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Criminal Justice 101
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1. Which 1760s British tax law placed tax quotes on all paper based products imported into the colonies?
Local level
Stare Decisis
Stamp Act of 1765
Court Administrator
2. What penal code section is used to waive time lines during a trial?
Sheriff or Shireeve
1383
Statue of Winchester
Sir Robert Peel
3. Who was the Supreme Court's third chief justice - credited with making the court more proactive - effective - and powerful?
Precedent
John Marshall
Law of Hammurabi - Law of Moses
Misdemeanor
4. In 1789 which London magistrate stressed the need for a 'centralized' law enforcement agency?
Sufficient evidence that a felony was committed - Should it go to a felony trial
Patrick Colquhoun
John Augustus
U.S. Postal Service Inspectors - Federal Marshall's Department
5. Local law enforcement generally display shields on their badges. What do county law enforcement badges appear as?
Stars
State/Local Court System
Jury Panel Death Penalty Phase
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
6. What are the oldest law enforcement agencies in the country?
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7. When court systems or levels disagree or question if rules are properly applied - what type of court is used?
Appeals
Own Recognizance
Right away
Due Process
8. What do bills of attainer relate to?
Information
Vigilantes
Punishment without trial
1203(b)(1) - Felony
9. Who runs the N.C.I.C.?
State
Attorney General
Pendelton Act
F.B.I
10. What are small law enforcement agencies often made up of?
Judicial - Executive
34
Generalists
1203(b)(1) - Felony
11. Negative political influence and corruption impacting 19th century U.S. police agencies was called what?
Felony
Sworn - Non-sworn
Patronage
Broken Windows
12. What is the name for a juvenile complaint?
Petition
Future laws not passed yet
Original Jurisdiction
Sworn - Non-sworn
13. What is the name for a felony complaint?
Trial Courts of General Jurisdiction
Bill of Rights
1977 Dixon Bill
Information
14. What Penal Code section states that the court may refer to probation for a report?
Worse
1203(d) - Misdemeanor
UCRS or Uniform Crime Reporting System
John Augustus
15. Who were the country's first president and vice president?
Jurisdiction
Loosely Coupled
George Washington - John Adams
Appeals
16. What important corrections position was mandated in Massachusetts in 1878?
Probation Officer
Original Jurisdiction
F.B.I.
Community Orientated Policing Era
17. What does the U.S. Federal District Court possess regarding cases heard?
The Family Model
Habeas Corpus
F.B.I.
Original Jurisdiction
18. Where are the vast majority of cases heard?
Local level
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
John Augustus
Body - Amendments
19. What document was eventually created in order to replace the Articles of Confederation?
U.S. Constitution
14
Sheriff or Shireeve
County
20. What are the three Terms of Imprisonment?
State
1899 Illinois
Low Term - Mid Term - High Term
F.B.I.
21. What constitutes the major difference between a crime and illegal behavior?
Mary Ann Crouse
1383
1 and 8
Potential for Incarceration
22. What types of law enforcement agency is influenced by federal and territorial sovereignty?
Tribal
Right away
Patrick Colquhoun
Preliminary Hearing
23. Where does a felony case begin?
Secret Service
Stamp Act of 1765
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
Low Term - Mid Term - High Term
24. What federal law enforcement agency had its origins in 1908?
Sir Robert Peel
F.B.I.
Miranda versus Arizona
90 Million
25. What current California legal code did the Law of Hammurabi and the Law of Moses contribute to?
Judicial - Executive
Civil Rights Movement Vietnam War
The Penal Code
Court Room Work Group
26. How is a jury panel selected?
Chief
State
Challenge for Cause and Peremptory Challenges at a Jury Panel Hearing
Sir Robert Peel
27. What type of bodies do our current laws come from?
Trial
Marbury versus Madison
Judicial/Legislative
Reputation and Appearance - Dialogue and Counseling - Empty Hands - Physical Restraint - Mechanical Restraint - Chemical Restraint
28. What is the Latin term that means evil or bad in itself?
1382
1899 Illinois
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
Mala en Se
29. What federal law enforcement agency was created in 1973 and currently has over 5 -000 agents spread around the world?
State/Local Court System
D.E.A.or Drug Enforcement Agency
1903
Trials
30. What two additional branches of government did the Constitution add to government?
Attorney General
17 -500
Challenge for Cause and Peremptory Challenges at a Jury Panel Hearing
Judicial - Executive
31. From 1789 to 1799 how was the U.S. Supreme Court?
Very inactive
Mary Ann Crouse
Sworn - Non-sworn
Community Orientated Policing Era
32. What concept did the 1800 Babylonian King Hammurabi create that said juveniles could be considered for lessor penalties?
State/Local Court System
Limited or Reduced Capacity - Layers of Justice
U.S. Marshall's
Ah Peen
33. What is the first hearing or court appearance for all cases?
Infraction
Information
Arrangement
The Family Model
34. What English Common Law court system could arguably be seen as the world's first dedicated juvenile court?
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35. What is a crime punishable by jail - fines or prison?
Government Attorney
Felony
Superior Court
Stamp Act of 1765
36. What 1285 A.D. English law removed the emphasis on law enforcement away from the military and back onto the citizens?
34
Statue of Winchester
17 -500
Presentence Court Report
37. Both felonies are misdemeanors are first filed as what?
Prison Time - Death Sentence
1977 Dixon Bill
Habeas Corpus
Complaint
38. What is the system that puts two conflicting parties against each other with a third neutral part overseeing the process?
85%
U.S. Court of Appeals
U.S. Constitution
Adversarial System
39. What is a county law enforcement agency's head administrator?
Sheriff
85%
Serpico
Due Process Phase
40. Why does someone plea nolo contendre?
Cannot be used against you later in civil court
Worse
Stamp Act of 1765
830.1
41. The third federal inferior court of authority is known as what?
U.S. Federal District Courts
Drug Violations - White Collar Crimes
Precedent
Bench Trial
42. Our criminal justice system tries to maintain a balance between which two conflicting models/ideologies?
Superior Court
Local - County - Tribal - State - Federal
17 -500
Crime Control - Due Process
43. How many states have State Courts of Appeals?
Preliminary Hearing
State
39
Arrangement
44. Generally speaking - what type of attorney is a prosecuting attorney?
Possecomintatus
34
Government Attorney
George Washington - John Adams
45. What is a legal system that pits two opposing parties against one another with a third neutral party applying the rules?
English Common Law
Intermediate Courts
Adversarial System
Drug Violations - White Collar Crimes
46. What penal code states that a felony must go to trial within 60 days of the second arrangement unless time lines are waived?
Constitutional Law
Stamp Act of 1765
Preliminary Hearing
1382
47. What current U.S. law enforcement position/title had its origins with the English legal system circa 1000 A.D.?
County
Community Orientated Policing Era
Sir Robert Peel
Sheriff or Shireeve
48. What constitutional amendments were alluded to in Miranda versus Arizona?
Preliminary Hearing
Future laws not passed yet
Parens Patriae
5th Amendment 6th Amendment
49. What is the average budget of a local law enforcement agency?
Citizens - Cops - Courts - Corrections
Jurisdiction
Limited or Reduced Capacity - Layers of Justice
$1.7 million
50. What Penal Code section states that the court shall refer to probation for a report?
F.B.I.
George Washington - John Adams
1203(b)(1) - Felony
Complaint