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Criminal Justice 101
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1. Who are the three main players in the Criminal Justice system?
Judges - Prosecuting Attorneys - Defense Attorneys
Secret Service
Yes
Jurisdiction
2. What level of law enforcement generally provides services to the local court system?
Incorrigibles
County
King Henry II
Evaluation
3. Who is in charge of staffing - calender - budget - and other material needs of the court room?
State
Information
Aggravating - Mitigating
Court Administrator
4. The Kansas City Patrol Experiment and Flint - Michigan Patrol Program motivated police to try what new procedures?
Information
Continue to another date
First Degree Murder - Federal drug trafficking and treason
Community Sensitive Programs
5. What are the oldest law enforcement agencies in the country?
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6. What are the three branches of government enchanced or created by the U.S. Constitution?
Judiciary Act
Legislative - Executive - Judicial
39
Petition
7. What does the U.S. Court of Appeals not have regarding what cases to hear?
Discretion
90%
Government Attorney
Challenge for Cause and Peremptory Challenges at a Jury Panel Hearing
8. The second federal inferior court of authority is known as what?
Patronage and Corruption
Citizens - Cops - Courts - Corrections
U.S. Court of Appeals
U.S. Postal Inspectors
9. What concept attempts to alter future behaviors through threats of punishment and consequences?
Felony
Mala Prohibita
Sheriff
Deterrence
10. What two additional branches of government did the Constitution add to government?
Assistant District Attorneys
Judicial - Executive
London Metropolitan Police Act
Community Sensitive Programs
11. What 1865 federal law enforcement agency was initially responsible for excessive counterfeiting following the civil war?
Infraction
Life
Secret Service
D&R - Disposition and Resetting
12. What 1285 A.D. English law removed the emphasis on law enforcement away from the military and back onto the citizens?
Legislative - Executive - Judicial
85%
Statue of Winchester
Preliminary Hearing
13. In what year did California pass its juvenile justice system act known as Juvenile Court Act?
All volunteers
Potential for Incarceration
1903
The Family Model
14. What criminal statistical agency or method was created in 1930?
1977 Dixon Bill
Stare Decisis
Prison Time - Death Sentence
UCRS or Uniform Crime Reporting System
15. What are state Courts of Appeals also called?
Community Orientated Policing Era
39
All volunteers
Intermediate Courts
16. What are the two general characteristics evident among most law enforcement agencies?
King John
1383
Quasi-Military - Strict Chain of Command
Judicial - Executive
17. When pleading guilty at a felony arrangement - what does the judge generally do for sentencing?
Continue to another date
U.S. Postal Service Inspectors - Federal Marshall's Department
Mary Ann Crouse
King Henry II
18. What legal model first attempted the concept of rehabilitation and resocialization?
The Family Model
Special Police Force
State
5th Amendment 6th Amendment
19. What Penal Code section states that the court shall refer to probation for a report?
F.B.I.
1382
Judicial - Executive
1203(b)(1) - Felony
20. What are the two ancient codes that contributed to our current legal system?
Potential for Incarceration
State/Local Court System
Law of Hammurabi - Law of Moses
Misdemeanor
21. What two additional sentences can come from a Formal Felony Sentencing Hearing different from a misdemeanor?
Legislative - Executive - Judicial
Potential for Incarceration
Self Report Studies Victimization Surveys
Prison Time - Death Sentence
22. What English king circa 1154 A.D. sent representatives out to the eight English 'regions' in order to organize some type of common law?
George Washington - John Adams
King Henry II
Felony
Court Administrator
23. What English king was responsible for generating the concept of the Magna Carta?
Cannot be used against you later in civil court
Misdemeanor
King John
Stare Decisis
24. Where does a misdemeanors case begin?
Severity of the crime - Where it was committed
Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction
Stare Decisis
Review charges again because felony stakes are higher
25. In 1829 which English government employee pushed a new law which followed the ideas of Patrick Colquhoun?
Sir Robert Peel
County
1382
State
26. UCRS and NIBRS recieve information from how many agencies?
Discretion
17 -500
U.S. Postal Service Inspectors - Federal Marshall's Department
Judiciary Act
27. How many states use the death penalty?
34
Jurisdiction
Incorrigibles
830.1
28. According to Hammurabi - what age was considered as the cut off between juveniles and adults?
Sworn - Non-sworn
Boston Massacre
14
39
29. In Orange County - what is the misdemeanor Pretrial Hearing called?
Review charges again because felony stakes are higher
Jurisdiction
D&R - Disposition and Resetting
Special Police Force
30. What was the name of the article which encouraged law enforcement not just to focus on crime - but the social factors of crime?
Indeterminate Sentencing
Broken Windows
Sir Robert Peel
Presentence Court Report
31. Our criminal justice system tries to maintain a balance between which two conflicting models/ideologies?
1903
Crime Control - Due Process
Private Attorneys - Public Defenders
Due Process Phase
32. What are the five levels of law enforcement in this country?
39
Infraction
Hoover
Local - County - Tribal - State - Federal
33. What is the first hearing or court appearance for all cases?
Arrangement
Due Process
Legislative - Executive - Judicial
Special Police Force
34. What concept did the 1800 Babylonian King Hammurabi create that said juveniles could be considered for lessor penalties?
Limited or Reduced Capacity - Layers of Justice
Community Sensitive Programs
Judges - Prosecuting Attorneys - Defense Attorneys
Stare Decisis
35. What does the U.S. Federal District Court possess regarding cases heard?
Original Jurisdiction
State
Trials
Crime Control - Due Process
36. In Orange County - what type of prosecuting attorneys handle the day to day issues in the court room?
Law of Hammurabi - Law of Moses
Crime Control Due Process
Worse
Assistant District Attorneys
37. Why does someone plea nolo contendre?
Superior Court
Provide investigation services - Sentencing Recommendations - Provide Supervision
Cannot be used against you later in civil court
Better
38. What kind of powers do corrections and probation officers have?
Yes
830.1
Limited
14
39. What are the two parts of the Constitution called?
Body - Amendments
Punishment without trial
Trial Courts of General Jurisdiction
Cannot be used against you later in civil court
40. What two types of employees do law enforcement agencies employ?
State
Low Term - Mid Term - High Term
90 Million
Sworn - Non-sworn
41. For a felony matter to leave a Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction - what special hearing must it go to?
Preliminary Hearing
Broken Windows
Private Attorneys - Public Defenders
John Augustus
42. Local California courts which handle felonies and major civil matters are called what?
London Metropolitan Police Act
Discretion
50 - 25000
Trial Courts of General Jurisdiction
43. What is the Latin term that literally means - 'to adhere to what has come before'?
Stare Decisis
5th Amendment 6th Amendment
90%
Worse
44. What two things do military police entities possess?
Judicial System = Institutional System
Judiciary Act
4th Amendment
Tribal
45. What are small law enforcement agencies often made up of?
Challenge for Cause and Peremptory Challenges at a Jury Panel Hearing
Special Police Force
Generalists
Private Attorneys - Public Defenders
46. In which two locations did the actual shooting war begin between British soldiers and Colonial militia men?
Loosely Coupled System
Formal Probation
Lexington - Concord
Generalists
47. Other then UCRS and NIBRS - what entities compile information about crime in the country?
1977 Dixon Bill
Self Report Studies Victimization Surveys
Process criminals and criminal charges - Ensure everyone's due process
1903
48. What is the average budget of a local law enforcement agency?
830.1
Formal Probation
1977 Dixon Bill
$1.7 million
49. What document was eventually created in order to replace the Articles of Confederation?
14
NIBRS or National Incident Based Reporting System
U.S. Constitution
Judiciary Act
50. What type of 'law' evolved and became a predictable and anticipated set of laws to the English people circa 1000 A.D.?
Nolo Contendre
17 -500
Misdemeanor
English Common Law