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Criminal Justice 101
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1. Both Trial Courts fall under what 'umbrella' Court System?
Own Recognizance
Superior Court
Judiciary Act
John Augustus
2. What is the system that puts two conflicting parties against each other with a third neutral part overseeing the process?
Punishment without trial
Adversarial System
Court Room Work Group
Loosely Coupled System
3. What is the most important thing that a probation officer does in the presentence court report?
Evaluation
$1.7 million
90 Million
Ah Peen
4. When court systems or levels disagree or question if rules are properly applied - what type of court is used?
Appeals
Nolo Contendre
UCRS or Uniform Crime Reporting System
17 -500
5. What are the three branches of government enchanced or created by the U.S. Constitution?
Legislative - Executive - Judicial
Marbury versus Madison
Own Recognizance
Formal Probation
6. What is the Latin term for the plea of the no contest?
Challenge for Cause and Peremptory Challenges at a Jury Panel Hearing
Nolo Contendre
Miranda versus Arizona
U.S. Constitution
7. Who runs the N.C.I.C.?
State Supreme Court
F.B.I
Bill of Rights
Court Room Work Group
8. What penal code section is used to waive time lines during a trial?
Appeals
1383
6th Amendment
Discretion
9. What amendment discusses cruel and unusual punishment?
Lower Courts
Change
8th Amendment
Body - Amendments
10. What amendment discusses the right to a speedy trial?
Punishment without trial
6th Amendment
Trials
London Metropolitan Police Act
11. What is the name for a juvenile complaint?
Vigilantes
Low Term - Mid Term - High Term
Evidence
Petition
12. What is the highest attorney at the federal level?
Right away
Sufficient evidence that a felony was committed - Should it go to a felony trial
Secret Service
Attorney General
13. What is the Latin term that means evil or bad in itself?
Mala en Se
5th Amendment
14
Constitutional Law
14. In what year did California pass its juvenile justice system act known as Juvenile Court Act?
Trial Courts of Limited Jurisdiction
1903
Hoover
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
15. What is a local law enforcement agency's head administrator?
National Crime Information Center
Presentence Court Report
Chief
Boston Massacre
16. Local California courts which handle felonies and major civil matters are called what?
Trial Courts of General Jurisdiction
Bench Trial
Stare Decisis
Trial Courts of Limited Jurisdiction
17. After the Bill of Rights was ratified - how many more times was the U.S. Constitution amended?
Possecomintatus
17
Local - County - Tribal - State - Federal
Original Jurisdiction
18. What federal law enforcement agency delegated peace officer powers to citizens during the era of the wild west?
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19. What hearing has evidence presented and witnesses testify?
830.1
Precedent
Article III of the Constitution
Trial
20. What federal law enforcement agency had its origins in 1908?
Incapaciation
F.B.I.
Mary Ann Crouse
Provide investigation services - Sentencing Recommendations - Provide Supervision
21. What criminal statistical agency or method was created in 1930?
Felony
UCRS or Uniform Crime Reporting System
Judicial System = Institutional System
Seriousness of Offense - Flight Risk - Prior Record
22. What amendment discusses protection from self incrimination?
King Chamberlain's Court
Patronage
English Common Law
5th Amendment
23. What was name of the era which was distinguished by the Kansas City Patrol Experiment and Flint - Michigan Patrol Program?
Sheriff or Shireeve
Community Orientated Policing Era
London Metropolitan Police Act
None
24. What 1838 Ohio State Supreme Court Case established the concept of Parens Patriae and no need for due process in juvenile matters?
17
Due Process Phase
Mary Ann Crouse
Low Term - Mid Term - High Term
25. During the Revolutionary War what major document helped to guide the colonies in fighting their war against Britain?
Body - Amendments
Habeas Corpus
Articles of Confederation
Adversarial System
26. What type of bodies do our current laws come from?
1383
17 -500
Judicial/Legislative
Jurisdiction
27. Where does a misdemeanors case begin?
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
Boston Massacre
The Penal Code
Pretrial Hearing
28. What Penal Code section states that the court may refer to probation for a report?
Courts
1203(d) - Misdemeanor
Sufficient evidence that a felony was committed - Should it go to a felony trial
Stamp Act of 1765
29. What is the first hearing or court appearance for all cases?
Loosely Coupled
Arrangement
State
Citizens - Cops - Courts - Corrections
30. What 1770 shooting incident heightened tensions between Boston colonists and newly arrived British soldiers?
None
Boston Massacre
The Penal Code
Prison Time - Death Sentence
31. What is a county law enforcement agency's head administrator?
Trial
Sheriff
Boston Massacre
Judiciary Act
32. What does ex-post facto law relate to?
1977 Dixon Bill
Future laws not passed yet
Drug Violations - White Collar Crimes
Due Process
33. The three federal courts are known as what?
Loosely Coupled System
Own Recognizance
1382
U.S. Supreme Court U.S. Court of Appeals U.S. Federal District Courts
34. What two additional branches of government did the Constitution add to government?
8th Amendment
Judicial - Executive
Body - Amendments
U.S. Constitution
35. What is a trial where there is no jury and the verdict is given by the judge?
Magna Carta
Bench Trial
State
King Henry II
36. What hearing comes after a misdemeanor arraignment?
Pretrial Hearing
Nolo Contendre
Sufficient evidence that a felony was committed - Should it go to a felony trial
17 -500
37. The term original jurisdiction alludes to what?
Trials
Special Police Force
Lexington - Concord
Miranda versus Arizona
38. What criteria does the judge use when setting bail?
Seriousness of Offense - Flight Risk - Prior Record
Reputation and Appearance - Dialogue and Counseling - Empty Hands - Physical Restraint - Mechanical Restraint - Chemical Restraint
17 -500
Hoover
39. In 1789 which London magistrate stressed the need for a 'centralized' law enforcement agency?
Dual System
Trial Courts of General Jurisdiction
Patrick Colquhoun
King Chamberlain's Court
40. For a felony matter to leave a Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction - what special hearing must it go to?
John Augustus
Preliminary Hearing
Judicial System = Institutional System
Stamp Act of 1765
41. The Texas Rangers are the oldest law enforcement agency in this country at what level?
Statue of Winchester
State
Appeal
Discretion
42. When a court has control or authority over certain matters/issues - what is it called?
Stamp Act of 1765
Intermediate Courts
Vigilantes
Jurisdiction
43. What are the two parts of the Constitution called?
Body - Amendments
Own Recognizance
U.S. Marshall's
Challenge for Cause and Peremptory Challenges at a Jury Panel Hearing
44. What two types of employees do law enforcement agencies employ?
Lower Courts
50 - 25000
Sworn - Non-sworn
F.B.I.
45. What criminal statistical agency or method was created in 1987 as a supplement to UCRS?
Due Process
Federal Court System
Courts - Cops - Citizens - Corrections
NIBRS or National Incident Based Reporting System
46. What do bills of attainer relate to?
Original Jurisdiction
Punishment without trial
Indeterminate Sentencing
Lower Courts
47. What are the five levels of force among agencies?
Patrick Colquhoun
Limited or Reduced Capacity - Layers of Justice
Miranda versus Arizona
Reputation and Appearance - Dialogue and Counseling - Empty Hands - Physical Restraint - Mechanical Restraint - Chemical Restraint
48. What are the three Terms of Imprisonment?
Ah Peen
Sheriff or Shireeve
Patronage
Low Term - Mid Term - High Term
49. What English Common Law court system could arguably be seen as the world's first dedicated juvenile court?
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50. What does O.R. mean?
1903
Felony
Own Recognizance
U.S. Supreme Court U.S. Court of Appeals U.S. Federal District Courts
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