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Criminal Justice 101
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1. This country's criminal justice system is based on the desire for what kind of system?
Loosely Coupled System
Severity of the crime - Where it was committed
8th Amendment
Special Police Force
2. What is the highest attorney at the federal level?
Preliminary Hearing
Attorney General
None
State
3. How many chief justice and associate justices currently make up the U.S. Supreme Court?
Arrangement
1 and 8
Preliminary Hearing
Reputation and Appearance - Dialogue and Counseling - Empty Hands - Physical Restraint - Mechanical Restraint - Chemical Restraint
4. After the U.S. Constitution was ratified - what type of court system did the U.S. realize it needed to have?
Probation Officer
John Marshall
U.S. Postal Service Inspectors - Federal Marshall's Department
Federal Court System
5. State Troopers are what level of law enforcement?
State
Dual System
85%
Pretrial Hearing
6. When there is a supposed legal error or discrepancy with a case - what type of hearing does it go to?
Appeal
Jurisdiction
Tribal
U.S. Federal District Courts
7. What federal law enforcement agency was created in 1973 and currently has over 5 -000 agents spread around the world?
Community Orientated Policing Era
Aggravating - Mitigating
D.E.A.or Drug Enforcement Agency
Assistant District Attorneys
8. What type of bodies do our current laws come from?
Yes
Judicial/Legislative
17 -500
Sheriff or Shireeve
9. Besides the U.S. Marshall Service - what is the other oldest federal law enforcement agency?
85%
U.S. Postal Inspectors
Stare Decisis
Due Process
10. Is the Federal or State court system older?
Incorrigibles
The Family Model
King Henry II
State
11. What type of 'law' evolved and became a predictable and anticipated set of laws to the English people circa 1000 A.D.?
English Common Law
Presentence Court Report
Habeas Corpus
Secret Service
12. Why does someone plea nolo contendre?
1382
14
Aggravating - Mitigating
Cannot be used against you later in civil court
13. Which California code section gives police and corrections their 'peace officer powers'?
Body - Amendments
830.1
Vigilantes
Stare Decisis
14. The Federal Court system was created through what?
Judiciary Act
King Chamberlain's Court
Preliminary Hearing
Jurisdiction
15. Who gave the Bureau of Investigation validity during the late 1920s?
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Hoover
Statue of Winchester
Trial Courts of Limited Jurisdiction
16. What two additional sentences can come from a Formal Felony Sentencing Hearing different from a misdemeanor?
F.B.I.
Jurisdiction
Prison Time - Death Sentence
Process criminals and criminal charges - Ensure everyone's due process
17. What law enforcement agency maintains the largest training academy in the U.S.?
Military Police - Tribal Police = Civilian Federal Law Enforcement
F.B.I.
Retribution
Limited
18. What percent of the time are deals makes and cases do not go to trial?
London Metropolitan Police Act
Marbury versus Madison
90%
State Supreme Court
19. What amendment discusses protection from unreasonable searches?
Courts
4th Amendment
Patronage
Attorney General
20. What is the name for a felony complaint?
U.S. Postal Inspectors
Serpico
Information
17 -500
21. The Reintegration Model - circa 1960s - failed due to community concern over leniency toward criminals and what two major social events?
All volunteers
Original Jurisdiction
Civil Rights Movement Vietnam War
Sheriff
22. What amendment discusses protection from self incrimination?
Judiciary Act
U.S. Supreme Court U.S. Court of Appeals U.S. Federal District Courts
5th Amendment
King Chamberlain's Court
23. The Texas Rangers are the oldest law enforcement agency in this country at what level?
Sheriff
Courts
Deterrence
State
24. Does a county law enforcement agency head administrator generally require law enforcement experience?
None
Legislative - Executive - Judicial
Yes
Judges - Prosecuting Attorneys - Defense Attorneys
25. The average local law enforcement agency will often employ how many officers and serve what size population?
50 - 25000
Statue of Winchester
County
Provide investigation services - Sentencing Recommendations - Provide Supervision
26. What is the Latin term that means an act being wrong because of customs - morals - practices - regulation - or law?
Judicial/Legislative
Sworn - Non-sworn
Mala Prohibita
Original Jurisdiction
27. What is discovery?
Evidence
Change
Indeterminate Sentencing
1383
28. What major 1966 U.S. Supreme Court case provided new guidelines in how police arrested and interrogated adult defendants?
English Common Law
Miranda versus Arizona
Dual System
UCRS or Uniform Crime Reporting System
29. What criminal statistical agency or method was created in 1987 as a supplement to UCRS?
Severity of the crime - Where it was committed
NIBRS or National Incident Based Reporting System
Private Attorneys - Public Defenders
Limited or Reduced Capacity - Layers of Justice
30. Which 1760s British tax law placed tax quotes on all paper based products imported into the colonies?
U.S. Federal District Courts
Sworn - Non-sworn
17 -500
Stamp Act of 1765
31. What are the two general characteristics evident among most law enforcement agencies?
King Chamberlain's Court
Incorrigibles
Tribal
Quasi-Military - Strict Chain of Command
32. What are state Courts of Appeals also called?
English Common Law
Intermediate Courts
Broken Windows
Discretion
33. What amendment discuses issues if incorporation - citizenship - and due process?
14th Amendment
5th Amendment 6th Amendment
Probation Officer
Crime Control - Due Process
34. How many states have State Courts of Appeals?
Preliminary Hearing
Self Report Studies Victimization Surveys
Presentence Court Report
39
35. What is meant by inferior courts?
Lower Courts
Ah Peen
Probation Officer
Nolo Contendre
36. What are the two ancient codes that contributed to our current legal system?
State
Law of Hammurabi - Law of Moses
14
1977 Dixon Bill
37. What are small law enforcement agencies often made up of?
State Supreme Court
Generalists
Federal Court System
D.E.A.or Drug Enforcement Agency
38. Both felonies are misdemeanors are first filed as what?
Change
Complaint
Felony
$1.7 million
39. The power of the U.S. Supreme Court to interpret what the constitution says and means - via case law - is known as what?
Judicial Review
Quasi-Military - Strict Chain of Command
Complaint
U.S. Postal Service Inspectors - Federal Marshall's Department
40. The three federal courts are known as what?
U.S. Supreme Court U.S. Court of Appeals U.S. Federal District Courts
Original Jurisdiction
14
London Metropolitan Police Act
41. When a court has control or authority over certain matters/issues - what is it called?
Patronage
Body - Amendments
Discretion
Jurisdiction
42. What are the two conflicting philosophies which talk of a desire for individual freedom and a crime free society?
Judicial System = Institutional System
Crime Control Due Process
State
King John
43. What is the most important thing that a probation officer does in the presentence court report?
Articles of Confederation
Evaluation
George Washington - John Adams
Pretrial Hearing
44. What concept discusses 'an eye for an eye'?
Statue of Winchester
Retribution
Law of Hammurabi - Law of Moses
None
45. What is the State Court System's court of last resort?
State
Judicial/Legislative
Misdemeanor
State Supreme Court
46. When court systems or levels disagree or question if rules are properly applied - what type of court is used?
Precedent
Bill of Rights
Appeals
Low Term - Mid Term - High Term
47. What does N.C.I.C. stand for?
Appeals
National Crime Information Center
Marbury versus Madison
Judicial - Executive
48. What federal law enforcement agency delegated peace officer powers to citizens during the era of the wild west?
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49. What level of law enforcement generally provides services to the local court system?
Federal Court System
County
Jurisdiction
Ah Peen
50. What are the four Cs of the criminal justice system?
Courts - Cops - Citizens - Corrections
34
Articles of Confederation
U.S. Supreme Court U.S. Court of Appeals U.S. Federal District Courts