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Criminal Justice 101
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1. What are the three duties of Deputy Probation officers in the court room?
Right away
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Provide investigation services - Sentencing Recommendations - Provide Supervision
Sir Robert Peel
2. The third federal inferior court of authority is known as what?
U.S. Federal District Courts
U.S. Court of Appeals - State Supreme Court
Bench Trial
F.B.I.
3. What criteria does the judge use when setting bail?
First Degree Murder - Federal drug trafficking and treason
Seriousness of Offense - Flight Risk - Prior Record
Sheriff or Shireeve
Preliminary Hearing
4. How many chief justice and associate justices currently make up the U.S. Supreme Court?
Challenge for Cause and Peremptory Challenges at a Jury Panel Hearing
1 and 8
Review charges again because felony stakes are higher
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5. What English Common Law court system could arguably be seen as the world's first dedicated juvenile court?
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6. What criminal statistical agency or method was created in 1930?
Stamp Act of 1765
UCRS or Uniform Crime Reporting System
Original Jurisdiction
Mala Prohibita
7. What are the five levels of law enforcement in this country?
Local - County - Tribal - State - Federal
Crime Control Due Process
Trials
Constitutional Law
8. Which of the five major phases in the criminal justice system since 1965 produced major case law?
Sir Robert Peel
Due Process Phase
Preliminary Hearing
Arrangement
9. What was created in order to convince several of the new states to agree to the Constitution?
F.B.I.
Bill of Rights
Trial Courts of Limited Jurisdiction
Secret Service
10. What is the system that puts two conflicting parties against each other with a third neutral part overseeing the process?
King John
Stamp Act of 1765
Adversarial System
Patrick Colquhoun
11. What level of law enforcement generally runs local detention facilities for adults?
Deterrence
County
D.E.A.or Drug Enforcement Agency
Punishment without trial
12. What is the Latin term that describes a federal peace officer's ability to deputize citizens and give them temporary power?
Broken Windows
Possecomintatus
None
5th Amendment 6th Amendment
13. What does the U.S. Court of Appeals not have regarding what cases to hear?
First Continental Congress
Low Term - Mid Term - High Term
Discretion
Sir Robert Peel
14. The Federal Court system was created through what?
Petition
Information
Court Room Work Group
Judiciary Act
15. What was the missing component of those persons working with in the Birth of Probation Model circa 1841?
All volunteers
Statue of Winchester
Patronage and Corruption
Preliminary Hearing
16. When pleading guilty at a felony arrangement - what does the judge generally do for sentencing?
Sufficient evidence that a felony was committed - Should it go to a felony trial
Right away
Review charges again because felony stakes are higher
Continue to another date
17. What is the first hearing or court appearance for all cases?
Makes deals and not go to trial
Adversarial System
Deterrence
Arrangement
18. Our criminal justice system tries to maintain a balance between which two conflicting models/ideologies?
1203(b)(1) - Felony
Federal Court System
Discretion
Crime Control - Due Process
19. Both Trial Courts fall under what 'umbrella' Court System?
Superior Court
Life
D&R - Disposition and Resetting
Pretrial Hearing
20. What important corrections position was mandated in Massachusetts in 1878?
Probation Officer
Felony
Magna Carta
Local - County - Tribal - State - Federal
21. What does a preliminary hearing determine?
Discretion
Life
Sufficient evidence that a felony was committed - Should it go to a felony trial
Judiciary Act
22. What legal model first attempted the concept of rehabilitation and resocialization?
U.S. Constitution
The Family Model
Misdemeanor
Worse
23. Under English Common Law what was the general cut off age in distinguishing between those who could charged with felonies?
Punishment without trial
D.E.A.or Drug Enforcement Agency
14
Evidence
24. What major 1829 English law created a centralized urban police force in London?
Intermediate Courts
Own Recognizance
Attorney General
London Metropolitan Police Act
25. The B.I.A. and the F.B.I. often provide support and assistance to what level of law enforcement agencies?
Legislative - Executive - Judicial
Tribal
4th Amendment
Judicial - Executive
26. According to Hammurabi - what age was considered as the cut off between juveniles and adults?
14
Judicial System = Institutional System
Probation Officer
Trial Courts of Limited Jurisdiction
27. Does a county law enforcement agency head administrator generally require law enforcement experience?
Yes
Discretion
Court Room Work Group
Civil Rights Movement Vietnam War
28. Why does someone plea nolo contendre?
Cannot be used against you later in civil court
National Crime Information Center
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
Trial Courts of Limited Jurisdiction
29. Is the Federal or State court system older?
Loosely Coupled
Formal Probation
State
Lexington - Concord
30. The Reintegration Model - circa 1960s - failed due to community concern over leniency toward criminals and what two major social events?
State/Local Court System
Presentence Court Report
Civil Rights Movement Vietnam War
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
31. What west coast supreme court case in 1876 further established the philosophy of Parens Patriae and no due process for juveniles?
Ah Peen
Adversarial System
Sufficient evidence that a felony was committed - Should it go to a felony trial
Patronage and Corruption
32. The power of the U.S. Supreme Court to interpret what the constitution says and means - via case law - is known as what?
Judicial Review
Tribal
1899 Illinois
Cannot be used against you later in civil court
33. In which two locations did the actual shooting war begin between British soldiers and Colonial militia men?
Adversarial System
Continue to another date
Lexington - Concord
Stare Decisis
34. What is an offense that consists of illegal conduct but no jail time?
Constitutional Law
Infraction
Jury Panel Death Penalty Phase
Trial
35. Who said - 'The police are the public and the public are the police'?
Formal Probation
Self Report Studies Victimization Surveys
$1.7 million
Sir Robert Peel
36. In 1829 which English government employee pushed a new law which followed the ideas of Patrick Colquhoun?
Tribal
U.S. Supreme Court U.S. Court of Appeals U.S. Federal District Courts
Sir Robert Peel
Deterrence
37. What are the two ancient codes that contributed to our current legal system?
Potential for Incarceration
County
Trial Courts of Limited Jurisdiction
Law of Hammurabi - Law of Moses
38. What type of hearing does a felony case go to after arrangement?
Preliminary Hearing
Original Jurisdiction
Change
Judiciary Act
39. What are the two main functions of criminal courts?
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40. What does an aggravating factor make the report?
Lower Courts
Seriousness of Offense - Flight Risk - Prior Record
Secret Service
Worse
41. Who are the three main players in the Criminal Justice system?
Severity of the crime - Where it was committed
Preliminary Hearing
Community Sensitive Programs
Judges - Prosecuting Attorneys - Defense Attorneys
42. Who gave the Bureau of Investigation validity during the late 1920s?
Due Process
Evidence
Hoover
All volunteers
43. What two factors does a probation officer consider when writing the presentence report?
Deterrence
Infraction
Aggravating - Mitigating
Mary Ann Crouse
44. What is a local law enforcement agency's head administrator?
Assistant District Attorneys
Chief
None
Ah Peen
45. What 1883 federal law stressed the need for a civil service system based upon merit?
The Penal Code
Courts - Cops - Citizens - Corrections
Pendelton Act
8th Amendment
46. What Latin term means great paper?
English Common Law
Secret Service
Prison Time - Death Sentence
Magna Carta
47. What percent of the time will a judge go with what a presentence court report says?
Trials
Community Sensitive Programs
85%
Yes
48. In what year did California pass its juvenile justice system act known as Juvenile Court Act?
Presentence Court Report
1903
Habeas Corpus
Infraction
49. What law further defined the role and make up of the U.S. Supreme court?
Military Police - Tribal Police = Civilian Federal Law Enforcement
F.B.I
Deterrence
Judiciary Act
50. What is the main criteria which determines whether a mater goes to a federal or state court?
Crime Control - Due Process
Severity of the crime - Where it was committed
Community Orientated Policing Era
Cannot be used against you later in civil court