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Criminal Justice 101
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1. Both Trial Courts fall under what 'umbrella' Court System?
The Family Model
Evaluation
Hoover
Superior Court
2. What is meant by inferior courts?
Mary Ann Crouse
Makes deals and not go to trial
Lower Courts
Sheriff
3. What law further defined the role and make up of the U.S. Supreme court?
Stars
Trial Courts of General Jurisdiction
Makes deals and not go to trial
Judiciary Act
4. The three federal courts are known as what?
Government Attorney
Misdemeanor
U.S. Supreme Court U.S. Court of Appeals U.S. Federal District Courts
George Washington - John Adams
5. Who were the country's first president and vice president?
Local level
Evidence
George Washington - John Adams
Judiciary Act
6. What is a county law enforcement agency's head administrator?
County
Sheriff
Limited
Marbury versus Madison
7. Who said - 'The police are the public and the public are the police'?
Nolo Contendre
Sir Robert Peel
Discretion
Misdemeanor
8. What is the State Court System's court of last resort?
State Supreme Court
Arrangement
Courts
Discretion
9. What are the five levels of force among agencies?
Community Orientated Policing Era
Stare Decisis
Reputation and Appearance - Dialogue and Counseling - Empty Hands - Physical Restraint - Mechanical Restraint - Chemical Restraint
Jurisdiction
10. What two things do military police entities possess?
Courts
U.S. Postal Service Inspectors - Federal Marshall's Department
Judicial System = Institutional System
State Supreme Court
11. What is the first hearing or court appearance for all cases?
County
Preliminary Hearing
Review charges again because felony stakes are higher
Arrangement
12. What does the U.S. Supreme Court have regarding what cases to hear?
Discretion
Judicial/Legislative
Local - County - Tribal - State - Federal
Sufficient evidence that a felony was committed - Should it go to a felony trial
13. After the Bill of Rights was ratified - how many more times was the U.S. Constitution amended?
U.S. Supreme Court U.S. Court of Appeals U.S. Federal District Courts
Mary Ann Crouse
17
Chief
14. What are the two conflicting philosophies which talk of a desire for individual freedom and a crime free society?
1 and 8
Crime Control Due Process
U.S. Marshall's
Broken Windows
15. What is the name for a felony complaint?
U.S. Constitution
1382
14
Information
16. What was the original staffing of the U.S. Supreme Court?
Magna Carta
Judicial - Executive
1 Chief Justice 5 Associate Justices
17 -500
17. Both felonies are misdemeanors are first filed as what?
Complaint
1903
Law of Hammurabi - Law of Moses
Preliminary Hearing
18. What does a mitigating factor make the report?
Better
Evidence
1382
The Family Model
19. What is the name of our criminal justice system that is made up of both federal and state levels?
Preliminary Hearing
Seriousness of Offense - Flight Risk - Prior Record
5th Amendment 6th Amendment
Dual System
20. What is the most important thing that a probation officer does in the presentence court report?
London Metropolitan Police Act
Evaluation
George Washington - John Adams
Challenge for Cause and Peremptory Challenges at a Jury Panel Hearing
21. What concept attempts to alter future behaviors through threats of punishment and consequences?
Deterrence
5th Amendment 6th Amendment
Tribal
English Common Law
22. What English king was responsible for generating the concept of the Magna Carta?
King John
The Family Model
Due Process
1383
23. When court systems or levels disagree or question if rules are properly applied - what type of court is used?
Judicial - Executive
Appeals
Pretrial Hearing
Judicial Review
24. Our criminal justice system tries to maintain a balance between which two conflicting models/ideologies?
John Augustus
Crime Control - Due Process
Lexington - Concord
Sufficient evidence that a felony was committed - Should it go to a felony trial
25. What type of hearing does a felony case go to after arrangement?
Preliminary Hearing
Community Orientated Policing Era
John Marshall
London Metropolitan Police Act
26. What are the two parts of the Constitution called?
Patrick Colquhoun
Quasi-Military - Strict Chain of Command
Body - Amendments
John Marshall
27. What is a legal system that pits two opposing parties against one another with a third neutral party applying the rules?
5th Amendment
Adversarial System
14
Law of Hammurabi - Law of Moses
28. How many cases go to the local court level each year?
Local - County - Tribal - State - Federal
Drug Violations - White Collar Crimes
90 Million
1203(b)(1) - Felony
29. What does an aggravating factor make the report?
Local level
14
Worse
Statue of Winchester
30. What Latin term means 'you have the body'?
Secret Service
Sheriff
Seriousness of Offense - Flight Risk - Prior Record
Habeas Corpus
31. What is the point of a second preliminary hearing?
Review charges again because felony stakes are higher
Constitutional Law
Conditional Sentence
Legislative - Executive - Judicial
32. What crimes is the death penalty used for?
Serpico
First Degree Murder - Federal drug trafficking and treason
Own Recognizance
Review charges again because felony stakes are higher
33. During the Revolutionary War what major document helped to guide the colonies in fighting their war against Britain?
John Augustus
The Family Model
State
Articles of Confederation
34. Other then UCRS and NIBRS - what entities compile information about crime in the country?
Community Sensitive Programs
Self Report Studies Victimization Surveys
County
Challenge for Cause and Peremptory Challenges at a Jury Panel Hearing
35. What federal law enforcement agency delegated peace officer powers to citizens during the era of the wild west?
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36. What document was eventually created in order to replace the Articles of Confederation?
Government Attorney
King Chamberlain's Court
14
U.S. Constitution
37. What important corrections position was mandated in Massachusetts in 1878?
George Washington - John Adams
Probation Officer
4th Amendment
Crime Control - Due Process
38. What hearing comes after a misdemeanor arraignment?
Government Attorney
Pretrial Hearing
1 and 8
Right away
39. Who gave the Bureau of Investigation validity during the late 1920s?
London Metropolitan Police Act
Judicial Review
Aggravating - Mitigating
Hoover
40. What does O.R. mean?
U.S. Court of Appeals
Own Recognizance
Trial
17
41. What is the system that puts two conflicting parties against each other with a third neutral part overseeing the process?
Adversarial System
Constitutional Law
Makes deals and not go to trial
The Family Model
42. What two factors does a probation officer consider when writing the presentence report?
Sir Robert Peel
National Crime Information Center
Limited
Aggravating - Mitigating
43. Jail time - restitution - contact restrictions - drug testing - searches and seizures - employment verification - and counseling can be terms of what?
Misdemeanor
Possecomintatus
Cannot be used against you later in civil court
Formal Probation
44. What is the name of the New York police officer - circa 1970s - who had to deal with corruption and patronage in the NYPD?
Serpico
Assistant District Attorneys
Low Term - Mid Term - High Term
Future laws not passed yet
45. What is the Latin term for the plea of the no contest?
Local - County - Tribal - State - Federal
Nolo Contendre
Review charges again because felony stakes are higher
Yes
46. What are small law enforcement agencies often made up of?
Conditional Sentence
Nolo Contendre
Generalists
Self Report Studies Victimization Surveys
47. Which California code section gives police and corrections their 'peace officer powers'?
Tribal
Sufficient evidence that a felony was committed - Should it go to a felony trial
830.1
1 Chief Justice 5 Associate Justices
48. After the U.S. Constitution was ratified - what type of court system did the U.S. realize it needed to have?
Mala Prohibita
Superior Court
Federal Court System
Information
49. In 1829 which English government employee pushed a new law which followed the ideas of Patrick Colquhoun?
Appeal
Sir Robert Peel
Indeterminate Sentencing
Legislative - Executive - Judicial
50. What word represents the ability of criminal justice players to make independent decisions?
$1.7 million
Patrick Colquhoun
U.S. Constitution
Discretion