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Criminal Justice 101
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1. What does the U.S. Court of Appeals not have regarding what cases to hear?
Judicial/Legislative
Discretion
Mala Prohibita
17 -500
2. What are the two parts of the Constitution called?
Patronage and Corruption
Body - Amendments
Statue of Winchester
Citizens - Cops - Courts - Corrections
3. What is a trial where there is no jury and the verdict is given by the judge?
Own Recognizance
Arrangement
Hoover
Bench Trial
4. What is the system that puts two conflicting parties against each other with a third neutral part overseeing the process?
Adversarial System
State
Jurisdiction
None
5. What 1883 federal law stressed the need for a civil service system based upon merit?
1203(d) - Misdemeanor
Punishment without trial
4th Amendment
Pendelton Act
6. What are the four Cs of the criminal justice system?
Discretion
London Metropolitan Police Act
Courts - Cops - Citizens - Corrections
State
7. How many states have State Courts of Appeals?
$1.7 million
4th Amendment
39
Sir Robert Peel
8. In Orange County - what type of prosecuting attorneys handle the day to day issues in the court room?
Assistant District Attorneys
Yes
Hoover
Trial Courts of General Jurisdiction
9. What are the three main players in the Criminal Justice system known as?
Miranda versus Arizona
Incorrigibles
Court Room Work Group
County
10. What important corrections position was mandated in Massachusetts in 1878?
Probation Officer
Bill of Rights
Information
Sir Robert Peel
11. What do bills of attainer relate to?
Punishment without trial
F.B.I
Article III of the Constitution
Federal Court System
12. When a court has control or authority over certain matters/issues - what is it called?
1383
Judicial/Legislative
Jurisdiction
Potential for Incarceration
13. During the Revolutionary War what major document helped to guide the colonies in fighting their war against Britain?
Original Jurisdiction
1203(b)(1) - Felony
90%
Articles of Confederation
14. Where does a felony case begin?
Incapaciation
1203(b)(1) - Felony
Stare Decisis
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
15. What law enforcement agency maintains the largest training academy in the U.S.?
F.B.I.
Precedent
Stare Decisis
90%
16. What type of hearing does a felony case go to after arrangement?
Petition
Preliminary Hearing
Vigilantes
Mary Ann Crouse
17. How many law enforcement agencies exist in this country?
Patrick Colquhoun
Private Attorneys - Public Defenders
5th Amendment
17 -500
18. What 1770 shooting incident heightened tensions between Boston colonists and newly arrived British soldiers?
Incorrigibles
Process criminals and criminal charges - Ensure everyone's due process
Patrick Colquhoun
Boston Massacre
19. In what year did California pass its juvenile justice system act known as Juvenile Court Act?
Indeterminate Sentencing
Severity of the crime - Where it was committed
Sufficient evidence that a felony was committed - Should it go to a felony trial
1903
20. What concept did the 1800 Babylonian King Hammurabi create that said juveniles could be considered for lessor penalties?
F.B.I.
U.S. Postal Service Inspectors - Federal Marshall's Department
Limited or Reduced Capacity - Layers of Justice
1 Chief Justice 5 Associate Justices
21. What is meant by inferior courts?
Makes deals and not go to trial
17 -500
Lower Courts
Preliminary Hearing
22. What is the highest attorney at the federal level?
Worse
Appeal
Attorney General
Potential for Incarceration
23. What type of bodies do our current laws come from?
Judicial/Legislative
U.S. Postal Service Inspectors - Federal Marshall's Department
Preliminary Hearing
Article III of the Constitution
24. What two additional branches of government did the Constitution add to government?
Chief
34
Judicial - Executive
Dual System
25. What is the name for a felony complaint?
Complaint
Review charges again because felony stakes are higher
Information
F.B.I.
26. Railroad Police - Port/Harbor Police - Campus Police - and Mass Transit Police are examples of what?
Preliminary Hearing
Special Police Force
Process criminals and criminal charges - Ensure everyone's due process
Judicial Review
27. What concept attempts to alter future behaviors through threats of punishment and consequences?
Bill of Rights
Deterrence
Hoover
Patronage
28. In Orange County - what is the misdemeanor Pretrial Hearing called?
D&R - Disposition and Resetting
Deterrence
5th Amendment 6th Amendment
Patrick Colquhoun
29. What federal law enforcement agency had its origins in 1908?
F.B.I.
6th Amendment
State
85%
30. Under English Common Law what was the general cut off age in distinguishing between those who could charged with felonies?
90%
Process criminals and criminal charges - Ensure everyone's due process
14
Chief
31. What were minors who disobeyed orders of the Kings Chancery Court system called?
Incorrigibles
Seriousness of Offense - Flight Risk - Prior Record
Miranda versus Arizona
State
32. Jail time - restitution - contact restrictions - drug testing - searches and seizures - employment verification - and counseling can be terms of what?
Law of Hammurabi - Law of Moses
Sufficient evidence that a felony was committed - Should it go to a felony trial
Formal Probation
Petition
33. Local law enforcement generally display shields on their badges. What do county law enforcement badges appear as?
Civil Rights Movement Vietnam War
Stars
The Family Model
Sir Robert Peel
34. What hearing has evidence presented and witnesses testify?
Judicial Review
Trial
First Degree Murder - Federal drug trafficking and treason
Retribution
35. What was the name of the article which encouraged law enforcement not just to focus on crime - but the social factors of crime?
Stare Decisis
Deterrence
Broken Windows
Intermediate Courts
36. What is the legal term for fundamental fairness?
$1.7 million
Probation Officer
London Metropolitan Police Act
Due Process
37. What does a judge order the probation department to write in order to find more about an individual before sentencing?
State
Presentence Court Report
NIBRS or National Incident Based Reporting System
Patrick Colquhoun
38. In the wild west what were the people called who banded together to protect each other?
1203(b)(1) - Felony
Vigilantes
First Continental Congress
Original Jurisdiction
39. Both Trial Courts fall under what 'umbrella' Court System?
39
F.B.I
Loosely Coupled
Superior Court
40. Who were the country's first president and vice president?
Felony
85%
Own Recognizance
George Washington - John Adams
41. What are the oldest law enforcement agencies in the country?
42. The Reintegration Model - circa 1960s - failed due to community concern over leniency toward criminals and what two major social events?
Prison Time - Death Sentence
Civil Rights Movement Vietnam War
Self Report Studies Victimization Surveys
Petition
43. What has disappeared among law enforcement agencies is this country?
Parens Patriae
Judiciary Act
Patronage and Corruption
Federal Court System
44. What two types of employees do law enforcement agencies employ?
Stare Decisis
Jurisdiction
Sworn - Non-sworn
Due Process Phase
45. State Troopers are what level of law enforcement?
State
Process criminals and criminal charges - Ensure everyone's due process
Assistant District Attorneys
Tribal
46. What word represents the ability of criminal justice players to make independent decisions?
Sufficient evidence that a felony was committed - Should it go to a felony trial
Discretion
Attorney General
5th Amendment 6th Amendment
47. What current California legal code did the Law of Hammurabi and the Law of Moses contribute to?
The Penal Code
Future laws not passed yet
34
First Continental Congress
48. What was the original staffing of the U.S. Supreme Court?
Parens Patriae
Misdemeanor
90 Million
1 Chief Justice 5 Associate Justices
49. What is the Latin term for the plea of the no contest?
Mala en Se
Appeals
Court Administrator
Nolo Contendre
50. What two factors does a probation officer consider when writing the presentence report?
Local level
Aggravating - Mitigating
Drug Violations - White Collar Crimes
1382