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Criminal Justice 101
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1. What are the five levels of law enforcement in this country?
Local - County - Tribal - State - Federal
County
Trial Courts of Limited Jurisdiction
First Degree Murder - Federal drug trafficking and treason
2. During the Revolutionary War what major document helped to guide the colonies in fighting their war against Britain?
Superior Court
Articles of Confederation
Sir Robert Peel
Probation Officer
3. What does a judge order the probation department to write in order to find more about an individual before sentencing?
U.S. Court of Appeals
Future laws not passed yet
Presentence Court Report
Change
4. What is known as the highest source of law found within either a country or state?
Attorney General
Constitutional Law
Local level
Stars
5. Where are the vast majority of cases heard?
County
Local level
Community Orientated Policing Era
1977 Dixon Bill
6. The three federal courts are known as what?
Nolo Contendre
Trial
U.S. Supreme Court U.S. Court of Appeals U.S. Federal District Courts
Sheriff
7. What current U.S. law enforcement position/title had its origins with the English legal system circa 1000 A.D.?
Sheriff or Shireeve
Better
1 Chief Justice 5 Associate Justices
Drug Violations - White Collar Crimes
8. What does N.C.I.C. stand for?
4th Amendment
National Crime Information Center
90%
Courts
9. What was the original staffing of the U.S. Supreme Court?
Jurisdiction
Presentence Court Report
1 Chief Justice 5 Associate Justices
Discretion
10. What was the name of the article which encouraged law enforcement not just to focus on crime - but the social factors of crime?
State
Marbury versus Madison
Nolo Contendre
Broken Windows
11. What is the highest attorney at the federal level?
Attorney General
Community Sensitive Programs
F.B.I.
Right away
12. What document was eventually created in order to replace the Articles of Confederation?
Loosely Coupled System
U.S. Constitution
Precedent
State
13. Where does the U.S. Supreme Court hear cases from?
Better
State/Local Court System
Generalists
U.S. Court of Appeals - State Supreme Court
14. What does a preliminary hearing determine?
George Washington - John Adams
Bill of Rights
Discretion
Sufficient evidence that a felony was committed - Should it go to a felony trial
15. What 1883 federal law stressed the need for a civil service system based upon merit?
Pendelton Act
Citizens - Cops - Courts - Corrections
Stare Decisis
Complaint
16. What does a mitigating factor make the report?
F.B.I
U.S. Constitution
17
Better
17. For a felony matter to leave a Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction - what special hearing must it go to?
14
George Washington - John Adams
Mary Ann Crouse
Preliminary Hearing
18. In 1829 which English government employee pushed a new law which followed the ideas of Patrick Colquhoun?
Sir Robert Peel
Right away
Judicial/Legislative
Court Room Work Group
19. What is the first hearing or court appearance for all cases?
Self Report Studies Victimization Surveys
Arrangement
Judicial - Executive
None
20. What amendment discusses the right to a speedy trial?
6th Amendment
90%
Miranda versus Arizona
Limited or Reduced Capacity - Layers of Justice
21. What two things do military police entities possess?
Statue of Winchester
Complaint
Loosely Coupled System
Judicial System = Institutional System
22. What is a trial where there is no jury and the verdict is given by the judge?
London Metropolitan Police Act
Bench Trial
Seriousness of Offense - Flight Risk - Prior Record
Evaluation
23. What two additional sentences can come from a Formal Felony Sentencing Hearing different from a misdemeanor?
Evaluation
Prison Time - Death Sentence
Judges - Prosecuting Attorneys - Defense Attorneys
Private Attorneys - Public Defenders
24. Negative political influence and corruption impacting 19th century U.S. police agencies was called what?
Trial Courts of Limited Jurisdiction
85%
Better
Patronage
25. What criteria does the judge use when setting bail?
Seriousness of Offense - Flight Risk - Prior Record
Tribal
Bench Trial
4th Amendment
26. What current California legal code did the Law of Hammurabi and the Law of Moses contribute to?
Sufficient evidence that a felony was committed - Should it go to a felony trial
U.S. Supreme Court U.S. Court of Appeals U.S. Federal District Courts
Trials
The Penal Code
27. Indeterminate sentencing was a mainstay within the California juvenile justice system until what year?
1 Chief Justice 5 Associate Justices
F.B.I.
1977 Dixon Bill
Discretion
28. What law further defined the role and make up of the U.S. Supreme court?
Life
830.1
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
Judiciary Act
29. What major 1829 English law created a centralized urban police force in London?
F.B.I
Body - Amendments
London Metropolitan Police Act
Government Attorney
30. Stare Decisis has evolved into what concept?
Precedent
Deterrence
Broken Windows
1203(b)(1) - Felony
31. From 1789 to 1799 how was the U.S. Supreme Court?
Very inactive
Community Orientated Policing Era
Self Report Studies Victimization Surveys
1203(b)(1) - Felony
32. Under English Common Law what was the general cut off age in distinguishing between those who could charged with felonies?
14
Very inactive
Sufficient evidence that a felony was committed - Should it go to a felony trial
State
33. In the wild west what were the people called who banded together to protect each other?
Loosely Coupled
Vigilantes
Potential for Incarceration
Presentence Court Report
34. What constitutional amendments were alluded to in Miranda versus Arizona?
U.S. Court of Appeals
Marbury versus Madison
Judiciary Act
5th Amendment 6th Amendment
35. What is the Latin term for the plea of the no contest?
Legislative - Executive - Judicial
Mala en Se
Nolo Contendre
Sworn - Non-sworn
36. What is the legal term for fundamental fairness?
Complaint
U.S. Postal Inspectors
Punishment without trial
Due Process
37. What is the point of a second preliminary hearing?
Due Process Phase
14
Judicial - Executive
Review charges again because felony stakes are higher
38. When there is a supposed legal error or discrepancy with a case - what type of hearing does it go to?
Appeal
First Continental Congress
Federal Court System
Original Jurisdiction
39. Which 1760s British tax law placed tax quotes on all paper based products imported into the colonies?
Bench Trial
Pendelton Act
King John
Stamp Act of 1765
40. What kind of powers do corrections and probation officers have?
Mala en Se
Evaluation
Provide investigation services - Sentencing Recommendations - Provide Supervision
Limited
41. What 1285 A.D. English law removed the emphasis on law enforcement away from the military and back onto the citizens?
Mary Ann Crouse
17 -500
Statue of Winchester
Challenge for Cause and Peremptory Challenges at a Jury Panel Hearing
42. What are the three duties of Deputy Probation officers in the court room?
Judges - Prosecuting Attorneys - Defense Attorneys
Provide investigation services - Sentencing Recommendations - Provide Supervision
County
Tribal
43. Besides the U.S. Marshall Service - what is the other oldest federal law enforcement agency?
Information
Prison Time - Death Sentence
Limited or Reduced Capacity - Layers of Justice
U.S. Postal Inspectors
44. What does the U.S. Federal District Court possess regarding cases heard?
14
Quasi-Military - Strict Chain of Command
Original Jurisdiction
Parens Patriae
45. The power of the U.S. Supreme Court to interpret what the constitution says and means - via case law - is known as what?
None
Hoover
Preliminary Hearing
Judicial Review
46. What amendment discusses protection from unreasonable searches?
4th Amendment
Limited
17 -500
Preliminary Hearing
47. What legal model first attempted the concept of rehabilitation and resocialization?
14th Amendment
Stare Decisis
The Family Model
Generalists
48. What west coast supreme court case in 1876 further established the philosophy of Parens Patriae and no due process for juveniles?
Very inactive
Superior Court
Ah Peen
Future laws not passed yet
49. What was name of the era which was distinguished by the Kansas City Patrol Experiment and Flint - Michigan Patrol Program?
First Continental Congress
County
Community Orientated Policing Era
17
50. What two types of employees do law enforcement agencies employ?
King Henry II
Court Administrator
Sworn - Non-sworn
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