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Criminal Justice 101
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1. What does ex-post facto law relate to?
King Henry II
Future laws not passed yet
UCRS or Uniform Crime Reporting System
Judicial Review
2. What is the first hearing or court appearance for all cases?
Local - County - Tribal - State - Federal
U.S. Supreme Court U.S. Court of Appeals U.S. Federal District Courts
Original Jurisdiction
Arrangement
3. When a court has control or authority over certain matters/issues - what is it called?
Superior Court
Sir Robert Peel
Retribution
Jurisdiction
4. What major 1829 English law created a centralized urban police force in London?
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London Metropolitan Police Act
Low Term - Mid Term - High Term
Conditional Sentence
5. What type of bodies do our current laws come from?
Article III of the Constitution
Government Attorney
Sufficient evidence that a felony was committed - Should it go to a felony trial
Judicial/Legislative
6. The California state highway patrol is an example of what type of law enforcement agency?
Patronage
Indeterminate Sentencing
State
Nolo Contendre
7. What is a crime publishable by six months to one yer in jail - fines - or probation?
Misdemeanor
Preliminary Hearing
Cannot be used against you later in civil court
Loosely Coupled System
8. What percent of the time are deals makes and cases do not go to trial?
D&R - Disposition and Resetting
90%
Discretion
U.S. Court of Appeals
9. What is the best system to compile crime statistics and can stand completely on its own?
Boston Massacre
None
Secret Service
Hoover
10. After the U.S. Constitution was ratified - what type of court system did the U.S. realize it needed to have?
Quasi-Military - Strict Chain of Command
Nolo Contendre
Federal Court System
830.1
11. In Orange County - what type of prosecuting attorneys handle the day to day issues in the court room?
8th Amendment
Drug Violations - White Collar Crimes
Assistant District Attorneys
Stare Decisis
12. After the Bill of Rights was ratified - how many more times was the U.S. Constitution amended?
6th Amendment
Broken Windows
17
Dual System
13. What is the Latin term for the plea of the no contest?
90 Million
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
Conditional Sentence
Nolo Contendre
14. What is ultimate goal at all early hearings?
Adversarial System
Makes deals and not go to trial
D.E.A.or Drug Enforcement Agency
Stare Decisis
15. What is the Latin term that means evil or bad in itself?
Mala en Se
Trial Courts of General Jurisdiction
Intermediate Courts
Evidence
16. What hearing determines in an individual receives the death penalty?
Due Process Phase
Jury Panel Death Penalty Phase
Courts
Adversarial System
17. Railroad Police - Port/Harbor Police - Campus Police - and Mass Transit Police are examples of what?
Article III of the Constitution
Special Police Force
90%
Petition
18. What two additional branches of government did the Constitution add to government?
F.B.I.
Hoover
U.S. Federal District Courts
Judicial - Executive
19. During the Revolutionary War what major document helped to guide the colonies in fighting their war against Britain?
Review charges again because felony stakes are higher
The Penal Code
Own Recognizance
Articles of Confederation
20. What was name of the era which was distinguished by the Kansas City Patrol Experiment and Flint - Michigan Patrol Program?
Local level
Community Orientated Policing Era
State
1 Chief Justice 5 Associate Justices
21. Jail time - restitution - contact restrictions - drug testing - searches and seizures - employment verification - and counseling can be terms of what?
National Crime Information Center
Formal Probation
50 - 25000
Miranda versus Arizona
22. What is the name of the New York police officer - circa 1970s - who had to deal with corruption and patronage in the NYPD?
Serpico
Indeterminate Sentencing
Incapaciation
The Family Model
23. What is known as the highest source of law found within either a country or state?
Worse
Constitutional Law
Hoover
Legislative - Executive - Judicial
24. What was the name of the article which encouraged law enforcement not just to focus on crime - but the social factors of crime?
U.S. Postal Inspectors
Broken Windows
Special Police Force
State Supreme Court
25. What type of hearing does a felony case go to after arrangement?
First Continental Congress
Makes deals and not go to trial
Preliminary Hearing
Patronage
26. In 1829 which English government employee pushed a new law which followed the ideas of Patrick Colquhoun?
Sir Robert Peel
Parens Patriae
Civil Rights Movement Vietnam War
1 and 8
27. What current California legal code did the Law of Hammurabi and the Law of Moses contribute to?
The Family Model
Quasi-Military - Strict Chain of Command
Review charges again because felony stakes are higher
The Penal Code
28. The three federal courts are known as what?
U.S. Supreme Court U.S. Court of Appeals U.S. Federal District Courts
Petition
Drug Violations - White Collar Crimes
King Chamberlain's Court
29. What is a trial where there is no jury and the verdict is given by the judge?
Boston Massacre
Information
Bench Trial
Complaint
30. What does N.C.I.C. stand for?
Courts - Cops - Citizens - Corrections
Civil Rights Movement Vietnam War
King Henry II
National Crime Information Center
31. What is the most important thing that a probation officer does in the presentence court report?
Dual System
8th Amendment
Assistant District Attorneys
Evaluation
32. What percent of the time will a judge go with what a presentence court report says?
Discretion
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85%
1 and 8
33. Generally speaking - what type of attorney is a prosecuting attorney?
14th Amendment
Stars
Government Attorney
Low Term - Mid Term - High Term
34. The B.I.A. and the F.B.I. often provide support and assistance to what level of law enforcement agencies?
Mala Prohibita
Tribal
Appeal
14th Amendment
35. What is a county law enforcement agency's head administrator?
Sheriff
Military Police - Tribal Police = Civilian Federal Law Enforcement
Incorrigibles
Jurisdiction
36. What are the two ancient codes that contributed to our current legal system?
Incapaciation
Law of Hammurabi - Law of Moses
Habeas Corpus
Mala Prohibita
37. Under English Common Law what was the general cut off age in distinguishing between those who could charged with felonies?
Crime Control - Due Process
State Supreme Court
Right away
14
38. The Kansas City Patrol Experiment and Flint - Michigan Patrol Program motivated police to try what new procedures?
Article III of the Constitution
Military Police - Tribal Police = Civilian Federal Law Enforcement
Community Sensitive Programs
U.S. Federal District Courts
39. What are state Courts of Appeals also called?
King John
Loosely Coupled System
Intermediate Courts
Sworn - Non-sworn
40. What does a mitigating factor make the report?
Better
4th Amendment
King John
Original Jurisdiction
41. What crimes is the death penalty used for?
Sheriff or Shireeve
First Degree Murder - Federal drug trafficking and treason
Prison Time - Death Sentence
17
42. What two factors does a probation officer consider when writing the presentence report?
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Bench Trial
Preliminary Hearing
Aggravating - Mitigating
43. What concept did the 1800 Babylonian King Hammurabi create that said juveniles could be considered for lessor penalties?
U.S. Court of Appeals
Due Process
Articles of Confederation
Limited or Reduced Capacity - Layers of Justice
44. Who gave the Bureau of Investigation validity during the late 1920s?
1 Chief Justice 5 Associate Justices
State Supreme Court
Patronage and Corruption
Hoover
45. What Penal Code section states that the court may refer to probation for a report?
John Marshall
Lexington - Concord
Trial Courts of Limited Jurisdiction
1203(d) - Misdemeanor
46. What was created in order to convince several of the new states to agree to the Constitution?
Bill of Rights
Discretion
U.S. Marshall's
U.S. Postal Service Inspectors - Federal Marshall's Department
47. What concept discusses 'an eye for an eye'?
Retribution
Discretion
U.S. Postal Inspectors
Very inactive
48. In 1789 which London magistrate stressed the need for a 'centralized' law enforcement agency?
Federal Court System
1977 Dixon Bill
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Patrick Colquhoun
49. What current U.S. law enforcement position/title had its origins with the English legal system circa 1000 A.D.?
Sheriff or Shireeve
Court Room Work Group
The Penal Code
State
50. What are the branches of federal law enforcement?
Own Recognizance
Military Police - Tribal Police = Civilian Federal Law Enforcement
Hoover
King Chamberlain's Court
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