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Criminal Justice 101
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1. According to Hammurabi - what age was considered as the cut off between juveniles and adults?
Boston Massacre
Patronage and Corruption
14
Adversarial System
2. What major 1829 English law created a centralized urban police force in London?
Marbury versus Madison
Sworn - Non-sworn
London Metropolitan Police Act
1903
3. What does a mitigating factor make the report?
Loosely Coupled
Punishment without trial
John Marshall
Better
4. The Federal Court system was created through what?
Felony
Judiciary Act
17 -500
Dual System
5. The power of the U.S. Supreme Court to interpret what the constitution says and means - via case law - is known as what?
Conditional Sentence
Judicial Review
Courts
50 - 25000
6. What percent of the time will a judge go with what a presentence court report says?
85%
Severity of the crime - Where it was committed
Mary Ann Crouse
5th Amendment 6th Amendment
7. What criminal statistical agency or method was created in 1930?
Adversarial System
Mala Prohibita
UCRS or Uniform Crime Reporting System
Boston Massacre
8. Other then UCRS and NIBRS - what entities compile information about crime in the country?
State
6th Amendment
Self Report Studies Victimization Surveys
County
9. What 1285 A.D. English law removed the emphasis on law enforcement away from the military and back onto the citizens?
Sheriff or Shireeve
King Henry II
Statue of Winchester
English Common Law
10. What amendment discusses protection from self incrimination?
Chief
Stars
5th Amendment
None
11. Both felonies are misdemeanors are first filed as what?
Complaint
$1.7 million
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
UCRS or Uniform Crime Reporting System
12. What law enforcement agency maintains the largest training academy in the U.S.?
Courts - Cops - Citizens - Corrections
Boston Massacre
F.B.I.
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
13. What 1883 federal law stressed the need for a civil service system based upon merit?
Indeterminate Sentencing
Pendelton Act
Discretion
$1.7 million
14. 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
Makes deals and not go to trial
Adversarial System
Mala Prohibita
15. How many chief justice and associate justices currently make up the U.S. Supreme Court?
1 and 8
6th Amendment
90 Million
1977 Dixon Bill
16. What was the name of the article which encouraged law enforcement not just to focus on crime - but the social factors of crime?
Continue to another date
Courts - Cops - Citizens - Corrections
Broken Windows
Formal Probation
17. The California state highway patrol is an example of what type of law enforcement agency?
5th Amendment 6th Amendment
Statue of Winchester
State
Superior Court
18. What are the three duties of Deputy Probation officers in the court room?
5th Amendment
Provide investigation services - Sentencing Recommendations - Provide Supervision
Misdemeanor
Law of Hammurabi - Law of Moses
19. Negative political influence and corruption impacting 19th century U.S. police agencies was called what?
14th Amendment
Pretrial Hearing
Patronage
Sworn - Non-sworn
20. What has disappeared among law enforcement agencies is this country?
Sworn - Non-sworn
50 - 25000
Patronage and Corruption
Community Orientated Policing Era
21. What does N.C.I.C. stand for?
National Crime Information Center
Preliminary Hearing
Complaint
1903
22. What concept discusses 'an eye for an eye'?
Special Police Force
Loosely Coupled
Judiciary Act
Retribution
23. In what year did California pass its juvenile justice system act known as Juvenile Court Act?
Trial
1903
Judges - Prosecuting Attorneys - Defense Attorneys
Attorney General
24. 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
Discretion
Provide investigation services - Sentencing Recommendations - Provide Supervision
25. What hearing determines in an individual receives the death penalty?
Jury Panel Death Penalty Phase
17 -500
Local level
Deterrence
26. What are state Courts of Appeals also called?
Presentence Court Report
50 - 25000
All volunteers
Intermediate Courts
27. What is the highest attorney at the federal level?
Private Attorneys - Public Defenders
1903
Attorney General
Crime Control Due Process
28. What important corrections position was mandated in Massachusetts in 1878?
Probation Officer
Law of Hammurabi - Law of Moses
Self Report Studies Victimization Surveys
14th Amendment
29. What Latin term allowed the Magna Carta to be enhanced and reinforced and means to adhere to what has come before?
4th Amendment
Stare Decisis
Right away
Quasi-Military - Strict Chain of Command
30. What was created in order to convince several of the new states to agree to the Constitution?
Community Sensitive Programs
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
Bill of Rights
Pretrial Hearing
31. The second federal inferior court of authority is known as what?
Due Process
U.S. Court of Appeals
Local - County - Tribal - State - Federal
Presentence Court Report
32. What are the three main players in the Criminal Justice system known as?
The Family Model
Local level
17 -500
Court Room Work Group
33. What concept attempts to alter future behaviors through threats of punishment and consequences?
Jury Panel Death Penalty Phase
Bench Trial
Deterrence
U.S. Postal Service Inspectors - Federal Marshall's Department
34. What 1838 Ohio State Supreme Court Case established the concept of Parens Patriae and no need for due process in juvenile matters?
Mary Ann Crouse
Incorrigibles
90%
Assistant District Attorneys
35. Who was the Supreme Court's third chief justice - credited with making the court more proactive - effective - and powerful?
Crime Control Due Process
Local level
Tribal
John Marshall
36. What law further defined the role and make up of the U.S. Supreme court?
Body - Amendments
Right away
Judiciary Act
UCRS or Uniform Crime Reporting System
37. After the Bill of Rights was ratified - how many more times was the U.S. Constitution amended?
1 Chief Justice 5 Associate Justices
5th Amendment 6th Amendment
17
90 Million
38. What were minors who disobeyed orders of the Kings Chancery Court system called?
Incorrigibles
50 - 25000
Nolo Contendre
English Common Law
39. What are the five levels of law enforcement in this country?
Quasi-Military - Strict Chain of Command
Very inactive
17 -500
Local - County - Tribal - State - Federal
40. What is the name of the New York police officer - circa 1970s - who had to deal with corruption and patronage in the NYPD?
U.S. Constitution
Serpico
Indeterminate Sentencing
Judiciary Act
41. What is known as the highest source of law found within either a country or state?
Constitutional Law
The Family Model
UCRS or Uniform Crime Reporting System
17 -500
42. What is the Latin term that describes a federal peace officer's ability to deputize citizens and give them temporary power?
U.S. Postal Service Inspectors - Federal Marshall's Department
None
King Henry II
Possecomintatus
43. What penal code states that a felony must go to trial within 60 days of the second arrangement unless time lines are waived?
George Washington - John Adams
John Augustus
1382
F.B.I.
44. What do the majority of cases going into the U.S. District Court involve?
Drug Violations - White Collar Crimes
U.S. Court of Appeals
Preliminary Hearing
Constitutional Law
45. What is a trial where there is no jury and the verdict is given by the judge?
Local - County - Tribal - State - Federal
Intermediate Courts
Probation Officer
Bench Trial
46. What are small law enforcement agencies often made up of?
Generalists
Vigilantes
17
90 Million
47. What is the name of our criminal justice system that is made up of both federal and state levels?
County
Punishment without trial
Judicial System = Institutional System
Dual System
48. What Penal Code section states that the court may refer to probation for a report?
Loosely Coupled
Potential for Incarceration
1203(d) - Misdemeanor
Broken Windows
49. What level of law enforcement generally provides services to the local court system?
County
State
Federal Court System
Chief
50. Does a county law enforcement agency head administrator generally require law enforcement experience?
Community Sensitive Programs
London Metropolitan Police Act
Yes
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