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Criminal Justice 101
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1. Railroad Police - Port/Harbor Police - Campus Police - and Mass Transit Police are examples of what?
830.1
17
Due Process Phase
Special Police Force
2. What are the three duties of Deputy Probation officers in the court room?
Provide investigation services - Sentencing Recommendations - Provide Supervision
Pendelton Act
Parens Patriae
90%
3. What is the Latin term that literally means - 'to adhere to what has come before'?
17
Stare Decisis
Preliminary Hearing
Complaint
4. How many states have State Courts of Appeals?
U.S. Supreme Court U.S. Court of Appeals U.S. Federal District Courts
39
D.E.A.or Drug Enforcement Agency
Stars
5. After the Bill of Rights was ratified - how many more times was the U.S. Constitution amended?
50 - 25000
U.S. Marshall's
17
U.S. Postal Service Inspectors - Federal Marshall's Department
6. What English king was responsible for generating the concept of the Magna Carta?
King John
County
All volunteers
Low Term - Mid Term - High Term
7. What law further defined the role and make up of the U.S. Supreme court?
Mary Ann Crouse
Aggravating - Mitigating
Mala Prohibita
Judiciary Act
8. Which California code section gives police and corrections their 'peace officer powers'?
Appeals
Special Police Force
Low Term - Mid Term - High Term
830.1
9. Where does a felony case begin?
Due Process
Serpico
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
NIBRS or National Incident Based Reporting System
10. What is the Latin term that means an act being wrong because of customs - morals - practices - regulation - or law?
Special Police Force
Mala Prohibita
U.S. Postal Inspectors
The Family Model
11. What has disappeared among law enforcement agencies is this country?
Patronage and Corruption
Judges - Prosecuting Attorneys - Defense Attorneys
Severity of the crime - Where it was committed
Serpico
12. What are the two ancient codes that contributed to our current legal system?
Makes deals and not go to trial
Incapaciation
Conditional Sentence
Law of Hammurabi - Law of Moses
13. What is known as the highest source of law found within either a country or state?
Judicial/Legislative
Original Jurisdiction
Jury Panel Death Penalty Phase
Constitutional Law
14. What is the most important thing that a probation officer does in the presentence court report?
Legislative - Executive - Judicial
Due Process
Evaluation
1203(b)(1) - Felony
15. In 1829 which English government employee pushed a new law which followed the ideas of Patrick Colquhoun?
Sworn - Non-sworn
Severity of the crime - Where it was committed
Marbury versus Madison
Sir Robert Peel
16. Does a county law enforcement agency head administrator generally require law enforcement experience?
Yes
Due Process Phase
U.S. Postal Inspectors
Discretion
17. What is another term for informal probation?
Conditional Sentence
Law of Hammurabi - Law of Moses
Better
Article III of the Constitution
18. What Penal Code section states that the court may refer to probation for a report?
1203(d) - Misdemeanor
Petition
Due Process
Mala Prohibita
19. What 1883 federal law stressed the need for a civil service system based upon merit?
Pendelton Act
U.S. Constitution
Boston Massacre
Attorney General
20. When pleading guilty at a felony arrangement - what does the judge generally do for sentencing?
King Henry II
Original Jurisdiction
Continue to another date
1 Chief Justice 5 Associate Justices
21. Indeterminate sentencing was a mainstay within the California juvenile justice system until what year?
Assistant District Attorneys
14
Stamp Act of 1765
1977 Dixon Bill
22. What concept attempts to alter future behaviors through threats of punishment and consequences?
Deterrence
Complaint
Provide investigation services - Sentencing Recommendations - Provide Supervision
Quasi-Military - Strict Chain of Command
23. Local law enforcement generally display shields on their badges. What do county law enforcement badges appear as?
Sheriff or Shireeve
Habeas Corpus
Stars
Stamp Act of 1765
24. What are the oldest law enforcement agencies in the country?
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25. What types of law enforcement agency is influenced by federal and territorial sovereignty?
Mala Prohibita
Yes
1383
Tribal
26. If you plea guilty at a misdemeanor arraignment - when can a judge sentence you?
Right away
Appeals
The Penal Code
London Metropolitan Police Act
27. What concept deals with corrections or judicial personal determining how much incarceration a person will serve?
Secret Service
Assistant District Attorneys
Indeterminate Sentencing
First Continental Congress
28. What important corrections position was mandated in Massachusetts in 1878?
50 - 25000
Superior Court
Probation Officer
Limited
29. Both Trial Courts fall under what 'umbrella' Court System?
Bench Trial
Superior Court
Federal Court System
Courts
30. What are the five levels of force among agencies?
$1.7 million
Courts
Sheriff or Shireeve
Reputation and Appearance - Dialogue and Counseling - Empty Hands - Physical Restraint - Mechanical Restraint - Chemical Restraint
31. In Orange County - what type of prosecuting attorneys handle the day to day issues in the court room?
Retribution
Assistant District Attorneys
King Henry II
Crime Control Due Process
32. What is the Latin term that means evil or bad in itself?
Mala en Se
5th Amendment 6th Amendment
Intermediate Courts
Incapaciation
33. What is the Latin term that describes a federal peace officer's ability to deputize citizens and give them temporary power?
Possecomintatus
Change
Aggravating - Mitigating
Pretrial Hearing
34. What is the average budget of a local law enforcement agency?
The Penal Code
$1.7 million
Tribal
Formal Probation
35. How many law enforcement agencies exist in this country?
Patronage
Judiciary Act
Judges - Prosecuting Attorneys - Defense Attorneys
17 -500
36. What amendment discuses issues if incorporation - citizenship - and due process?
Original Jurisdiction
14th Amendment
Articles of Confederation
8th Amendment
37. What are the branches of federal law enforcement?
Military Police - Tribal Police = Civilian Federal Law Enforcement
Stars
Dual System
14
38. What is the point of a second preliminary hearing?
5th Amendment
Very inactive
Review charges again because felony stakes are higher
D.E.A.or Drug Enforcement Agency
39. What amendment discusses cruel and unusual punishment?
Legislative - Executive - Judicial
8th Amendment
Jurisdiction
1 and 8
40. In Orange County - what is the misdemeanor Pretrial Hearing called?
D&R - Disposition and Resetting
F.B.I.
Incorrigibles
Cannot be used against you later in civil court
41. What law enforcement agency maintains the largest training academy in the U.S.?
London Metropolitan Police Act
F.B.I.
Private Attorneys - Public Defenders
County
42. From 1789 to 1799 how was the U.S. Supreme Court?
1903
Military Police - Tribal Police = Civilian Federal Law Enforcement
830.1
Very inactive
43. What is the system that puts two conflicting parties against each other with a third neutral part overseeing the process?
U.S. Postal Inspectors
Prison Time - Death Sentence
Body - Amendments
Adversarial System
44. Which 1760s British tax law placed tax quotes on all paper based products imported into the colonies?
Prison Time - Death Sentence
Stamp Act of 1765
Severity of the crime - Where it was committed
Potential for Incarceration
45. When court systems or levels disagree or question if rules are properly applied - what type of court is used?
Vigilantes
First Degree Murder - Federal drug trafficking and treason
Appeals
Magna Carta
46. What legal model first attempted the concept of rehabilitation and resocialization?
Sir Robert Peel
Judges - Prosecuting Attorneys - Defense Attorneys
The Family Model
1 Chief Justice 5 Associate Justices
47. What is the name for a juvenile complaint?
Military Police - Tribal Police = Civilian Federal Law Enforcement
Retribution
Discretion
Petition
48. What does the Court of Appeals not possess?
Original Jurisdiction
Makes deals and not go to trial
Complaint
Legislative - Executive - Judicial
49. What is a local law enforcement agency's head administrator?
830.1
Preliminary Hearing
Chief
Community Orientated Policing Era
50. What does an aggravating factor make the report?
14
Judicial/Legislative
Local level
Worse