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Criminal Justice 101
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What type of hearing does a felony case go to after arrangement?
County
Preliminary Hearing
14
First Continental Congress
2. According to Hammurabi - what age was considered as the cut off between juveniles and adults?
U.S. Constitution
Yes
Patronage and Corruption
14
3. How long is a federal judge's term of office for?
8th Amendment
Life
Retribution
Patronage
4. What was the original staffing of the U.S. Supreme Court?
Sheriff or Shireeve
1203(d) - Misdemeanor
Due Process Phase
1 Chief Justice 5 Associate Justices
5. When pleading guilty at a felony arrangement - what does the judge generally do for sentencing?
Discretion
Community Sensitive Programs
4th Amendment
Continue to another date
6. Negative political influence and corruption impacting 19th century U.S. police agencies was called what?
Preliminary Hearing
Patronage
1383
Mala en Se
7. What concept discusses 'an eye for an eye'?
Retribution
17 -500
Review charges again because felony stakes are higher
Probation Officer
8. The Kansas City Patrol Experiment and Flint - Michigan Patrol Program motivated police to try what new procedures?
Aggravating - Mitigating
Community Sensitive Programs
U.S. Postal Inspectors
County
9. What is the State Court System's court of last resort?
Marbury versus Madison
Court Administrator
State Supreme Court
39
10. What is known as the highest source of law found within either a country or state?
14
Secret Service
Jury Panel Death Penalty Phase
Constitutional Law
11. Local California courts which handle felonies and major civil matters are called what?
Body - Amendments
1977 Dixon Bill
Formal Probation
Trial Courts of General Jurisdiction
12. What does the Court of Appeals not possess?
Original Jurisdiction
Court Administrator
Lower Courts
Generalists
13. What major 1966 U.S. Supreme Court case provided new guidelines in how police arrested and interrogated adult defendants?
Stare Decisis
Citizens - Cops - Courts - Corrections
Infraction
Miranda versus Arizona
14. Law enforcement has been traditionally very resistant to what?
17 -500
Change
Original Jurisdiction
Tribal
15. What hearing comes after a misdemeanor arraignment?
First Continental Congress
Makes deals and not go to trial
Bench Trial
Pretrial Hearing
16. What are state Courts of Appeals also called?
Aggravating - Mitigating
1203(b)(1) - Felony
London Metropolitan Police Act
Intermediate Courts
17. What constitutes the major difference between a crime and illegal behavior?
Right away
Potential for Incarceration
Patronage and Corruption
39
18. What current California legal code did the Law of Hammurabi and the Law of Moses contribute to?
Deterrence
Attorney General
The Penal Code
U.S. Court of Appeals
19. What are the three main players in the Criminal Justice system known as?
Sheriff
Complaint
Infraction
Court Room Work Group
20. What does a judge order the probation department to write in order to find more about an individual before sentencing?
14th Amendment
Presentence Court Report
Due Process
Information
21. What amendment discuses issues if incorporation - citizenship - and due process?
4th Amendment
Discretion
14th Amendment
First Continental Congress
22. The three federal courts are known as what?
Private Attorneys - Public Defenders
U.S. Supreme Court U.S. Court of Appeals U.S. Federal District Courts
Felony
Patronage and Corruption
23. What is the Latin term for the plea of the no contest?
Review charges again because felony stakes are higher
Nolo Contendre
Self Report Studies Victimization Surveys
Hoover
24. The average local law enforcement agency will often employ how many officers and serve what size population?
50 - 25000
Conditional Sentence
Chief
Bench Trial
25. What is the highest attorney at the federal level?
Self Report Studies Victimization Surveys
1383
Attorney General
Boston Massacre
26. What criteria does the judge use when setting bail?
Seriousness of Offense - Flight Risk - Prior Record
Generalists
50 - 25000
Articles of Confederation
27. What kind of powers do corrections and probation officers have?
Limited
4th Amendment
Generalists
Limited or Reduced Capacity - Layers of Justice
28. The power of the U.S. Supreme Court to interpret what the constitution says and means - via case law - is known as what?
Marbury versus Madison
U.S. Postal Inspectors
Judicial Review
Drug Violations - White Collar Crimes
29. Where are the vast majority of cases heard?
Local level
Appeal
State Supreme Court
Worse
30. What federal law enforcement agency delegated peace officer powers to citizens during the era of the wild west?
31. What criminal statistical agency or method was created in 1930?
State/Local Court System
UCRS or Uniform Crime Reporting System
1 and 8
Government Attorney
32. What is meant by inferior courts?
Lower Courts
Lexington - Concord
Due Process Phase
Sworn - Non-sworn
33. What types of law enforcement agency is influenced by federal and territorial sovereignty?
Patrick Colquhoun
Complaint
Evidence
Tribal
34. Which of the five major phases in the criminal justice system since 1965 produced major case law?
Due Process Phase
Own Recognizance
Bench Trial
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
35. What is a crime publishable by six months to one yer in jail - fines - or probation?
Misdemeanor
Patronage
Court Administrator
1903
36. If you plea guilty at a misdemeanor arraignment - when can a judge sentence you?
Right away
Tribal
Generalists
Government Attorney
37. What are the three branches of government enchanced or created by the U.S. Constitution?
Original Jurisdiction
Statue of Winchester
Stars
Legislative - Executive - Judicial
38. Which 1760s British tax law placed tax quotes on all paper based products imported into the colonies?
Stamp Act of 1765
1203(b)(1) - Felony
Court Administrator
Probation Officer
39. What is another term for informal probation?
5th Amendment 6th Amendment
Vigilantes
Stars
Conditional Sentence
40. What is the most important thing that a probation officer does in the presentence court report?
830.1
Evaluation
85%
Indeterminate Sentencing
41. Generally speaking - what type of attorney is a prosecuting attorney?
Judicial - Executive
Government Attorney
Evaluation
Appeals
42. What does O.R. mean?
Seriousness of Offense - Flight Risk - Prior Record
Appeal
Trial Courts of General Jurisdiction
Own Recognizance
43. Indeterminate sentencing was a mainstay within the California juvenile justice system until what year?
Sufficient evidence that a felony was committed - Should it go to a felony trial
Patronage
1977 Dixon Bill
U.S. Marshall's
44. What are the two parts of the Constitution called?
Punishment without trial
Own Recognizance
Body - Amendments
Provide investigation services - Sentencing Recommendations - Provide Supervision
45. State Troopers are what level of law enforcement?
State
Review charges again because felony stakes are higher
14th Amendment
Body - Amendments
46. What criminal statistical agency or method was created in 1987 as a supplement to UCRS?
King Chamberlain's Court
NIBRS or National Incident Based Reporting System
Drug Violations - White Collar Crimes
Habeas Corpus
47. What two factors does a probation officer consider when writing the presentence report?
Law of Hammurabi - Law of Moses
Misdemeanor
Aggravating - Mitigating
Miranda versus Arizona
48. What is the average budget of a local law enforcement agency?
$1.7 million
U.S. Federal District Courts
Better
Future laws not passed yet
49. What are the three duties of Deputy Probation officers in the court room?
Stars
D.E.A.or Drug Enforcement Agency
Provide investigation services - Sentencing Recommendations - Provide Supervision
Petition
50. What does a mitigating factor make the report?
Better
Loosely Coupled System
50 - 25000
Incorrigibles