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Criminal Justice 101
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1. Local California courts which handle misdemeanors - minor civil matters - and traffic violations are called what?
U.S. Federal District Courts
Limited
Indeterminate Sentencing
Trial Courts of Limited Jurisdiction
2. How many cases go to the local court level each year?
Quasi-Military - Strict Chain of Command
90 Million
Legislative - Executive - Judicial
King Henry II
3. The second federal inferior court of authority is known as what?
Articles of Confederation
Discretion
U.S. Court of Appeals
$1.7 million
4. Local California courts which handle felonies and major civil matters are called what?
Dual System
Very inactive
Sir Robert Peel
Trial Courts of General Jurisdiction
5. What does O.R. mean?
Community Sensitive Programs
Civil Rights Movement Vietnam War
Own Recognizance
D.E.A.or Drug Enforcement Agency
6. What percent of the time will a judge go with what a presentence court report says?
Mala Prohibita
85%
Precedent
Punishment without trial
7. What legal model first attempted the concept of rehabilitation and resocialization?
The Penal Code
Sufficient evidence that a felony was committed - Should it go to a felony trial
The Family Model
Precedent
8. What penal code section is used to waive time lines during a trial?
Continue to another date
1383
U.S. Postal Inspectors
English Common Law
9. What are the three branches of government enchanced or created by the U.S. Constitution?
4th Amendment
Legislative - Executive - Judicial
Original Jurisdiction
Due Process
10. What document was eventually created in order to replace the Articles of Confederation?
Secret Service
U.S. Court of Appeals
U.S. Court of Appeals - State Supreme Court
U.S. Constitution
11. The California state highway patrol is an example of what type of law enforcement agency?
Sir Robert Peel
State
Loosely Coupled System
Discretion
12. What Penal Code section states that the court shall refer to probation for a report?
Bill of Rights
Formal Probation
Drug Violations - White Collar Crimes
1203(b)(1) - Felony
13. Which of the five major phases in the criminal justice system since 1965 produced major case law?
Trial Courts of Limited Jurisdiction
First Degree Murder - Federal drug trafficking and treason
Due Process Phase
6th Amendment
14. Under English Common Law what was the general cut off age in distinguishing between those who could charged with felonies?
14
Discretion
English Common Law
17 -500
15. What criminal statistical agency or method was created in 1987 as a supplement to UCRS?
F.B.I
Deterrence
NIBRS or National Incident Based Reporting System
Bench Trial
16. What criteria does the judge use when setting bail?
1899 Illinois
First Continental Congress
Seriousness of Offense - Flight Risk - Prior Record
King John
17. What are small law enforcement agencies often made up of?
1 Chief Justice 5 Associate Justices
Indeterminate Sentencing
Community Sensitive Programs
Generalists
18. What are the four main players in the criminal justice system?
U.S. Court of Appeals
Citizens - Cops - Courts - Corrections
Stare Decisis
State
19. Where does a misdemeanors case begin?
King Henry II
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
Stare Decisis
Misdemeanor
20. What English Common Law court system could arguably be seen as the world's first dedicated juvenile court?
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21. Which 1760s British tax law placed tax quotes on all paper based products imported into the colonies?
UCRS or Uniform Crime Reporting System
Stamp Act of 1765
6th Amendment
Infraction
22. What is a crime publishable by six months to one yer in jail - fines - or probation?
Judicial/Legislative
Pretrial Hearing
Military Police - Tribal Police = Civilian Federal Law Enforcement
Misdemeanor
23. 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
Community Orientated Policing Era
King John
U.S. Court of Appeals - State Supreme Court
24. Where does the U.S. Supreme Court hear cases from?
U.S. Court of Appeals - State Supreme Court
Chief
State/Local Court System
Government Attorney
25. What word represents the ability of criminal justice players to make independent decisions?
Due Process Phase
Discretion
Quasi-Military - Strict Chain of Command
6th Amendment
26. What was created in order to convince several of the new states to agree to the Constitution?
Incorrigibles
Bill of Rights
Complaint
U.S. Marshall's
27. When court systems or levels disagree or question if rules are properly applied - what type of court is used?
Superior Court
Appeals
Lexington - Concord
Crime Control Due Process
28. What is the Latin term that means evil or bad in itself?
Mala en Se
Stars
Drug Violations - White Collar Crimes
Trial
29. What is the name for a felony complaint?
Information
London Metropolitan Police Act
U.S. Postal Service Inspectors - Federal Marshall's Department
Patrick Colquhoun
30. What is the name of the New York police officer - circa 1970s - who had to deal with corruption and patronage in the NYPD?
Boston Massacre
Cannot be used against you later in civil court
Serpico
Judicial - Executive
31. Jail time - restitution - contact restrictions - drug testing - searches and seizures - employment verification - and counseling can be terms of what?
Private Attorneys - Public Defenders
Formal Probation
Preliminary Hearing
Patronage
32. How long is a federal judge's term of office for?
U.S. Court of Appeals - State Supreme Court
Hoover
U.S. Constitution
Life
33. What amendment discusses cruel and unusual punishment?
King Henry II
Stare Decisis
1903
8th Amendment
34. Stare Decisis has evolved into what concept?
Continue to another date
Tribal
Trial Courts of General Jurisdiction
Precedent
35. What is a local law enforcement agency's head administrator?
Original Jurisdiction
Chief
Local - County - Tribal - State - Federal
Appeals
36. What kind of powers do corrections and probation officers have?
Sheriff
U.S. Postal Service Inspectors - Federal Marshall's Department
Limited
14
37. What does the U.S. Supreme Court have regarding what cases to hear?
Discretion
Lexington - Concord
King Henry II
5th Amendment
38. What is another term for informal probation?
1977 Dixon Bill
Sworn - Non-sworn
Marbury versus Madison
Conditional Sentence
39. The B.I.A. and the F.B.I. often provide support and assistance to what level of law enforcement agencies?
Tribal
Statue of Winchester
Hoover
14
40. What type of 'law' evolved and became a predictable and anticipated set of laws to the English people circa 1000 A.D.?
Sworn - Non-sworn
Petition
English Common Law
Felony
41. What was name of the era which was distinguished by the Kansas City Patrol Experiment and Flint - Michigan Patrol Program?
Superior Court
Information
Community Orientated Policing Era
Original Jurisdiction
42. Who was the Supreme Court's third chief justice - credited with making the court more proactive - effective - and powerful?
National Crime Information Center
Due Process
Bill of Rights
John Marshall
43. When pleading guilty at a felony arrangement - what does the judge generally do for sentencing?
Continue to another date
Prison Time - Death Sentence
State Supreme Court
1383
44. What does the Court of Appeals not possess?
Change
D&R - Disposition and Resetting
Original Jurisdiction
1903
45. What are the two general characteristics evident among most law enforcement agencies?
Quasi-Military - Strict Chain of Command
Appeals
Incapaciation
Sir Robert Peel
46. What are the two ancient codes that contributed to our current legal system?
Mala en Se
Conditional Sentence
Law of Hammurabi - Law of Moses
Secret Service
47. What types of law enforcement agency is influenced by federal and territorial sovereignty?
Sufficient evidence that a felony was committed - Should it go to a felony trial
Articles of Confederation
Tribal
14
48. What is the State Court System's court of last resort?
F.B.I
F.B.I.
Evaluation
State Supreme Court
49. What court system was the same up until the period of the Civil War?
Trial Courts of General Jurisdiction
State/Local Court System
6th Amendment
Future laws not passed yet
50. What was the original staffing of the U.S. Supreme Court?
U.S. Marshall's
Due Process Phase
1 Chief Justice 5 Associate Justices
Limited