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Criminal Justice 101
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1. In 1829 which English government employee pushed a new law which followed the ideas of Patrick Colquhoun?
Magna Carta
Sufficient evidence that a felony was committed - Should it go to a felony trial
The Penal Code
Sir Robert Peel
2. Besides the U.S. Marshall Service - what is the other oldest federal law enforcement agency?
U.S. Postal Inspectors
Sufficient evidence that a felony was committed - Should it go to a felony trial
State Supreme Court
U.S. Court of Appeals - State Supreme Court
3. Jail time - restitution - contact restrictions - drug testing - searches and seizures - employment verification - and counseling can be terms of what?
1977 Dixon Bill
Punishment without trial
Formal Probation
14
4. Law enforcement has been traditionally very resistant to what?
Trials
F.B.I
Change
Habeas Corpus
5. What is known as the highest source of law found within either a country or state?
Broken Windows
Constitutional Law
1 and 8
Makes deals and not go to trial
6. What is the average budget of a local law enforcement agency?
Ah Peen
D&R - Disposition and Resetting
$1.7 million
85%
7. What Penal Code section states that the court may refer to probation for a report?
Preliminary Hearing
Future laws not passed yet
1203(d) - Misdemeanor
Preliminary Hearing
8. What does an aggravating factor make the report?
Body - Amendments
5th Amendment
Worse
Trial Courts of General Jurisdiction
9. What are small law enforcement agencies often made up of?
Generalists
14th Amendment
U.S. Constitution
Sufficient evidence that a felony was committed - Should it go to a felony trial
10. Where are the vast majority of cases heard?
Local level
English Common Law
Life
Preliminary Hearing
11. What was the name of the article which encouraged law enforcement not just to focus on crime - but the social factors of crime?
First Continental Congress
Discretion
Broken Windows
King Chamberlain's Court
12. What is another term for informal probation?
Misdemeanor
Stamp Act of 1765
Conditional Sentence
Provide investigation services - Sentencing Recommendations - Provide Supervision
13. What current California legal code did the Law of Hammurabi and the Law of Moses contribute to?
Patronage and Corruption
The Penal Code
John Augustus
Prison Time - Death Sentence
14. What types of law enforcement agency is influenced by federal and territorial sovereignty?
Potential for Incarceration
Tribal
U.S. Court of Appeals - State Supreme Court
Provide investigation services - Sentencing Recommendations - Provide Supervision
15. Who were the country's first president and vice president?
Felony
U.S. Postal Service Inspectors - Federal Marshall's Department
George Washington - John Adams
Seriousness of Offense - Flight Risk - Prior Record
16. Which of the five major phases in the criminal justice system since 1965 produced major case law?
Due Process Phase
1899 Illinois
Sir Robert Peel
Ah Peen
17. What concept discusses 'an eye for an eye'?
Arrangement
Retribution
Provide investigation services - Sentencing Recommendations - Provide Supervision
Secret Service
18. What is an offense that consists of illegal conduct but no jail time?
Local - County - Tribal - State - Federal
State/Local Court System
Infraction
Mala en Se
19. What hearing determines in an individual receives the death penalty?
Evaluation
Jury Panel Death Penalty Phase
Chief
Trial Courts of General Jurisdiction
20. How many states have State Courts of Appeals?
39
Miranda versus Arizona
Severity of the crime - Where it was committed
Low Term - Mid Term - High Term
21. After the U.S. Constitution was ratified - what type of court system did the U.S. realize it needed to have?
Special Police Force
Judicial - Executive
Federal Court System
5th Amendment 6th Amendment
22. What is the State Court System's court of last resort?
Broken Windows
Stamp Act of 1765
Discretion
State Supreme Court
23. What is ultimate goal at all early hearings?
14
Misdemeanor
Makes deals and not go to trial
Conditional Sentence
24. During the Revolutionary War what major document helped to guide the colonies in fighting their war against Britain?
Boston Massacre
Drug Violations - White Collar Crimes
Habeas Corpus
Articles of Confederation
25. What was name of the era which was distinguished by the Kansas City Patrol Experiment and Flint - Michigan Patrol Program?
U.S. Supreme Court U.S. Court of Appeals U.S. Federal District Courts
Cannot be used against you later in civil court
Community Orientated Policing Era
Intermediate Courts
26. What is a crime punishable by jail - fines or prison?
Court Administrator
Habeas Corpus
Felony
Assistant District Attorneys
27. Under English Common Law what was the general cut off age in distinguishing between those who could charged with felonies?
Intermediate Courts
14
State
Future laws not passed yet
28. What amendment discusses protection from unreasonable searches?
4th Amendment
Judicial Review
U.S. Marshall's
Citizens - Cops - Courts - Corrections
29. What concept deals with corrections or judicial personal determining how much incarceration a person will serve?
Indeterminate Sentencing
Local level
Precedent
Deterrence
30. What was the missing component of those persons working with in the Birth of Probation Model circa 1841?
Sufficient evidence that a felony was committed - Should it go to a felony trial
All volunteers
Better
Makes deals and not go to trial
31. What is a county law enforcement agency's head administrator?
Formal Probation
Petition
Sheriff
King Chamberlain's Court
32. Where does a misdemeanors case begin?
Presentence Court Report
Indeterminate Sentencing
Mary Ann Crouse
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
33. What kind of system is our criminal justice system based upon?
King Henry II
1899 Illinois
Loosely Coupled
Formal Probation
34. What is the highest attorney at the federal level?
Evidence
Continue to another date
1203(d) - Misdemeanor
Attorney General
35. What federal law enforcement agency was created in 1973 and currently has over 5 -000 agents spread around the world?
D.E.A.or Drug Enforcement Agency
Sheriff
U.S. Supreme Court U.S. Court of Appeals U.S. Federal District Courts
Discretion
36. What type of hearing does a felony case go to after arrangement?
Patronage
5th Amendment 6th Amendment
Preliminary Hearing
Precedent
37. How is a jury panel selected?
1203(b)(1) - Felony
Challenge for Cause and Peremptory Challenges at a Jury Panel Hearing
Local level
Adversarial System
38. What word represents the ability of criminal justice players to make independent decisions?
Incapaciation
Trial Courts of Limited Jurisdiction
Discretion
$1.7 million
39. Negative political influence and corruption impacting 19th century U.S. police agencies was called what?
Patronage
Miranda versus Arizona
State/Local Court System
Crime Control Due Process
40. What court system was the same up until the period of the Civil War?
Complaint
State/Local Court System
Courts - Cops - Citizens - Corrections
1903
41. What penal code states that a felony must go to trial within 60 days of the second arrangement unless time lines are waived?
Jury Panel Death Penalty Phase
Miranda versus Arizona
1382
Limited
42. What is the name for a felony complaint?
U.S. Postal Service Inspectors - Federal Marshall's Department
Stars
King Chamberlain's Court
Information
43. What are state Courts of Appeals also called?
Judicial/Legislative
Pretrial Hearing
Intermediate Courts
Sir Robert Peel
44. Who is in charge of staffing - calender - budget - and other material needs of the court room?
Court Administrator
1977 Dixon Bill
Preliminary Hearing
F.B.I
45. What Latin term means great paper?
D&R - Disposition and Resetting
Magna Carta
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
8th Amendment
46. What were minors who disobeyed orders of the Kings Chancery Court system called?
Marbury versus Madison
John Marshall
Presentence Court Report
Incorrigibles
47. What Penal Code section states that the court shall refer to probation for a report?
Court Administrator
Due Process Phase
1203(b)(1) - Felony
Probation Officer
48. How many cases go to the local court level each year?
90 Million
Cannot be used against you later in civil court
Marbury versus Madison
50 - 25000
49. What constitutional amendments were alluded to in Miranda versus Arizona?
Pendelton Act
5th Amendment 6th Amendment
State
Judiciary Act
50. What is the Latin term that means evil or bad in itself?
Mala en Se
Jury Panel Death Penalty Phase
Civil Rights Movement Vietnam War
Pendelton Act