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Criminal Justice 101
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1. What amendment discusses protection from unreasonable searches?
Sworn - Non-sworn
Sheriff
Probation Officer
4th Amendment
2. The Texas Rangers are the oldest law enforcement agency in this country at what level?
First Continental Congress
Self Report Studies Victimization Surveys
State
Community Orientated Policing Era
3. What important corrections position was mandated in Massachusetts in 1878?
Cannot be used against you later in civil court
Yes
Judiciary Act
Probation Officer
4. What Latin term means - 'father or parent of the country?'
Parens Patriae
State
Better
Judiciary Act
5. When a court has control or authority over certain matters/issues - what is it called?
Discretion
Private Attorneys - Public Defenders
85%
Jurisdiction
6. Who were the country's first president and vice president?
Misdemeanor
George Washington - John Adams
Miranda versus Arizona
Challenge for Cause and Peremptory Challenges at a Jury Panel Hearing
7. What does a judge order the probation department to write in order to find more about an individual before sentencing?
Judiciary Act
Courts - Cops - Citizens - Corrections
Presentence Court Report
Indeterminate Sentencing
8. What does O.R. mean?
Bill of Rights
County
Jurisdiction
Own Recognizance
9. What were minors who disobeyed orders of the Kings Chancery Court system called?
Generalists
Incorrigibles
Appeals
Right away
10. What was the missing component of those persons working with in the Birth of Probation Model circa 1841?
Discretion
Sheriff
Lexington - Concord
All volunteers
11. What is meant by inferior courts?
Sufficient evidence that a felony was committed - Should it go to a felony trial
Felony
Magna Carta
Lower Courts
12. Other then UCRS and NIBRS - what entities compile information about crime in the country?
Self Report Studies Victimization Surveys
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
Adversarial System
Trial
13. What are the five levels of law enforcement in this country?
Judicial Review
Local - County - Tribal - State - Federal
Conditional Sentence
Aggravating - Mitigating
14. What amendment discusses cruel and unusual punishment?
George Washington - John Adams
Courts
8th Amendment
Private Attorneys - Public Defenders
15. What is the name for a felony complaint?
F.B.I.
Judges - Prosecuting Attorneys - Defense Attorneys
Information
Trial Courts of Limited Jurisdiction
16. Why does someone plea nolo contendre?
None
Adversarial System
Provide investigation services - Sentencing Recommendations - Provide Supervision
Cannot be used against you later in civil court
17. What legal model first attempted the concept of rehabilitation and resocialization?
Lower Courts
National Crime Information Center
Civil Rights Movement Vietnam War
The Family Model
18. State Troopers are what level of law enforcement?
State
Constitutional Law
Tribal
Judicial Review
19. Where does the U.S. Supreme Court hear cases from?
5th Amendment 6th Amendment
U.S. Court of Appeals - State Supreme Court
State
Sir Robert Peel
20. What is the Latin term that means evil or bad in itself?
Statue of Winchester
Mala en Se
Federal Court System
Legislative - Executive - Judicial
21. According to Hammurabi - what age was considered as the cut off between juveniles and adults?
90%
Intermediate Courts
14
Community Orientated Policing Era
22. The three federal courts are known as what?
1 Chief Justice 5 Associate Justices
U.S. Supreme Court U.S. Court of Appeals U.S. Federal District Courts
Stamp Act of 1765
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
23. In 1829 which English government employee pushed a new law which followed the ideas of Patrick Colquhoun?
D&R - Disposition and Resetting
The Family Model
Article III of the Constitution
Sir Robert Peel
24. What constitutional amendments were alluded to in Miranda versus Arizona?
D.E.A.or Drug Enforcement Agency
Appeals
5th Amendment 6th Amendment
State
25. What English king was responsible for generating the concept of the Magna Carta?
King John
Incorrigibles
State
Ah Peen
26. What 1883 federal law stressed the need for a civil service system based upon merit?
1899 Illinois
Severity of the crime - Where it was committed
Review charges again because felony stakes are higher
Pendelton Act
27. After the Bill of Rights was ratified - how many more times was the U.S. Constitution amended?
Complaint
17
Better
Judicial - Executive
28. What are the two ancient codes that contributed to our current legal system?
Lexington - Concord
Law of Hammurabi - Law of Moses
Judiciary Act
English Common Law
29. What court system was the same up until the period of the Civil War?
F.B.I.
State/Local Court System
Courts - Cops - Citizens - Corrections
Judicial/Legislative
30. What is the point of a second preliminary hearing?
UCRS or Uniform Crime Reporting System
Review charges again because felony stakes are higher
Conditional Sentence
Due Process Phase
31. In which two locations did the actual shooting war begin between British soldiers and Colonial militia men?
Incapaciation
Process criminals and criminal charges - Ensure everyone's due process
Lexington - Concord
Evidence
32. What kind of powers do corrections and probation officers have?
Lexington - Concord
Sufficient evidence that a felony was committed - Should it go to a felony trial
Limited
Ah Peen
33. What penal code section is used to waive time lines during a trial?
1383
Sufficient evidence that a felony was committed - Should it go to a felony trial
Crime Control Due Process
50 - 25000
34. What is discovery?
Articles of Confederation
Evidence
F.B.I.
U.S. Court of Appeals - State Supreme Court
35. Who runs the N.C.I.C.?
Aggravating - Mitigating
Stamp Act of 1765
F.B.I
Review charges again because felony stakes are higher
36. What is the system that puts two conflicting parties against each other with a third neutral part overseeing the process?
King Chamberlain's Court
Adversarial System
U.S. Constitution
1977 Dixon Bill
37. What current U.S. law enforcement position/title had its origins with the English legal system circa 1000 A.D.?
Incapaciation
1382
Sheriff or Shireeve
90 Million
38. Railroad Police - Port/Harbor Police - Campus Police - and Mass Transit Police are examples of what?
Infraction
Special Police Force
U.S. Postal Service Inspectors - Federal Marshall's Department
State
39. How many cases go to the local court level each year?
Parens Patriae
90 Million
First Continental Congress
Very inactive
40. What level of law enforcement generally runs local detention facilities for adults?
Misdemeanor
County
Court Room Work Group
1899 Illinois
41. After the U.S. Constitution was ratified - what type of court system did the U.S. realize it needed to have?
U.S. Postal Inspectors
Federal Court System
Judges - Prosecuting Attorneys - Defense Attorneys
Citizens - Cops - Courts - Corrections
42. What is the name for a juvenile complaint?
Generalists
Formal Probation
George Washington - John Adams
Petition
43. What is known as the highest source of law found within either a country or state?
Due Process
Information
Drug Violations - White Collar Crimes
Constitutional Law
44. What two types of employees do law enforcement agencies employ?
Lexington - Concord
Government Attorney
U.S. Constitution
Sworn - Non-sworn
45. What are state Courts of Appeals also called?
Judges - Prosecuting Attorneys - Defense Attorneys
Very inactive
Nolo Contendre
Intermediate Courts
46. What is the Latin term for the plea of the no contest?
Review charges again because felony stakes are higher
Nolo Contendre
Judicial/Legislative
Self Report Studies Victimization Surveys
47. Both Trial Courts fall under what 'umbrella' Court System?
Stamp Act of 1765
Superior Court
Statue of Winchester
Petition
48. The Federal Court system was authorized through what?
State
Hoover
Article III of the Constitution
Potential for Incarceration
49. How many states have State Courts of Appeals?
90 Million
39
14
State
50. What federal law enforcement agency delegated peace officer powers to citizens during the era of the wild west?