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Criminal Justice 101
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1. What English Common Law court system could arguably be seen as the world's first dedicated juvenile court?
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2. What is the Latin term that means evil or bad in itself?
County
County
Stare Decisis
Mala en Se
3. What crimes is the death penalty used for?
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
First Degree Murder - Federal drug trafficking and treason
5th Amendment
U.S. Postal Service Inspectors - Federal Marshall's Department
4. What criminal statistical agency or method was created in 1987 as a supplement to UCRS?
1203(b)(1) - Felony
Pendelton Act
NIBRS or National Incident Based Reporting System
State
5. What are the oldest law enforcement agencies in the country?
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6. What are the two general characteristics evident among most law enforcement agencies?
90%
Courts
Quasi-Military - Strict Chain of Command
Judiciary Act
7. What concept deals with corrections or judicial personal determining how much incarceration a person will serve?
Indeterminate Sentencing
34
1903
State
8. What is the most important thing that a probation officer does in the presentence court report?
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
State/Local Court System
Yes
Evaluation
9. In 1789 which London magistrate stressed the need for a 'centralized' law enforcement agency?
U.S. Court of Appeals - State Supreme Court
Patrick Colquhoun
D.E.A.or Drug Enforcement Agency
4th Amendment
10. What are the five levels of force among agencies?
Potential for Incarceration
Stars
Reputation and Appearance - Dialogue and Counseling - Empty Hands - Physical Restraint - Mechanical Restraint - Chemical Restraint
Habeas Corpus
11. What 1285 A.D. English law removed the emphasis on law enforcement away from the military and back onto the citizens?
Articles of Confederation
U.S. Postal Inspectors
Statue of Winchester
Jury Panel Death Penalty Phase
12. What is the main criteria which determines whether a mater goes to a federal or state court?
Severity of the crime - Where it was committed
Preliminary Hearing
Private Attorneys - Public Defenders
Tribal
13. What penal code states that a felony must go to trial within 60 days of the second arrangement unless time lines are waived?
Ah Peen
90 Million
Stars
1382
14. What 1838 Ohio State Supreme Court Case established the concept of Parens Patriae and no need for due process in juvenile matters?
1203(b)(1) - Felony
Vigilantes
Mary Ann Crouse
Appeals
15. The power of the U.S. Supreme Court to interpret what the constitution says and means - via case law - is known as what?
Pretrial Hearing
Discretion
Patrick Colquhoun
Judicial Review
16. What amendment discuses issues if incorporation - citizenship - and due process?
Marbury versus Madison
Boston Massacre
14th Amendment
Seriousness of Offense - Flight Risk - Prior Record
17. What are the three branches of government enchanced or created by the U.S. Constitution?
Severity of the crime - Where it was committed
Trials
Generalists
Legislative - Executive - Judicial
18. Why does someone plea nolo contendre?
Pendelton Act
King John
Preliminary Hearing
Cannot be used against you later in civil court
19. In 1829 which English government employee pushed a new law which followed the ideas of Patrick Colquhoun?
Better
Probation Officer
Sir Robert Peel
Superior Court
20. How many states use the death penalty?
Arrangement
Due Process
34
State
21. What are the two types of defense attorneys?
Trial Courts of General Jurisdiction
Patronage and Corruption
Judicial Review
Private Attorneys - Public Defenders
22. What was the missing component of those persons working with in the Birth of Probation Model circa 1841?
Right away
Miranda versus Arizona
All volunteers
Review charges again because felony stakes are higher
23. Which 1760s British tax law placed tax quotes on all paper based products imported into the colonies?
90%
Change
Stamp Act of 1765
1203(b)(1) - Felony
24. How many law enforcement agencies exist in this country?
Low Term - Mid Term - High Term
17 -500
Court Administrator
Aggravating - Mitigating
25. Railroad Police - Port/Harbor Police - Campus Police - and Mass Transit Police are examples of what?
39
Probation Officer
Special Police Force
Federal Court System
26. What Penal Code section states that the court may refer to probation for a report?
Stars
Assistant District Attorneys
1203(d) - Misdemeanor
Serpico
27. What does the U.S. Court of Appeals not have regarding what cases to hear?
14
Vigilantes
Discretion
Patronage
28. What two factors does a probation officer consider when writing the presentence report?
D&R - Disposition and Resetting
14th Amendment
London Metropolitan Police Act
Aggravating - Mitigating
29. What is meant by inferior courts?
Discretion
Civil Rights Movement Vietnam War
Sheriff
Lower Courts
30. What legal model first attempted the concept of rehabilitation and resocialization?
King Chamberlain's Court
The Family Model
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
8th Amendment
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?
Evidence
First Continental Congress
Challenge for Cause and Peremptory Challenges at a Jury Panel Hearing
Better
32. What is a crime publishable by six months to one yer in jail - fines - or probation?
Misdemeanor
Legislative - Executive - Judicial
Petition
Citizens - Cops - Courts - Corrections
33. What document was eventually created in order to replace the Articles of Confederation?
Judicial System = Institutional System
U.S. Constitution
Original Jurisdiction
Generalists
34. What is the name of the New York police officer - circa 1970s - who had to deal with corruption and patronage in the NYPD?
Serpico
Stare Decisis
Evidence
Legislative - Executive - Judicial
35. What current California legal code did the Law of Hammurabi and the Law of Moses contribute to?
Chief
1899 Illinois
Mary Ann Crouse
The Penal Code
36. Local law enforcement generally display shields on their badges. What do county law enforcement badges appear as?
14th Amendment
Trials
39
Stars
37. What criteria does the judge use when setting bail?
Tribal
F.B.I.
Stare Decisis
Seriousness of Offense - Flight Risk - Prior Record
38. Law enforcement has been traditionally very resistant to what?
Patrick Colquhoun
Change
Law of Hammurabi - Law of Moses
Discretion
39. What is an offense that consists of illegal conduct but no jail time?
Infraction
14th Amendment
U.S. Marshall's
Sir Robert Peel
40. What is known as the highest source of law found within either a country or state?
Loosely Coupled
5th Amendment
Jurisdiction
Constitutional Law
41. What was name of the era which was distinguished by the Kansas City Patrol Experiment and Flint - Michigan Patrol Program?
County
Community Orientated Policing Era
Judicial System = Institutional System
Local level
42. What are the four Cs of the criminal justice system?
Lexington - Concord
Vigilantes
Courts - Cops - Citizens - Corrections
Very inactive
43. Jail time - restitution - contact restrictions - drug testing - searches and seizures - employment verification - and counseling can be terms of what?
Limited
Indeterminate Sentencing
Judicial System = Institutional System
Formal Probation
44. What English king circa 1154 A.D. sent representatives out to the eight English 'regions' in order to organize some type of common law?
Limited
Chief
Local - County - Tribal - State - Federal
King Henry II
45. What is the name for a felony complaint?
1 and 8
National Crime Information Center
Information
First Continental Congress
46. What is the Latin term that describes a federal peace officer's ability to deputize citizens and give them temporary power?
George Washington - John Adams
F.B.I
Infraction
Possecomintatus
47. What kind of powers do corrections and probation officers have?
Limited
Prison Time - Death Sentence
Evidence
Continue to another date
48. During the Revolutionary War what major document helped to guide the colonies in fighting their war against Britain?
Articles of Confederation
Trial Courts of General Jurisdiction
Infraction
Original Jurisdiction
49. What percent of the time are deals makes and cases do not go to trial?
Court Administrator
90%
Precedent
U.S. Postal Service Inspectors - Federal Marshall's Department
50. What Latin term means 'you have the body'?
George Washington - John Adams
Habeas Corpus
90 Million
Limited or Reduced Capacity - Layers of Justice
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