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Criminal Justice 101
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1. What constitutes the major difference between a crime and illegal behavior?
Possecomintatus
U.S. Marshall's
John Augustus
Potential for Incarceration
2. What law enforcement agency maintains the largest training academy in the U.S.?
1903
Information
F.B.I.
Serpico
3. What does the U.S. Federal District Court possess regarding cases heard?
Sir Robert Peel
First Continental Congress
Change
Original Jurisdiction
4. What English Common Law court system could arguably be seen as the world's first dedicated juvenile court?
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5. The Texas Rangers are the oldest law enforcement agency in this country at what level?
1899 Illinois
Sufficient evidence that a felony was committed - Should it go to a felony trial
State
Vigilantes
6. Other then UCRS and NIBRS - what entities compile information about crime in the country?
Marbury versus Madison
Very inactive
17
Self Report Studies Victimization Surveys
7. What was the original staffing of the U.S. Supreme Court?
Change
1 Chief Justice 5 Associate Justices
Indeterminate Sentencing
Incorrigibles
8. In which two locations did the actual shooting war begin between British soldiers and Colonial militia men?
Drug Violations - White Collar Crimes
Lexington - Concord
Very inactive
17 -500
9. The Reintegration Model - circa 1960s - failed due to community concern over leniency toward criminals and what two major social events?
Due Process Phase
Appeal
Evaluation
Civil Rights Movement Vietnam War
10. What federal law enforcement agency delegated peace officer powers to citizens during the era of the wild west?
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11. What is the Latin term that means evil or bad in itself?
Low Term - Mid Term - High Term
Mala en Se
Attorney General
U.S. Court of Appeals - State Supreme Court
12. What penal code section is used to waive time lines during a trial?
Stare Decisis
Stare Decisis
Sufficient evidence that a felony was committed - Should it go to a felony trial
1383
13. What concept did the 1800 Babylonian King Hammurabi create that said juveniles could be considered for lessor penalties?
Limited or Reduced Capacity - Layers of Justice
Trial
Pendelton Act
Serpico
14. Where does a felony case begin?
Trial Courts of General Jurisdiction
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
Trial
State
15. What legal model first attempted the concept of rehabilitation and resocialization?
The Family Model
Petition
Boston Massacre
Judicial - Executive
16. Who gave the Bureau of Investigation validity during the late 1920s?
Hoover
Arrangement
London Metropolitan Police Act
Court Administrator
17. Where are the vast majority of cases heard?
Tribal
Local level
King John
Stars
18. Which 1760s British tax law placed tax quotes on all paper based products imported into the colonies?
Evaluation
Stamp Act of 1765
Broken Windows
George Washington - John Adams
19. What is the State Court System's court of last resort?
Judiciary Act
Discretion
U.S. Federal District Courts
State Supreme Court
20. What amendment discusses cruel and unusual punishment?
Potential for Incarceration
1903
8th Amendment
John Marshall
21. The Federal Court system was created through what?
Courts
Future laws not passed yet
First Continental Congress
Judiciary Act
22. How many chief justice and associate justices currently make up the U.S. Supreme Court?
1 and 8
830.1
Process criminals and criminal charges - Ensure everyone's due process
Miranda versus Arizona
23. What Latin term means 'you have the body'?
Habeas Corpus
1977 Dixon Bill
English Common Law
Chief
24. What is the system that puts two conflicting parties against each other with a third neutral part overseeing the process?
Adversarial System
Aggravating - Mitigating
Civil Rights Movement Vietnam War
Loosely Coupled System
25. What current U.S. law enforcement position/title had its origins with the English legal system circa 1000 A.D.?
Sheriff or Shireeve
34
Judicial/Legislative
Hoover
26. What is a county law enforcement agency's head administrator?
State
Sworn - Non-sworn
Chief
Sheriff
27. What are the two types of defense attorneys?
Life
Future laws not passed yet
Private Attorneys - Public Defenders
Local - County - Tribal - State - Federal
28. What are state Courts of Appeals also called?
Intermediate Courts
Superior Court
Government Attorney
Judiciary Act
29. What does a preliminary hearing determine?
John Marshall
State
Sufficient evidence that a felony was committed - Should it go to a felony trial
Adversarial System
30. After the U.S. Constitution was ratified - what type of court system did the U.S. realize it needed to have?
Marbury versus Madison
Federal Court System
Citizens - Cops - Courts - Corrections
4th Amendment
31. What federal law enforcement agency was created in 1973 and currently has over 5 -000 agents spread around the world?
Vigilantes
Discretion
D.E.A.or Drug Enforcement Agency
17 -500
32. What are the two parts of the Constitution called?
Body - Amendments
National Crime Information Center
830.1
Jury Panel Death Penalty Phase
33. What types of law enforcement agency is influenced by federal and territorial sovereignty?
Tribal
Deterrence
Marbury versus Madison
Community Sensitive Programs
34. In 1789 which London magistrate stressed the need for a 'centralized' law enforcement agency?
Patrick Colquhoun
Statue of Winchester
Lexington - Concord
London Metropolitan Police Act
35. What type of hearing does a felony case go to after arrangement?
Evaluation
Preliminary Hearing
Challenge for Cause and Peremptory Challenges at a Jury Panel Hearing
Legislative - Executive - Judicial
36. Negative political influence and corruption impacting 19th century U.S. police agencies was called what?
Incorrigibles
Court Room Work Group
Appeal
Patronage
37. What are the branches of federal law enforcement?
F.B.I.
Hoover
Complaint
Military Police - Tribal Police = Civilian Federal Law Enforcement
38. The second federal inferior court of authority is known as what?
Ah Peen
First Degree Murder - Federal drug trafficking and treason
U.S. Court of Appeals
4th Amendment
39. According to Hammurabi - what age was considered as the cut off between juveniles and adults?
State
14
Community Sensitive Programs
Sheriff or Shireeve
40. What are the five levels of law enforcement in this country?
Hoover
Quasi-Military - Strict Chain of Command
John Marshall
Local - County - Tribal - State - Federal
41. What word represents the ability of criminal justice players to make independent decisions?
Continue to another date
Quasi-Military - Strict Chain of Command
Discretion
King Chamberlain's Court
42. What important corrections position was mandated in Massachusetts in 1878?
Law of Hammurabi - Law of Moses
Future laws not passed yet
Patrick Colquhoun
Probation Officer
43. Who is referred to as the father of probation?
John Augustus
King John
Local - County - Tribal - State - Federal
Bench Trial
44. In the wild west what were the people called who banded together to protect each other?
Discretion
Vigilantes
Due Process
$1.7 million
45. What is an offense that consists of illegal conduct but no jail time?
Community Sensitive Programs
Secret Service
39
Infraction
46. What criminal statistical agency or method was created in 1987 as a supplement to UCRS?
Judiciary Act
First Continental Congress
Cannot be used against you later in civil court
NIBRS or National Incident Based Reporting System
47. The term original jurisdiction alludes to what?
Intermediate Courts
Trials
Patronage and Corruption
Sir Robert Peel
48. What is the best system to compile crime statistics and can stand completely on its own?
None
Infraction
Challenge for Cause and Peremptory Challenges at a Jury Panel Hearing
Cannot be used against you later in civil court
49. The power of the U.S. Supreme Court to interpret what the constitution says and means - via case law - is known as what?
17
Judicial Review
Limited or Reduced Capacity - Layers of Justice
Discretion
50. In what year did California pass its juvenile justice system act known as Juvenile Court Act?
17 -500
14th Amendment
Sir Robert Peel
1903