary Hearing
830.1
35. How long is a federal judge's term of office for?
National Crime Information Center
Life
Information
Local level
36. What are the five levels of law enforcement in this country?
Challenge for Cause and Peremptory Challenges at a Jury Panel Hearing
Sheriff
Local - County - Tribal - State - Federal
Limited
37. What law further defined the role and make up of the U.S. Supreme court?
Judicial - Executive
Judiciary Act
Intermediate Courts
Nolo Contendre
38. What does ex-post facto law relate to?
Loosely Coupled System
Stamp Act of 1765
1 Chief Justice 5 Associate Justices
Future laws not passed yet
39. What is the average budget of a local law enforcement agency?
17
Courts
U.S. Postal Inspectors
$1.7 million
40. Both Trial Courts fall under what 'umbrella' Court System?
Local level
Appeals
Prison Time - Death Sentence
Superior Court
41. What are the three Terms of Imprisonment?
Community Sensitive Programs
Change
Low Term - Mid Term - High Term
Limited
42. What are the two general characteristics evident among most law enforcement agencies?
Life
F.B.I
Quasi-Military - Strict Chain of Command
Reputation and Appearance - Dialogue and Counseling - Empty Hands - Physical Restraint - Mechanical Restraint - Chemical Restraint
43. What important corrections position was mandated in Massachusetts in 1878?
Own Recognizance
Probation Officer
State
Broken Windows
44. What crimes is the death penalty used for?
Patronage
First Degree Murder - Federal drug trafficking and treason
Tribal
State
45. The Texas Rangers are the oldest law enforcement agency in this country at what level?
Articles of Confederation
Mary Ann Crouse
Judicial Review
State
46. What criminal statistical agency or method was created in 1930?
Seriousness of Offense - Flight Risk - Prior Record
None
Conditional Sentence
UCRS or Uniform Crime Reporting System
47. What is a trial where there is no jury and the verdict is given by the judge?
Hoover
Presentence Court Report
1383
Bench Trial
48. In the wild west what were the people called who banded together to protect each other?
Military Police - Tribal Police = Civilian Federal Law Enforcement
Preliminary Hearing
50 - 25000
Vigilantes
49. What amendment discusses cruel and unusual punishment?
State
8th Amendment
John Augustus
State
50. Law enforcement has been traditionally very resistant to what?
Change
Preliminary Hearing
Boston Massacre
8th Amendment