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Criminal Justice 101
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1. What is the highest attorney at the federal level?
Tribal
Attorney General
6th Amendment
1203(b)(1) - Felony
2. When a court has control or authority over certain matters/issues - what is it called?
Jurisdiction
Vigilantes
Discretion
5th Amendment 6th Amendment
3. What word represents the ability of criminal justice players to make independent decisions?
Discretion
90 Million
Felony
Petition
4. What are state Courts of Appeals also called?
1899 Illinois
Sworn - Non-sworn
Intermediate Courts
Trial Courts of General Jurisdiction
5. What 1285 A.D. English law removed the emphasis on law enforcement away from the military and back onto the citizens?
Judicial - Executive
State
Mala en Se
Statue of Winchester
6. What kind of system is our criminal justice system based upon?
Patronage and Corruption
Loosely Coupled
Judges - Prosecuting Attorneys - Defense Attorneys
Mala en Se
7. In which two locations did the actual shooting war begin between British soldiers and Colonial militia men?
34
14th Amendment
Lexington - Concord
1 Chief Justice 5 Associate Justices
8. What hearing has evidence presented and witnesses testify?
Adversarial System
Judicial Review
Trial
None
9. For a felony matter to leave a Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction - what special hearing must it go to?
8th Amendment
Preliminary Hearing
Due Process
Arrangement
10. Who were the country's first president and vice president?
George Washington - John Adams
Patrick Colquhoun
John Augustus
Stars
11. Where does a felony case begin?
First Degree Murder - Federal drug trafficking and treason
Pendelton Act
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
Broken Windows
12. The Reintegration Model - circa 1960s - failed due to community concern over leniency toward criminals and what two major social events?
39
Continue to another date
Indeterminate Sentencing
Civil Rights Movement Vietnam War
13. What percent of the time are deals makes and cases do not go to trial?
Mala en Se
90%
Indeterminate Sentencing
1977 Dixon Bill
14. What is the most important C or level of the criminal justice system?
Makes deals and not go to trial
Discretion
Sheriff or Shireeve
Courts
15. What Latin term means 'you have the body'?
Appeal
8th Amendment
Worse
Habeas Corpus
16. What is a crime punishable by jail - fines or prison?
Felony
Citizens - Cops - Courts - Corrections
Judiciary Act
Sir Robert Peel
17. What type of hearing does a felony case go to after arrangement?
Arrangement
Complaint
Nolo Contendre
Preliminary Hearing
18. What level of law enforcement generally provides services to the local court system?
Prison Time - Death Sentence
90 Million
Citizens - Cops - Courts - Corrections
County
19. What is discovery?
Bill of Rights
Special Police Force
Evidence
Information
20. What legal model first attempted the concept of rehabilitation and resocialization?
Serpico
Punishment without trial
Boston Massacre
The Family Model
21. Under English Common Law what was the general cut off age in distinguishing between those who could charged with felonies?
14
Patronage and Corruption
Sheriff
Mala en Se
22. What Latin term means - 'father or parent of the country?'
Parens Patriae
Bill of Rights
Vigilantes
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
23. How many states have State Courts of Appeals?
Yes
1977 Dixon Bill
39
Presentence Court Report
24. What amendment discusses the right to a speedy trial?
90 Million
1203(b)(1) - Felony
6th Amendment
State
25. Local California courts which handle misdemeanors - minor civil matters - and traffic violations are called what?
Self Report Studies Victimization Surveys
85%
U.S. Postal Inspectors
Trial Courts of Limited Jurisdiction
26. What major 1803 U.S. Supreme Court case established that the court would begin to interpret what the constitution was all about?
Government Attorney
Crime Control - Due Process
George Washington - John Adams
Marbury versus Madison
27. What are the five levels of force among agencies?
Reputation and Appearance - Dialogue and Counseling - Empty Hands - Physical Restraint - Mechanical Restraint - Chemical Restraint
Mary Ann Crouse
Judicial - Executive
90%
28. How long is a federal judge's term of office for?
4th Amendment
Cannot be used against you later in civil court
Serpico
Life
29. What has disappeared among law enforcement agencies is this country?
830.1
17
Adversarial System
Patronage and Corruption
30. What does the U.S. Federal District Court possess regarding cases heard?
Habeas Corpus
Original Jurisdiction
Article III of the Constitution
50 - 25000
31. The three federal courts are known as what?
Superior Court
F.B.I
U.S. Supreme Court U.S. Court of Appeals U.S. Federal District Courts
U.S. Postal Service Inspectors - Federal Marshall's Department
32. What type of bodies do our current laws come from?
Judicial/Legislative
Future laws not passed yet
8th Amendment
U.S. Federal District Courts
33. What two factors does a probation officer consider when writing the presentence report?
Preliminary Hearing
Deterrence
Aggravating - Mitigating
Court Room Work Group
34. What are the three branches of government enchanced or created by the U.S. Constitution?
Conditional Sentence
Original Jurisdiction
90 Million
Legislative - Executive - Judicial
35. From 1789 to 1799 how was the U.S. Supreme Court?
Very inactive
Process criminals and criminal charges - Ensure everyone's due process
Patronage
State/Local Court System
36. What criminal statistical agency or method was created in 1987 as a supplement to UCRS?
F.B.I.
Local level
NIBRS or National Incident Based Reporting System
F.B.I.
37. What is the name of the New York police officer - circa 1970s - who had to deal with corruption and patronage in the NYPD?
Serpico
State
14
Cannot be used against you later in civil court
38. When court systems or levels disagree or question if rules are properly applied - what type of court is used?
Appeals
Self Report Studies Victimization Surveys
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
Right away
39. What type of 'law' evolved and became a predictable and anticipated set of laws to the English people circa 1000 A.D.?
Misdemeanor
English Common Law
Crime Control Due Process
Courts - Cops - Citizens - Corrections
40. Generally speaking - what type of attorney is a prosecuting attorney?
Magna Carta
Conditional Sentence
Bill of Rights
Government Attorney
41. What does a preliminary hearing determine?
John Marshall
Sufficient evidence that a felony was committed - Should it go to a felony trial
Intermediate Courts
Community Orientated Policing Era
42. What English king circa 1154 A.D. sent representatives out to the eight English 'regions' in order to organize some type of common law?
U.S. Court of Appeals
17
King Henry II
State
43. What is the State Court System's court of last resort?
Retribution
Discretion
State Supreme Court
Loosely Coupled System
44. What does the U.S. Supreme Court have regarding what cases to hear?
John Marshall
Stare Decisis
Discretion
F.B.I.
45. What is a county law enforcement agency's head administrator?
Sheriff
Judicial - Executive
F.B.I.
Tribal
46. Where does a misdemeanors case begin?
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
Appeals
Patronage
State/Local Court System
47. What are small law enforcement agencies often made up of?
U.S. Constitution
Generalists
State/Local Court System
Sworn - Non-sworn
48. What were minors who disobeyed orders of the Kings Chancery Court system called?
Loosely Coupled System
Incorrigibles
County
1977 Dixon Bill
49. UCRS and NIBRS recieve information from how many agencies?
First Degree Murder - Federal drug trafficking and treason
17 -500
34
Special Police Force
50. The California state highway patrol is an example of what type of law enforcement agency?
17 -500
State/Local Court System
Self Report Studies Victimization Surveys
State