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Criminal Justice 101
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1. What was the name of the article which encouraged law enforcement not just to focus on crime - but the social factors of crime?
Civil Rights Movement Vietnam War
Broken Windows
Formal Probation
Boston Massacre
2. What is the name for a felony complaint?
Judiciary Act
Information
1977 Dixon Bill
Prison Time - Death Sentence
3. What federal law enforcement agency had its origins in 1908?
Local level
State
London Metropolitan Police Act
F.B.I.
4. What are the two general characteristics evident among most law enforcement agencies?
Local - County - Tribal - State - Federal
1 and 8
Quasi-Military - Strict Chain of Command
English Common Law
5. In 1829 which English government employee pushed a new law which followed the ideas of Patrick Colquhoun?
Sir Robert Peel
39
Stamp Act of 1765
Potential for Incarceration
6. Under English Common Law what was the general cut off age in distinguishing between those who could charged with felonies?
Boston Massacre
50 - 25000
14
Prison Time - Death Sentence
7. What Latin term allowed the Magna Carta to be enhanced and reinforced and means to adhere to what has come before?
Judiciary Act
F.B.I.
Parens Patriae
Stare Decisis
8. What are the branches of federal law enforcement?
Very inactive
Stars
Military Police - Tribal Police = Civilian Federal Law Enforcement
Discretion
9. Local California courts which handle misdemeanors - minor civil matters - and traffic violations are called what?
Trial Courts of Limited Jurisdiction
Loosely Coupled
All volunteers
The Penal Code
10. What is the name of our criminal justice system that is made up of both federal and state levels?
1899 Illinois
Low Term - Mid Term - High Term
Dual System
Yes
11. Who is in charge of staffing - calender - budget - and other material needs of the court room?
Courts - Cops - Citizens - Corrections
Limited or Reduced Capacity - Layers of Justice
Court Administrator
Pretrial Hearing
12. What amendment discusses the right to a speedy trial?
UCRS or Uniform Crime Reporting System
Deterrence
6th Amendment
Infraction
13. What criminal statistical agency or method was created in 1930?
Adversarial System
UCRS or Uniform Crime Reporting System
Yes
U.S. Postal Service Inspectors - Federal Marshall's Department
14. Which 1760s British tax law placed tax quotes on all paper based products imported into the colonies?
Evidence
Discretion
Self Report Studies Victimization Surveys
Stamp Act of 1765
15. Indeterminate sentencing was a mainstay within the California juvenile justice system until what year?
NIBRS or National Incident Based Reporting System
90 Million
Retribution
1977 Dixon Bill
16. For a felony matter to leave a Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction - what special hearing must it go to?
U.S. Supreme Court U.S. Court of Appeals U.S. Federal District Courts
Judicial/Legislative
Attorney General
Preliminary Hearing
17. Does a county law enforcement agency head administrator generally require law enforcement experience?
Yes
Patrick Colquhoun
Law of Hammurabi - Law of Moses
Judiciary Act
18. After the Bill of Rights was ratified - how many more times was the U.S. Constitution amended?
17
The Family Model
Tribal
Stare Decisis
19. The three federal courts are known as what?
Incorrigibles
County
King John
U.S. Supreme Court U.S. Court of Appeals U.S. Federal District Courts
20. What Latin term means great paper?
Stare Decisis
Life
1203(d) - Misdemeanor
Magna Carta
21. What do bills of attainer relate to?
Deterrence
Conditional Sentence
Punishment without trial
Review charges again because felony stakes are higher
22. What Penal Code section states that the court shall refer to probation for a report?
Due Process
Sheriff
830.1
1203(b)(1) - Felony
23. In the wild west what were the people called who banded together to protect each other?
F.B.I
Jurisdiction
Vigilantes
Probation Officer
24. The third federal inferior court of authority is known as what?
Sir Robert Peel
Conditional Sentence
Civil Rights Movement Vietnam War
U.S. Federal District Courts
25. According to Hammurabi - what age was considered as the cut off between juveniles and adults?
Special Police Force
34
Boston Massacre
14
26. What are the two main functions of criminal courts?
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27. State Troopers are what level of law enforcement?
Magna Carta
State
Misdemeanor
F.B.I.
28. What Penal Code section states that the court may refer to probation for a report?
1203(d) - Misdemeanor
Serpico
14
Self Report Studies Victimization Surveys
29. Who runs the N.C.I.C.?
14th Amendment
Yes
F.B.I
Secret Service
30. What are the three main players in the Criminal Justice system known as?
Local level
Review charges again because felony stakes are higher
Government Attorney
Court Room Work Group
31. Who gave the Bureau of Investigation validity during the late 1920s?
Hoover
Original Jurisdiction
D.E.A.or Drug Enforcement Agency
Felony
32. What constitutes the major difference between a crime and illegal behavior?
Potential for Incarceration
Court Room Work Group
90%
Ah Peen
33. What is the name for a juvenile complaint?
Community Sensitive Programs
Provide investigation services - Sentencing Recommendations - Provide Supervision
85%
Petition
34. When court systems or levels disagree or question if rules are properly applied - what type of court is used?
Potential for Incarceration
Appeals
Better
Evaluation
35. What are the five levels of force among agencies?
90%
Reputation and Appearance - Dialogue and Counseling - Empty Hands - Physical Restraint - Mechanical Restraint - Chemical Restraint
14
NIBRS or National Incident Based Reporting System
36. What two factors does a probation officer consider when writing the presentence report?
1 and 8
Judicial System = Institutional System
Aggravating - Mitigating
Miranda versus Arizona
37. What hearing comes after a misdemeanor arraignment?
Nolo Contendre
Pretrial Hearing
Local level
King Henry II
38. Why does someone plea nolo contendre?
Nolo Contendre
Cannot be used against you later in civil court
90%
Attorney General
39. Who is referred to as the father of probation?
State
The Penal Code
John Augustus
Yes
40. In Orange County - what type of prosecuting attorneys handle the day to day issues in the court room?
Assistant District Attorneys
King John
90%
National Crime Information Center
41. What type of hearing does a felony case go to after arrangement?
Preliminary Hearing
First Degree Murder - Federal drug trafficking and treason
Citizens - Cops - Courts - Corrections
Intermediate Courts
42. What legal model first attempted the concept of rehabilitation and resocialization?
Dual System
The Family Model
Attorney General
Due Process
43. What west coast supreme court case in 1876 further established the philosophy of Parens Patriae and no due process for juveniles?
Ah Peen
John Augustus
Private Attorneys - Public Defenders
6th Amendment
44. What are small law enforcement agencies often made up of?
Original Jurisdiction
Attorney General
Generalists
Seriousness of Offense - Flight Risk - Prior Record
45. What are the four Cs of the criminal justice system?
Potential for Incarceration
5th Amendment
Courts - Cops - Citizens - Corrections
Appeal
46. What amendment discuses issues if incorporation - citizenship - and due process?
14th Amendment
Loosely Coupled
Stare Decisis
Crime Control - Due Process
47. During the Revolutionary War what major document helped to guide the colonies in fighting their war against Britain?
17 -500
County
Constitutional Law
Articles of Confederation
48. What does a preliminary hearing determine?
Courts - Cops - Citizens - Corrections
State
Sufficient evidence that a felony was committed - Should it go to a felony trial
Sworn - Non-sworn
49. When pleading guilty at a felony arrangement - what does the judge generally do for sentencing?
Continue to another date
Preliminary Hearing
U.S. Marshall's
8th Amendment
50. What are state Courts of Appeals also called?
1 Chief Justice 5 Associate Justices
Intermediate Courts
Punishment without trial
Parens Patriae