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Criminal Justice 101
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is a crime punishable by jail - fines or prison?
Due Process
Felony
Stamp Act of 1765
Low Term - Mid Term - High Term
2. What are the five levels of law enforcement in this country?
14
D.E.A.or Drug Enforcement Agency
Mala Prohibita
Local - County - Tribal - State - Federal
3. How many law enforcement agencies exist in this country?
17 -500
1382
Miranda versus Arizona
Patrick Colquhoun
4. What types of law enforcement agency is influenced by federal and territorial sovereignty?
State
Tribal
UCRS or Uniform Crime Reporting System
Lower Courts
5. The Texas Rangers are the oldest law enforcement agency in this country at what level?
Body - Amendments
State
Military Police - Tribal Police = Civilian Federal Law Enforcement
Superior Court
6. What constitutes the major difference between a crime and illegal behavior?
Potential for Incarceration
Nolo Contendre
U.S. Postal Inspectors
Serpico
7. What is meant by inferior courts?
1383
Judicial - Executive
Lower Courts
Nolo Contendre
8. What Latin term means 'you have the body'?
State
Dual System
F.B.I.
Habeas Corpus
9. The California state highway patrol is an example of what type of law enforcement agency?
Precedent
State
Original Jurisdiction
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
10. What Penal Code section states that the court shall refer to probation for a report?
5th Amendment 6th Amendment
County
F.B.I.
1203(b)(1) - Felony
11. If you plea guilty at a misdemeanor arraignment - when can a judge sentence you?
Yes
Provide investigation services - Sentencing Recommendations - Provide Supervision
Right away
1382
12. Railroad Police - Port/Harbor Police - Campus Police - and Mass Transit Police are examples of what?
$1.7 million
Constitutional Law
Special Police Force
State
13. What federal law enforcement agency had its origins in 1908?
Continue to another date
F.B.I.
D&R - Disposition and Resetting
Local - County - Tribal - State - Federal
14. Who was the Supreme Court's third chief justice - credited with making the court more proactive - effective - and powerful?
Cannot be used against you later in civil court
National Crime Information Center
Misdemeanor
John Marshall
15. What was the missing component of those persons working with in the Birth of Probation Model circa 1841?
John Marshall
All volunteers
1203(d) - Misdemeanor
Bill of Rights
16. What two types of employees do law enforcement agencies employ?
17 -500
Sworn - Non-sworn
Appeals
F.B.I.
17. What is the name of our criminal justice system that is made up of both federal and state levels?
Military Police - Tribal Police = Civilian Federal Law Enforcement
Jurisdiction
Ah Peen
Dual System
18. What is the Latin term that means evil or bad in itself?
Civil Rights Movement Vietnam War
U.S. Marshall's
Mala en Se
Evidence
19. 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
Process criminals and criminal charges - Ensure everyone's due process
1383
Change
20. Where does a felony case begin?
Low Term - Mid Term - High Term
Formal Probation
Appeals
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
21. Does a county law enforcement agency head administrator generally require law enforcement experience?
None
Yes
Boston Massacre
Private Attorneys - Public Defenders
22. In what year and state was the country's first dedicated juvenile justice system and court legally established?
Patrick Colquhoun
Punishment without trial
1899 Illinois
Mala Prohibita
23. Who are the three main players in the Criminal Justice system?
Evaluation
Judges - Prosecuting Attorneys - Defense Attorneys
Attorney General
90%
24. What 1865 federal law enforcement agency was initially responsible for excessive counterfeiting following the civil war?
Military Police - Tribal Police = Civilian Federal Law Enforcement
Secret Service
County
Magna Carta
25. What is the average budget of a local law enforcement agency?
Original Jurisdiction
$1.7 million
Boston Massacre
State/Local Court System
26. When pleading guilty at a felony arrangement - what does the judge generally do for sentencing?
U.S. Court of Appeals
Continue to another date
Miranda versus Arizona
Community Sensitive Programs
27. In Orange County - what type of prosecuting attorneys handle the day to day issues in the court room?
Assistant District Attorneys
Bill of Rights
Tribal
State
28. In Orange County - what is the misdemeanor Pretrial Hearing called?
Reputation and Appearance - Dialogue and Counseling - Empty Hands - Physical Restraint - Mechanical Restraint - Chemical Restraint
D&R - Disposition and Resetting
Articles of Confederation
Assistant District Attorneys
29. The Federal Court system was created through what?
Judiciary Act
14
Adversarial System
Punishment without trial
30. What two additional branches of government did the Constitution add to government?
Pretrial Hearing
Constitutional Law
1382
Judicial - Executive
31. What hearing determines in an individual receives the death penalty?
D.E.A.or Drug Enforcement Agency
Statue of Winchester
Broken Windows
Jury Panel Death Penalty Phase
32. Where does the U.S. Supreme Court hear cases from?
U.S. Court of Appeals - State Supreme Court
Patronage and Corruption
Low Term - Mid Term - High Term
Article III of the Constitution
33. What concept deals with corrections or judicial personal determining how much incarceration a person will serve?
Complaint
King Henry II
Original Jurisdiction
Indeterminate Sentencing
34. What is the first hearing or court appearance for all cases?
Discretion
State/Local Court System
Tribal
Arrangement
35. What concept attempts to alter future behaviors through threats of punishment and consequences?
Evidence
Incapaciation
Deterrence
Stare Decisis
36. What is the point of a second preliminary hearing?
King John
Review charges again because felony stakes are higher
Original Jurisdiction
Dual System
37. What amendment discusses the right to a speedy trial?
6th Amendment
1383
Evidence
90%
38. Which California code section gives police and corrections their 'peace officer powers'?
830.1
Judicial System = Institutional System
Mala Prohibita
Appeals
39. What two things do military police entities possess?
John Augustus
Felony
Judicial System = Institutional System
Very inactive
40. In 1789 which London magistrate stressed the need for a 'centralized' law enforcement agency?
Private Attorneys - Public Defenders
Patrick Colquhoun
State
First Continental Congress
41. UCRS and NIBRS recieve information from how many agencies?
Preliminary Hearing
State
1 and 8
17 -500
42. Is the Federal or State court system older?
14
F.B.I
Serpico
State
43. What is the best system to compile crime statistics and can stand completely on its own?
5th Amendment 6th Amendment
Severity of the crime - Where it was committed
None
Discretion
44. Who were the country's first president and vice president?
U.S. Federal District Courts
George Washington - John Adams
Change
Government Attorney
45. What is ultimate goal at all early hearings?
Makes deals and not go to trial
John Marshall
Federal Court System
Judicial - Executive
46. What penal code states that a felony must go to trial within 60 days of the second arrangement unless time lines are waived?
Seriousness of Offense - Flight Risk - Prior Record
Judges - Prosecuting Attorneys - Defense Attorneys
1382
Articles of Confederation
47. What hearing has evidence presented and witnesses testify?
Information
Citizens - Cops - Courts - Corrections
Trial
Due Process Phase
48. Jail time - restitution - contact restrictions - drug testing - searches and seizures - employment verification - and counseling can be terms of what?
Legislative - Executive - Judicial
Discretion
Formal Probation
Incapaciation
49. What percent of the time will a judge go with what a presentence court report says?
The Family Model
85%
Serpico
Articles of Confederation
50. What document was eventually created in order to replace the Articles of Confederation?
Habeas Corpus
Constitutional Law
Self Report Studies Victimization Surveys
U.S. Constitution