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Criminal Justice 101
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1. What court system was the same up until the period of the Civil War?
Community Sensitive Programs
Probation Officer
State/Local Court System
Yes
2. What two factors does a probation officer consider when writing the presentence report?
Reputation and Appearance - Dialogue and Counseling - Empty Hands - Physical Restraint - Mechanical Restraint - Chemical Restraint
Aggravating - Mitigating
Sheriff or Shireeve
Ah Peen
3. What concept deals with corrections or judicial personal determining how much incarceration a person will serve?
Government Attorney
U.S. Court of Appeals
Indeterminate Sentencing
Generalists
4. What federal law enforcement agency was created in 1973 and currently has over 5 -000 agents spread around the world?
Statue of Winchester
Citizens - Cops - Courts - Corrections
D.E.A.or Drug Enforcement Agency
London Metropolitan Police Act
5. What do bills of attainer relate to?
Punishment without trial
Federal Court System
Court Room Work Group
State
6. 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
Bill of Rights
Trial Courts of General Jurisdiction
1977 Dixon Bill
7. What percent of the time are deals makes and cases do not go to trial?
U.S. Supreme Court U.S. Court of Appeals U.S. Federal District Courts
George Washington - John Adams
Judicial Review
90%
8. Who gave the Bureau of Investigation validity during the late 1920s?
Judicial/Legislative
Petition
Hoover
U.S. Court of Appeals
9. What current U.S. law enforcement position/title had its origins with the English legal system circa 1000 A.D.?
Article III of the Constitution
Seriousness of Offense - Flight Risk - Prior Record
Attorney General
Sheriff or Shireeve
10. What criteria does the judge use when setting bail?
Complaint
Mala en Se
14
Seriousness of Offense - Flight Risk - Prior Record
11. The term original jurisdiction alludes to what?
Discretion
Preliminary Hearing
Constitutional Law
Trials
12. How many cases go to the local court level each year?
U.S. Court of Appeals
F.B.I
90 Million
State
13. Where does the U.S. Supreme Court hear cases from?
Very inactive
U.S. Constitution
U.S. Postal Inspectors
U.S. Court of Appeals - State Supreme Court
14. Other then UCRS and NIBRS - what entities compile information about crime in the country?
F.B.I.
Self Report Studies Victimization Surveys
Sir Robert Peel
Quasi-Military - Strict Chain of Command
15. What is the most important C or level of the criminal justice system?
Sir Robert Peel
Patronage and Corruption
Review charges again because felony stakes are higher
Courts
16. What federal law enforcement agency delegated peace officer powers to citizens during the era of the wild west?
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17. What concepts attempts to protect society by isolating others?
Incapaciation
English Common Law
1 Chief Justice 5 Associate Justices
34
18. What Latin term means great paper?
Magna Carta
$1.7 million
Severity of the crime - Where it was committed
Formal Probation
19. What penal code section is used to waive time lines during a trial?
U.S. Postal Service Inspectors - Federal Marshall's Department
1383
Possecomintatus
1977 Dixon Bill
20. When a court has control or authority over certain matters/issues - what is it called?
830.1
17 -500
Jurisdiction
Change
21. What word represents the ability of criminal justice players to make independent decisions?
Jury Panel Death Penalty Phase
Court Administrator
39
Discretion
22. The second federal inferior court of authority is known as what?
Statue of Winchester
Judicial System = Institutional System
U.S. Court of Appeals
Arrangement
23. What is the Latin term that means an act being wrong because of customs - morals - practices - regulation - or law?
Evidence
Mala Prohibita
English Common Law
Trial Courts of General Jurisdiction
24. What is the name of our criminal justice system that is made up of both federal and state levels?
1203(b)(1) - Felony
Limited or Reduced Capacity - Layers of Justice
Yes
Dual System
25. When pleading guilty at a felony arrangement - what does the judge generally do for sentencing?
Appeals
Sworn - Non-sworn
Continue to another date
Prison Time - Death Sentence
26. What 1865 federal law enforcement agency was initially responsible for excessive counterfeiting following the civil war?
Preliminary Hearing
1899 Illinois
Secret Service
Statue of Winchester
27. What constitutional amendments were alluded to in Miranda versus Arizona?
The Penal Code
Magna Carta
Sheriff or Shireeve
5th Amendment 6th Amendment
28. What current California legal code did the Law of Hammurabi and the Law of Moses contribute to?
The Penal Code
Mary Ann Crouse
Complaint
Parens Patriae
29. Does a county law enforcement agency head administrator generally require law enforcement experience?
U.S. Court of Appeals
Yes
1382
English Common Law
30. UCRS and NIBRS recieve information from how many agencies?
Courts - Cops - Citizens - Corrections
Stamp Act of 1765
Legislative - Executive - Judicial
17 -500
31. Law enforcement has been traditionally very resistant to what?
1 Chief Justice 5 Associate Justices
Lower Courts
Judges - Prosecuting Attorneys - Defense Attorneys
Change
32. Negative political influence and corruption impacting 19th century U.S. police agencies was called what?
King Henry II
Patronage
U.S. Postal Inspectors
50 - 25000
33. What do the majority of cases going into the U.S. District Court involve?
5th Amendment 6th Amendment
Tribal
Drug Violations - White Collar Crimes
Judicial System = Institutional System
34. In what year did California pass its juvenile justice system act known as Juvenile Court Act?
Judges - Prosecuting Attorneys - Defense Attorneys
14
1903
Civil Rights Movement Vietnam War
35. What 1285 A.D. English law removed the emphasis on law enforcement away from the military and back onto the citizens?
Statue of Winchester
Stamp Act of 1765
Parens Patriae
Judiciary Act
36. In Orange County - what is the misdemeanor Pretrial Hearing called?
Government Attorney
Petition
D&R - Disposition and Resetting
14th Amendment
37. What does the U.S. Court of Appeals not have regarding what cases to hear?
Court Administrator
Discretion
Yes
Sufficient evidence that a felony was committed - Should it go to a felony trial
38. What are small law enforcement agencies often made up of?
Right away
Adversarial System
Generalists
Information
39. Local law enforcement generally display shields on their badges. What do county law enforcement badges appear as?
Limited or Reduced Capacity - Layers of Justice
Review charges again because felony stakes are higher
King Henry II
Stars
40. How long is a federal judge's term of office for?
Life
90%
Sworn - Non-sworn
King John
41. What are the two types of defense attorneys?
Private Attorneys - Public Defenders
Dual System
Statue of Winchester
State
42. What amendment discusses cruel and unusual punishment?
Boston Massacre
Crime Control - Due Process
Lexington - Concord
8th Amendment
43. Generally speaking - what type of attorney is a prosecuting attorney?
Generalists
Nolo Contendre
Vigilantes
Government Attorney
44. What are the two conflicting philosophies which talk of a desire for individual freedom and a crime free society?
Low Term - Mid Term - High Term
Civil Rights Movement Vietnam War
Crime Control Due Process
Process criminals and criminal charges - Ensure everyone's due process
45. What are the three duties of Deputy Probation officers in the court room?
Community Sensitive Programs
F.B.I.
State
Provide investigation services - Sentencing Recommendations - Provide Supervision
46. What concept did the 1800 Babylonian King Hammurabi create that said juveniles could be considered for lessor penalties?
Sheriff
Law of Hammurabi - Law of Moses
Limited or Reduced Capacity - Layers of Justice
Attorney General
47. What amendment discusses protection from unreasonable searches?
Right away
14th Amendment
4th Amendment
Misdemeanor
48. What was the name of the article which encouraged law enforcement not just to focus on crime - but the social factors of crime?
Broken Windows
Arrangement
D.E.A.or Drug Enforcement Agency
The Family Model
49. What hearing has evidence presented and witnesses testify?
Yes
Body - Amendments
Local level
Trial
50. In Orange County - what type of prosecuting attorneys handle the day to day issues in the court room?
Assistant District Attorneys
Constitutional Law
Judicial System = Institutional System
Stare Decisis