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Criminal Justice 101
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1. What major 1803 U.S. Supreme Court case established that the court would begin to interpret what the constitution was all about?
Pretrial Hearing
Marbury versus Madison
4th Amendment
State Supreme Court
2. What English Common Law court system could arguably be seen as the world's first dedicated juvenile court?
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3. What criteria does the judge use when setting bail?
Seriousness of Offense - Flight Risk - Prior Record
50 - 25000
Ah Peen
Dual System
4. What does N.C.I.C. stand for?
Preliminary Hearing
Judiciary Act
Retribution
National Crime Information Center
5. What is another term for informal probation?
D.E.A.or Drug Enforcement Agency
Conditional Sentence
Pendelton Act
50 - 25000
6. When court systems or levels disagree or question if rules are properly applied - what type of court is used?
Generalists
Appeals
Habeas Corpus
County
7. What federal law enforcement agency delegated peace officer powers to citizens during the era of the wild west?
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8. Both Trial Courts fall under what 'umbrella' Court System?
Superior Court
Court Administrator
Petition
Jury Panel Death Penalty Phase
9. When there is a supposed legal error or discrepancy with a case - what type of hearing does it go to?
Judges - Prosecuting Attorneys - Defense Attorneys
King Chamberlain's Court
Legislative - Executive - Judicial
Appeal
10. What court system was the same up until the period of the Civil War?
State/Local Court System
Loosely Coupled System
Parens Patriae
Judicial Review
11. The Kansas City Patrol Experiment and Flint - Michigan Patrol Program motivated police to try what new procedures?
Community Sensitive Programs
34
Trials
Punishment without trial
12. What English king circa 1154 A.D. sent representatives out to the eight English 'regions' in order to organize some type of common law?
King Henry II
Evidence
The Family Model
14
13. What level of law enforcement generally runs local detention facilities for adults?
Adversarial System
UCRS or Uniform Crime Reporting System
County
Crime Control Due Process
14. What are the five levels of law enforcement in this country?
Stars
Preliminary Hearing
Bill of Rights
Local - County - Tribal - State - Federal
15. What amendment discusses cruel and unusual punishment?
Judicial System = Institutional System
Vigilantes
Civil Rights Movement Vietnam War
8th Amendment
16. What are the four main players in the criminal justice system?
Citizens - Cops - Courts - Corrections
Conditional Sentence
Appeals
Local level
17. In 1789 which London magistrate stressed the need for a 'centralized' law enforcement agency?
Articles of Confederation
Patrick Colquhoun
None
NIBRS or National Incident Based Reporting System
18. Local California courts which handle misdemeanors - minor civil matters - and traffic violations are called what?
Crime Control Due Process
17 -500
Trial Courts of Limited Jurisdiction
Future laws not passed yet
19. What are state Courts of Appeals also called?
Intermediate Courts
State
$1.7 million
Local - County - Tribal - State - Federal
20. What types of law enforcement agency is influenced by federal and territorial sovereignty?
Limited or Reduced Capacity - Layers of Justice
Tribal
Stare Decisis
34
21. In what year and state was the country's first dedicated juvenile justice system and court legally established?
Mala Prohibita
Law of Hammurabi - Law of Moses
Infraction
1899 Illinois
22. What concept did the 1800 Babylonian King Hammurabi create that said juveniles could be considered for lessor penalties?
Statue of Winchester
Limited or Reduced Capacity - Layers of Justice
Discretion
Mary Ann Crouse
23. What is the main criteria which determines whether a mater goes to a federal or state court?
Attorney General
King Henry II
Magna Carta
Severity of the crime - Where it was committed
24. What is a county law enforcement agency's head administrator?
Seriousness of Offense - Flight Risk - Prior Record
Sheriff
Information
State
25. Who were the country's first president and vice president?
George Washington - John Adams
Patronage and Corruption
Judicial Review
Court Room Work Group
26. What percent of the time will a judge go with what a presentence court report says?
4th Amendment
Secret Service
Own Recognizance
85%
27. From 1789 to 1799 how was the U.S. Supreme Court?
Legislative - Executive - Judicial
Limited
Discretion
Very inactive
28. Law enforcement has been traditionally very resistant to what?
The Penal Code
Vigilantes
Parens Patriae
Change
29. What does the U.S. Supreme Court have regarding what cases to hear?
Precedent
Discretion
1903
Information
30. In Orange County - what is the misdemeanor Pretrial Hearing called?
Community Sensitive Programs
D&R - Disposition and Resetting
Indeterminate Sentencing
Life
31. What two additional sentences can come from a Formal Felony Sentencing Hearing different from a misdemeanor?
Mary Ann Crouse
Chief
Reputation and Appearance - Dialogue and Counseling - Empty Hands - Physical Restraint - Mechanical Restraint - Chemical Restraint
Prison Time - Death Sentence
32. What was the name of the group of people who went to Philadelphia in 1774 in order to discuss their unhappiness with Britain and its taxes?
First Continental Congress
17 -500
F.B.I.
Article III of the Constitution
33. Generally speaking - what type of attorney is a prosecuting attorney?
5th Amendment 6th Amendment
Ah Peen
Government Attorney
Mala Prohibita
34. What does a judge order the probation department to write in order to find more about an individual before sentencing?
Generalists
Stamp Act of 1765
Presentence Court Report
County
35. The average local law enforcement agency will often employ how many officers and serve what size population?
50 - 25000
Trials
U.S. Court of Appeals - State Supreme Court
Court Room Work Group
36. What federal law enforcement agency was created in 1973 and currently has over 5 -000 agents spread around the world?
Deterrence
Constitutional Law
F.B.I.
D.E.A.or Drug Enforcement Agency
37. What do the majority of cases going into the U.S. District Court involve?
Judicial - Executive
Judicial System = Institutional System
Drug Violations - White Collar Crimes
Judiciary Act
38. What are the two conflicting philosophies which talk of a desire for individual freedom and a crime free society?
5th Amendment 6th Amendment
Crime Control Due Process
Statue of Winchester
Miranda versus Arizona
39. The second federal inferior court of authority is known as what?
State
Serpico
U.S. Court of Appeals
1899 Illinois
40. If you plea guilty at a misdemeanor arraignment - when can a judge sentence you?
Due Process
Due Process Phase
39
Right away
41. What are the five levels of force among agencies?
Reputation and Appearance - Dialogue and Counseling - Empty Hands - Physical Restraint - Mechanical Restraint - Chemical Restraint
Sworn - Non-sworn
Self Report Studies Victimization Surveys
Limited or Reduced Capacity - Layers of Justice
42. Does a county law enforcement agency head administrator generally require law enforcement experience?
Right away
State Supreme Court
Yes
Incorrigibles
43. In the wild west what were the people called who banded together to protect each other?
Broken Windows
1977 Dixon Bill
Nolo Contendre
Vigilantes
44. What type of hearing does a felony case go to after arrangement?
F.B.I
Judges - Prosecuting Attorneys - Defense Attorneys
Preliminary Hearing
State Supreme Court
45. How is a jury panel selected?
All volunteers
Citizens - Cops - Courts - Corrections
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
Challenge for Cause and Peremptory Challenges at a Jury Panel Hearing
46. What is known as the highest source of law found within either a country or state?
Constitutional Law
U.S. Postal Inspectors
Infraction
King John
47. What 1865 federal law enforcement agency was initially responsible for excessive counterfeiting following the civil war?
U.S. Federal District Courts
Secret Service
50 - 25000
NIBRS or National Incident Based Reporting System
48. What Latin term means 'you have the body'?
John Augustus
830.1
Habeas Corpus
None
49. What was name of the era which was distinguished by the Kansas City Patrol Experiment and Flint - Michigan Patrol Program?
1 Chief Justice 5 Associate Justices
Community Orientated Policing Era
Special Police Force
Mala en Se
50. What is the point of a second preliminary hearing?
D&R - Disposition and Resetting
The Penal Code
Presentence Court Report
Review charges again because felony stakes are higher