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Criminal Justice 101
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1. What is the average budget of a local law enforcement agency?
$1.7 million
Mala Prohibita
Sheriff or Shireeve
Jury Panel Death Penalty Phase
2. What is the Latin term that literally means - 'to adhere to what has come before'?
U.S. Court of Appeals - State Supreme Court
Stare Decisis
John Augustus
6th Amendment
3. What are the two ancient codes that contributed to our current legal system?
Misdemeanor
Law of Hammurabi - Law of Moses
Petition
Judiciary Act
4. The three federal courts are known as what?
Hoover
Community Orientated Policing Era
Discretion
U.S. Supreme Court U.S. Court of Appeals U.S. Federal District Courts
5. What are the two parts of the Constitution called?
Limited or Reduced Capacity - Layers of Justice
County
Jurisdiction
Body - Amendments
6. What is the first hearing or court appearance for all cases?
Arrangement
Petition
Crime Control Due Process
1382
7. Why does someone plea nolo contendre?
Military Police - Tribal Police = Civilian Federal Law Enforcement
17
Cannot be used against you later in civil court
Misdemeanor
8. Law enforcement has been traditionally very resistant to what?
Change
U.S. Postal Inspectors
Seriousness of Offense - Flight Risk - Prior Record
Judicial Review
9. What does O.R. mean?
County
Discretion
Own Recognizance
John Marshall
10. Who were the country's first president and vice president?
Judicial - Executive
George Washington - John Adams
U.S. Federal District Courts
1383
11. What is the Latin term that means evil or bad in itself?
Evidence
Constitutional Law
Superior Court
Mala en Se
12. What two types of employees do law enforcement agencies employ?
Judiciary Act
Sworn - Non-sworn
90%
Dual System
13. What is the point of a second preliminary hearing?
5th Amendment
90%
Due Process Phase
Review charges again because felony stakes are higher
14. What level of law enforcement generally runs local detention facilities for adults?
Judicial System = Institutional System
County
14
London Metropolitan Police Act
15. What law further defined the role and make up of the U.S. Supreme court?
Stare Decisis
Special Police Force
Local - County - Tribal - State - Federal
Judiciary Act
16. What current U.S. law enforcement position/title had its origins with the English legal system circa 1000 A.D.?
Habeas Corpus
Judiciary Act
Sheriff or Shireeve
Marbury versus Madison
17. What word represents the ability of criminal justice players to make independent decisions?
8th Amendment
90 Million
Attorney General
Discretion
18. In 1789 which London magistrate stressed the need for a 'centralized' law enforcement agency?
Patrick Colquhoun
Serpico
1382
George Washington - John Adams
19. What are the two conflicting philosophies which talk of a desire for individual freedom and a crime free society?
90 Million
Discretion
Crime Control Due Process
830.1
20. What 1838 Ohio State Supreme Court Case established the concept of Parens Patriae and no need for due process in juvenile matters?
Discretion
Mary Ann Crouse
Adversarial System
Statue of Winchester
21. What are the three branches of government enchanced or created by the U.S. Constitution?
Legislative - Executive - Judicial
Tribal
Parens Patriae
Jurisdiction
22. What English Common Law court system could arguably be seen as the world's first dedicated juvenile court?
23. What type of hearing does a felony case go to after arrangement?
Sufficient evidence that a felony was committed - Should it go to a felony trial
Evaluation
Preliminary Hearing
Parens Patriae
24. UCRS and NIBRS recieve information from how many agencies?
Worse
17 -500
Jury Panel Death Penalty Phase
1903
25. The Federal Court system was authorized through what?
Punishment without trial
Loosely Coupled System
Mary Ann Crouse
Article III of the Constitution
26. What do bills of attainer relate to?
U.S. Court of Appeals - State Supreme Court
Magna Carta
Dual System
Punishment without trial
27. What is the highest attorney at the federal level?
Attorney General
Adversarial System
D&R - Disposition and Resetting
Prison Time - Death Sentence
28. Other then UCRS and NIBRS - what entities compile information about crime in the country?
Parens Patriae
Reputation and Appearance - Dialogue and Counseling - Empty Hands - Physical Restraint - Mechanical Restraint - Chemical Restraint
Self Report Studies Victimization Surveys
Potential for Incarceration
29. What Penal Code section states that the court shall refer to probation for a report?
1203(b)(1) - Felony
Jury Panel Death Penalty Phase
Legislative - Executive - Judicial
U.S. Supreme Court U.S. Court of Appeals U.S. Federal District Courts
30. Stare Decisis has evolved into what concept?
Community Orientated Policing Era
Evaluation
Precedent
Severity of the crime - Where it was committed
31. Indeterminate sentencing was a mainstay within the California juvenile justice system until what year?
1977 Dixon Bill
Military Police - Tribal Police = Civilian Federal Law Enforcement
17
Sufficient evidence that a felony was committed - Should it go to a felony trial
32. Negative political influence and corruption impacting 19th century U.S. police agencies was called what?
Information
Appeals
Patronage
Appeal
33. What crimes is the death penalty used for?
National Crime Information Center
First Degree Murder - Federal drug trafficking and treason
Sufficient evidence that a felony was committed - Should it go to a felony trial
Appeal
34. For a felony matter to leave a Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction - what special hearing must it go to?
50 - 25000
Bench Trial
Preliminary Hearing
Trial Courts of General Jurisdiction
35. The term original jurisdiction alludes to what?
4th Amendment
Incorrigibles
Trials
1203(d) - Misdemeanor
36. What criteria does the judge use when setting bail?
Courts - Cops - Citizens - Corrections
Seriousness of Offense - Flight Risk - Prior Record
Patronage and Corruption
Mala Prohibita
37. What 1865 federal law enforcement agency was initially responsible for excessive counterfeiting following the civil war?
Secret Service
14th Amendment
Stamp Act of 1765
Courts
38. Jail time - restitution - contact restrictions - drug testing - searches and seizures - employment verification - and counseling can be terms of what?
Bill of Rights
Formal Probation
King Chamberlain's Court
Limited or Reduced Capacity - Layers of Justice
39. What are small law enforcement agencies often made up of?
Generalists
830.1
Boston Massacre
Continue to another date
40. What 1883 federal law stressed the need for a civil service system based upon merit?
Pendelton Act
Constitutional Law
F.B.I.
Quasi-Military - Strict Chain of Command
41. Who are the three main players in the Criminal Justice system?
Vigilantes
U.S. Marshall's
Judges - Prosecuting Attorneys - Defense Attorneys
Government Attorney
42. In the wild west what were the people called who banded together to protect each other?
Vigilantes
1 Chief Justice 5 Associate Justices
Jurisdiction
Makes deals and not go to trial
43. What federal law enforcement agency had its origins in 1908?
Boston Massacre
17 -500
F.B.I.
85%
44. The Kansas City Patrol Experiment and Flint - Michigan Patrol Program motivated police to try what new procedures?
Tribal
Lexington - Concord
Community Sensitive Programs
The Family Model
45. What is the most important C or level of the criminal justice system?
King John
Indeterminate Sentencing
Courts
First Degree Murder - Federal drug trafficking and treason
46. What are the two main functions of criminal courts?
47. Where does the U.S. Supreme Court hear cases from?
U.S. Court of Appeals - State Supreme Court
Complaint
King Chamberlain's Court
Local level
48. Our criminal justice system tries to maintain a balance between which two conflicting models/ideologies?
Boston Massacre
Crime Control - Due Process
17 -500
Crime Control Due Process
49. What does the U.S. Court of Appeals not have regarding what cases to hear?
Discretion
Drug Violations - White Collar Crimes
All volunteers
Magna Carta
50. What types of law enforcement agency is influenced by federal and territorial sovereignty?
Tribal
Infraction
Discretion
Prison Time - Death Sentence