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Criminal Justice 101
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1. What is meant by inferior courts?
Original Jurisdiction
King John
Lower Courts
Secret Service
2. What two factors does a probation officer consider when writing the presentence report?
Presentence Court Report
Aggravating - Mitigating
4th Amendment
Bill of Rights
3. What is the system that puts two conflicting parties against each other with a third neutral part overseeing the process?
17 -500
Generalists
Adversarial System
Nolo Contendre
4. What crimes is the death penalty used for?
State
Judiciary Act
The Penal Code
First Degree Murder - Federal drug trafficking and treason
5. What is an offense that consists of illegal conduct but no jail time?
Pretrial Hearing
U.S. Supreme Court U.S. Court of Appeals U.S. Federal District Courts
Infraction
Chief
6. What percent of the time will a judge go with what a presentence court report says?
Continue to another date
85%
$1.7 million
Miranda versus Arizona
7. Where are the vast majority of cases heard?
Local level
Process criminals and criminal charges - Ensure everyone's due process
14
Constitutional Law
8. What are the three main players in the Criminal Justice system known as?
D&R - Disposition and Resetting
Court Room Work Group
5th Amendment 6th Amendment
Sheriff or Shireeve
9. What do the majority of cases going into the U.S. District Court involve?
Crime Control Due Process
Drug Violations - White Collar Crimes
U.S. Postal Service Inspectors - Federal Marshall's Department
Pendelton Act
10. What 1838 Ohio State Supreme Court Case established the concept of Parens Patriae and no need for due process in juvenile matters?
Future laws not passed yet
Right away
U.S. Supreme Court U.S. Court of Appeals U.S. Federal District Courts
Mary Ann Crouse
11. State Troopers are what level of law enforcement?
Low Term - Mid Term - High Term
1903
State
The Penal Code
12. What Penal Code section states that the court may refer to probation for a report?
5th Amendment
1203(d) - Misdemeanor
Mala en Se
Stamp Act of 1765
13. What federal law enforcement agency delegated peace officer powers to citizens during the era of the wild west?
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14. What is the State Court System's court of last resort?
State Supreme Court
Local level
Judges - Prosecuting Attorneys - Defense Attorneys
D.E.A.or Drug Enforcement Agency
15. What 1883 federal law stressed the need for a civil service system based upon merit?
Appeals
5th Amendment 6th Amendment
Pendelton Act
Incorrigibles
16. Does a county law enforcement agency head administrator generally require law enforcement experience?
Yes
None
Life
Community Orientated Policing Era
17. Stare Decisis has evolved into what concept?
Stare Decisis
Broken Windows
Precedent
Change
18. What is the average budget of a local law enforcement agency?
Evaluation
90 Million
$1.7 million
Review charges again because felony stakes are higher
19. What amendment discusses the right to a speedy trial?
6th Amendment
Marbury versus Madison
14
John Marshall
20. What was name of the era which was distinguished by the Kansas City Patrol Experiment and Flint - Michigan Patrol Program?
Preliminary Hearing
Community Orientated Policing Era
Generalists
U.S. Constitution
21. What is a trial where there is no jury and the verdict is given by the judge?
Possecomintatus
Bench Trial
State/Local Court System
Statue of Winchester
22. What 1285 A.D. English law removed the emphasis on law enforcement away from the military and back onto the citizens?
Preliminary Hearing
Statue of Winchester
Court Room Work Group
1203(b)(1) - Felony
23. In 1789 which London magistrate stressed the need for a 'centralized' law enforcement agency?
Patrick Colquhoun
Serpico
Bill of Rights
Low Term - Mid Term - High Term
24. What 1770 shooting incident heightened tensions between Boston colonists and newly arrived British soldiers?
State
1977 Dixon Bill
Boston Massacre
Petition
25. What are the four Cs of the criminal justice system?
Limited
Judicial Review
Courts - Cops - Citizens - Corrections
Mala en Se
26. What are the three Terms of Imprisonment?
U.S. Supreme Court U.S. Court of Appeals U.S. Federal District Courts
Crime Control - Due Process
The Family Model
Low Term - Mid Term - High Term
27. What law enforcement agency maintains the largest training academy in the U.S.?
F.B.I.
Retribution
Special Police Force
English Common Law
28. For a felony matter to leave a Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction - what special hearing must it go to?
Yes
Precedent
1 and 8
Preliminary Hearing
29. What type of hearing does a felony case go to after arrangement?
U.S. Federal District Courts
Preliminary Hearing
Judges - Prosecuting Attorneys - Defense Attorneys
All volunteers
30. What two additional branches of government did the Constitution add to government?
Infraction
Patronage and Corruption
Judicial - Executive
Military Police - Tribal Police = Civilian Federal Law Enforcement
31. Local California courts which handle misdemeanors - minor civil matters - and traffic violations are called what?
14th Amendment
Trial Courts of Limited Jurisdiction
Potential for Incarceration
The Family Model
32. What concepts attempts to protect society by isolating others?
Possecomintatus
Military Police - Tribal Police = Civilian Federal Law Enforcement
Incapaciation
Community Sensitive Programs
33. Railroad Police - Port/Harbor Police - Campus Police - and Mass Transit Police are examples of what?
1383
Mala en Se
Special Police Force
Court Administrator
34. What does ex-post facto law relate to?
Trial Courts of Limited Jurisdiction
Future laws not passed yet
Conditional Sentence
830.1
35. In Orange County - what is the misdemeanor Pretrial Hearing called?
State
Own Recognizance
8th Amendment
D&R - Disposition and Resetting
36. Generally speaking - what type of attorney is a prosecuting attorney?
Government Attorney
Crime Control Due Process
Preliminary Hearing
Provide investigation services - Sentencing Recommendations - Provide Supervision
37. What are state Courts of Appeals also called?
Intermediate Courts
Special Police Force
Mala Prohibita
6th Amendment
38. What does a preliminary hearing determine?
U.S. Postal Service Inspectors - Federal Marshall's Department
Trial Courts of Limited Jurisdiction
Prison Time - Death Sentence
Sufficient evidence that a felony was committed - Should it go to a felony trial
39. The Federal Court system was authorized through what?
Complaint
Stare Decisis
Article III of the Constitution
5th Amendment 6th Amendment
40. What is the name for a felony complaint?
Incapaciation
4th Amendment
Information
Judges - Prosecuting Attorneys - Defense Attorneys
41. In 1829 which English government employee pushed a new law which followed the ideas of Patrick Colquhoun?
F.B.I.
Sir Robert Peel
17 -500
Future laws not passed yet
42. How many states use the death penalty?
Sir Robert Peel
U.S. Court of Appeals
34
Sheriff
43. How many cases go to the local court level each year?
Magna Carta
Punishment without trial
Complaint
90 Million
44. What Penal Code section states that the court shall refer to probation for a report?
State
Parens Patriae
F.B.I.
1203(b)(1) - Felony
45. What criminal statistical agency or method was created in 1930?
UCRS or Uniform Crime Reporting System
Stamp Act of 1765
Conditional Sentence
State
46. What are the oldest law enforcement agencies in the country?
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47. What is ultimate goal at all early hearings?
Federal Court System
Preliminary Hearing
Makes deals and not go to trial
Limited or Reduced Capacity - Layers of Justice
48. What is a crime punishable by jail - fines or prison?
Courts - Cops - Citizens - Corrections
Felony
Dual System
English Common Law
49. What constitutional amendments were alluded to in Miranda versus Arizona?
London Metropolitan Police Act
5th Amendment 6th Amendment
Mala Prohibita
Seriousness of Offense - Flight Risk - Prior Record
50. In the wild west what were the people called who banded together to protect each other?
Severity of the crime - Where it was committed
Government Attorney
Vigilantes
Patronage