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Criminal Justice 101
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1. What was created in order to convince several of the new states to agree to the Constitution?
17 -500
Complaint
Bill of Rights
Indeterminate Sentencing
2. In Orange County - what type of prosecuting attorneys handle the day to day issues in the court room?
Conditional Sentence
F.B.I.
Law of Hammurabi - Law of Moses
Assistant District Attorneys
3. What constitutional amendments were alluded to in Miranda versus Arizona?
Court Administrator
Judicial - Executive
Stars
5th Amendment 6th Amendment
4. What 1865 federal law enforcement agency was initially responsible for excessive counterfeiting following the civil war?
Judicial - Executive
Pendelton Act
Information
Secret Service
5. Who is referred to as the father of probation?
John Augustus
17 -500
Nolo Contendre
5th Amendment 6th Amendment
6. Does a county law enforcement agency head administrator generally require law enforcement experience?
90%
Felony
Yes
Due Process Phase
7. What are the three Terms of Imprisonment?
King Henry II
Trial Courts of Limited Jurisdiction
Low Term - Mid Term - High Term
4th Amendment
8. What word represents the ability of criminal justice players to make independent decisions?
Local - County - Tribal - State - Federal
Self Report Studies Victimization Surveys
Discretion
$1.7 million
9. Who was the Supreme Court's third chief justice - credited with making the court more proactive - effective - and powerful?
Appeal
Low Term - Mid Term - High Term
John Marshall
Trials
10. Local California courts which handle misdemeanors - minor civil matters - and traffic violations are called what?
Trial Courts of General Jurisdiction
Trial Courts of Limited Jurisdiction
Indeterminate Sentencing
King John
11. When pleading guilty at a felony arrangement - what does the judge generally do for sentencing?
1 and 8
National Crime Information Center
NIBRS or National Incident Based Reporting System
Continue to another date
12. What are the five levels of force among agencies?
14
Reputation and Appearance - Dialogue and Counseling - Empty Hands - Physical Restraint - Mechanical Restraint - Chemical Restraint
Court Room Work Group
Prison Time - Death Sentence
13. Which 1760s British tax law placed tax quotes on all paper based products imported into the colonies?
F.B.I
Stamp Act of 1765
Patronage
None
14. Under English Common Law what was the general cut off age in distinguishing between those who could charged with felonies?
39
Severity of the crime - Where it was committed
14
Discretion
15. What are the five levels of law enforcement in this country?
Due Process Phase
Community Sensitive Programs
John Augustus
Local - County - Tribal - State - Federal
16. What is a legal system that pits two opposing parties against one another with a third neutral party applying the rules?
Adversarial System
5th Amendment 6th Amendment
Generalists
Federal Court System
17. How many law enforcement agencies exist in this country?
17 -500
1977 Dixon Bill
Incorrigibles
F.B.I
18. What percent of the time are deals makes and cases do not go to trial?
Incorrigibles
UCRS or Uniform Crime Reporting System
90%
London Metropolitan Police Act
19. Our criminal justice system tries to maintain a balance between which two conflicting models/ideologies?
Loosely Coupled
Dual System
Crime Control - Due Process
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
20. What major 1829 English law created a centralized urban police force in London?
Presentence Court Report
Sworn - Non-sworn
London Metropolitan Police Act
Right away
21. The Federal Court system was authorized through what?
830.1
U.S. Court of Appeals
Article III of the Constitution
Private Attorneys - Public Defenders
22. What is the highest attorney at the federal level?
Worse
Attorney General
1903
17 -500
23. Law enforcement has been traditionally very resistant to what?
Change
London Metropolitan Police Act
Judges - Prosecuting Attorneys - Defense Attorneys
5th Amendment 6th Amendment
24. When a court has control or authority over certain matters/issues - what is it called?
Trials
Jurisdiction
George Washington - John Adams
King Chamberlain's Court
25. What was name of the era which was distinguished by the Kansas City Patrol Experiment and Flint - Michigan Patrol Program?
Petition
State
Community Orientated Policing Era
Judges - Prosecuting Attorneys - Defense Attorneys
26. Railroad Police - Port/Harbor Police - Campus Police - and Mass Transit Police are examples of what?
Trial Courts of General Jurisdiction
Special Police Force
Judicial System = Institutional System
Dual System
27. The Reintegration Model - circa 1960s - failed due to community concern over leniency toward criminals and what two major social events?
King John
Civil Rights Movement Vietnam War
Information
First Degree Murder - Federal drug trafficking and treason
28. What 1285 A.D. English law removed the emphasis on law enforcement away from the military and back onto the citizens?
Statue of Winchester
None
U.S. Supreme Court U.S. Court of Appeals U.S. Federal District Courts
Low Term - Mid Term - High Term
29. Local California courts which handle felonies and major civil matters are called what?
Pretrial Hearing
Evaluation
Provide investigation services - Sentencing Recommendations - Provide Supervision
Trial Courts of General Jurisdiction
30. The California state highway patrol is an example of what type of law enforcement agency?
Broken Windows
State
90%
Conditional Sentence
31. 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
Preliminary Hearing
Cannot be used against you later in civil court
Local level
32. What is the name for a felony complaint?
Information
Discretion
Lower Courts
Yes
33. When court systems or levels disagree or question if rules are properly applied - what type of court is used?
Appeals
Community Sensitive Programs
U.S. Constitution
14
34. What types of law enforcement agency is influenced by federal and territorial sovereignty?
1203(d) - Misdemeanor
U.S. Federal District Courts
Private Attorneys - Public Defenders
Tribal
35. What are the two main functions of criminal courts?
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36. The Kansas City Patrol Experiment and Flint - Michigan Patrol Program motivated police to try what new procedures?
Community Sensitive Programs
Information
Complaint
Felony
37. The average local law enforcement agency will often employ how many officers and serve what size population?
50 - 25000
Limited or Reduced Capacity - Layers of Justice
Citizens - Cops - Courts - Corrections
George Washington - John Adams
38. What type of bodies do our current laws come from?
Judicial/Legislative
Statue of Winchester
D&R - Disposition and Resetting
John Augustus
39. What amendment discusses protection from unreasonable searches?
Intermediate Courts
4th Amendment
State/Local Court System
Future laws not passed yet
40. Jail time - restitution - contact restrictions - drug testing - searches and seizures - employment verification - and counseling can be terms of what?
Formal Probation
U.S. Marshall's
Crime Control Due Process
Seriousness of Offense - Flight Risk - Prior Record
41. If you plea guilty at a misdemeanor arraignment - when can a judge sentence you?
Right away
Complaint
Jury Panel Death Penalty Phase
Severity of the crime - Where it was committed
42. What is the State Court System's court of last resort?
State Supreme Court
Low Term - Mid Term - High Term
King John
State
43. What does the U.S. Federal District Court possess regarding cases heard?
Trial
Information
Probation Officer
Original Jurisdiction
44. What amendment discusses protection from self incrimination?
Lexington - Concord
1899 Illinois
Serpico
5th Amendment
45. Stare Decisis has evolved into what concept?
Indeterminate Sentencing
Precedent
Private Attorneys - Public Defenders
State Supreme Court
46. What constitutes the major difference between a crime and illegal behavior?
90%
State
Potential for Incarceration
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
47. What is a county law enforcement agency's head administrator?
Evidence
Indeterminate Sentencing
Sheriff
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
48. What Latin term means 'you have the body'?
90%
Jury Panel Death Penalty Phase
Habeas Corpus
Attorney General
49. What two types of employees do law enforcement agencies employ?
Pretrial Hearing
Sworn - Non-sworn
14
Judicial - Executive
50. How many states have State Courts of Appeals?
Assistant District Attorneys
King Henry II
90%
39
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