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Criminal Justice 101
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1. What law enforcement agency maintains the largest training academy in the U.S.?
F.B.I.
Seriousness of Offense - Flight Risk - Prior Record
Incapaciation
Vigilantes
2. What types of law enforcement agency is influenced by federal and territorial sovereignty?
Life
Special Police Force
Tribal
Due Process
3. What is the main criteria which determines whether a mater goes to a federal or state court?
Deterrence
Reputation and Appearance - Dialogue and Counseling - Empty Hands - Physical Restraint - Mechanical Restraint - Chemical Restraint
Stars
Severity of the crime - Where it was committed
4. In Orange County - what type of prosecuting attorneys handle the day to day issues in the court room?
Misdemeanor
Felony
Assistant District Attorneys
UCRS or Uniform Crime Reporting System
5. What was name of the era which was distinguished by the Kansas City Patrol Experiment and Flint - Michigan Patrol Program?
Community Orientated Policing Era
Sworn - Non-sworn
1 Chief Justice 5 Associate Justices
17 -500
6. The average local law enforcement agency will often employ how many officers and serve what size population?
Habeas Corpus
Trials
50 - 25000
Evaluation
7. What does ex-post facto law relate to?
Patronage
Future laws not passed yet
5th Amendment
Infraction
8. What are the five levels of force among agencies?
UCRS or Uniform Crime Reporting System
Felony
Body - Amendments
Reputation and Appearance - Dialogue and Counseling - Empty Hands - Physical Restraint - Mechanical Restraint - Chemical Restraint
9. What is the State Court System's court of last resort?
Bill of Rights
Limited
State Supreme Court
Information
10. The power of the U.S. Supreme Court to interpret what the constitution says and means - via case law - is known as what?
Military Police - Tribal Police = Civilian Federal Law Enforcement
90 Million
Judicial Review
1899 Illinois
11. What hearing has evidence presented and witnesses testify?
Statue of Winchester
Life
Information
Trial
12. What kind of system is our criminal justice system based upon?
Courts - Cops - Citizens - Corrections
Sir Robert Peel
Loosely Coupled
Life
13. What English king circa 1154 A.D. sent representatives out to the eight English 'regions' in order to organize some type of common law?
King Henry II
Superior Court
Review charges again because felony stakes are higher
Serpico
14. What criminal statistical agency or method was created in 1930?
5th Amendment 6th Amendment
UCRS or Uniform Crime Reporting System
1903
Judiciary Act
15. What constitutional amendments were alluded to in Miranda versus Arizona?
Right away
Judicial/Legislative
5th Amendment 6th Amendment
Drug Violations - White Collar Crimes
16. Law enforcement has been traditionally very resistant to what?
State
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
Dual System
Change
17. What was created in order to convince several of the new states to agree to the Constitution?
D&R - Disposition and Resetting
5th Amendment 6th Amendment
Lexington - Concord
Bill of Rights
18. What is discovery?
NIBRS or National Incident Based Reporting System
Evidence
King Chamberlain's Court
1 Chief Justice 5 Associate Justices
19. What amendment discusses the right to a speedy trial?
Pretrial Hearing
Preliminary Hearing
6th Amendment
Judiciary Act
20. What amendment discusses protection from self incrimination?
Vigilantes
5th Amendment
Limited or Reduced Capacity - Layers of Justice
Special Police Force
21. What is the point of a second preliminary hearing?
Challenge for Cause and Peremptory Challenges at a Jury Panel Hearing
Review charges again because felony stakes are higher
17 -500
Retribution
22. What was the missing component of those persons working with in the Birth of Probation Model circa 1841?
Lower Courts
1382
All volunteers
Aggravating - Mitigating
23. What is meant by inferior courts?
Arrangement
Discretion
830.1
Lower Courts
24. Stare Decisis has evolved into what concept?
Complaint
Sufficient evidence that a felony was committed - Should it go to a felony trial
Precedent
Tribal
25. What are the two parts of the Constitution called?
Sheriff
U.S. Postal Service Inspectors - Federal Marshall's Department
Evidence
Body - Amendments
26. What is the name of our criminal justice system that is made up of both federal and state levels?
King Chamberlain's Court
Citizens - Cops - Courts - Corrections
1203(b)(1) - Felony
Dual System
27. The Federal Court system was created through what?
U.S. Supreme Court U.S. Court of Appeals U.S. Federal District Courts
Preliminary Hearing
Judiciary Act
Magna Carta
28. What are the two conflicting philosophies which talk of a desire for individual freedom and a crime free society?
King John
Infraction
Constitutional Law
Crime Control Due Process
29. What major 1803 U.S. Supreme Court case established that the court would begin to interpret what the constitution was all about?
830.1
Judges - Prosecuting Attorneys - Defense Attorneys
U.S. Marshall's
Marbury versus Madison
30. What crimes is the death penalty used for?
Dual System
Stars
First Degree Murder - Federal drug trafficking and treason
Challenge for Cause and Peremptory Challenges at a Jury Panel Hearing
31. How long is a federal judge's term of office for?
Life
U.S. Court of Appeals - State Supreme Court
Assistant District Attorneys
Possecomintatus
32. What does an aggravating factor make the report?
Worse
State
State/Local Court System
Adversarial System
33. What is the name for a juvenile complaint?
Lower Courts
Yes
None
Petition
34. What are the three branches of government enchanced or created by the U.S. Constitution?
Legislative - Executive - Judicial
Original Jurisdiction
50 - 25000
Parens Patriae
35. Jail time - restitution - contact restrictions - drug testing - searches and seizures - employment verification - and counseling can be terms of what?
Jury Panel Death Penalty Phase
George Washington - John Adams
F.B.I.
Formal Probation
36. What English Common Law court system could arguably be seen as the world's first dedicated juvenile court?
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37. Who said - 'The police are the public and the public are the police'?
Sir Robert Peel
Incapaciation
Felony
Probation Officer
38. What does a preliminary hearing determine?
George Washington - John Adams
85%
6th Amendment
Sufficient evidence that a felony was committed - Should it go to a felony trial
39. Who gave the Bureau of Investigation validity during the late 1920s?
Jury Panel Death Penalty Phase
Sir Robert Peel
Hoover
Articles of Confederation
40. What concepts attempts to protect society by isolating others?
1977 Dixon Bill
Marbury versus Madison
Incapaciation
Loosely Coupled
41. What amendment discusses protection from unreasonable searches?
Adversarial System
Process criminals and criminal charges - Ensure everyone's due process
4th Amendment
Makes deals and not go to trial
42. From 1789 to 1799 how was the U.S. Supreme Court?
Due Process
Judicial/Legislative
Very inactive
Yes
43. What two additional sentences can come from a Formal Felony Sentencing Hearing different from a misdemeanor?
Prison Time - Death Sentence
Conditional Sentence
Military Police - Tribal Police = Civilian Federal Law Enforcement
Infraction
44. What level of law enforcement generally provides services to the local court system?
Probation Officer
County
85%
English Common Law
45. Other then UCRS and NIBRS - what entities compile information about crime in the country?
Jurisdiction
Felony
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
Self Report Studies Victimization Surveys
46. For a felony matter to leave a Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction - what special hearing must it go to?
Stars
Intermediate Courts
Preliminary Hearing
6th Amendment
47. Which 1760s British tax law placed tax quotes on all paper based products imported into the colonies?
Court Room Work Group
Boston Massacre
Crime Control Due Process
Stamp Act of 1765
48. What is a trial where there is no jury and the verdict is given by the judge?
Citizens - Cops - Courts - Corrections
1203(b)(1) - Felony
Bench Trial
NIBRS or National Incident Based Reporting System
49. Who is referred to as the father of probation?
Preliminary Hearing
John Augustus
1383
830.1
50. What 1883 federal law stressed the need for a civil service system based upon merit?
Incorrigibles
Pendelton Act
Adversarial System
Trials
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