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8.23: CRJ OER 1.2 Multiple Choice Questions (32)

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    The highest court in the United States; composed of eight associate Justices and one Chief Justice.

    • Infancy Defense
    • Common Law
    • United States Supreme Court
    • Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure

    An elected body, such as Congress, that has the constitutional authority to make laws.

    • Legislature
    • Dual Federalism
    • Plea Bargain
    • Trial Court

    Rules promulgated by the SCOTUS that govern how federal criminal prosecutions are conducted.

    • Unconstitutional
    • Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
    • SCOTUS
    • Efficiency

    An argument that the components of the criminal justice system are in conflict, and that there is actually no system at all.

    • Juvenile Justice
    • Fairness
    • United States Supreme Court
    • Non-system Argument

    The constitutional idea that the criminal justice system must treat people in a fundamentally fair way.

    • Executive Branch
    • Dual Court System
    • Hierarchical
    • Procedural Due Process

    A negotiated agreement between the prosecution and the defendant where the defendant agrees to plead guilty to a lesser crime than that originally charged, or to a lesser sentence than can normally be expected if the case goes to trial.

    • Juvenile Justice
    • Plea Bargain
    • Hierarchical
    • Three Branches of Government

    A body of fundamental principles by which a nation or state is governed.

    • Plea Bargain
    • Due Process
    • Trial Court
    • Constitution

    The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States; relies heavily on judicial decisions.

    • Common Law
    • Decisions (courts)
    • Appellate Court
    • Trial Court

    A system of government like that of the United States where there are both national and state governments.

    • Procedural Due Process
    • Due Process
    • Trial Court
    • Dual Federalism

    The court system of a country or state; judges taken collectively.

    • Code
    • Judiciary
    • Efficiency
    • Procedural Due Process

    The ___________________ established by the Constitution are the executive, legislative, and judicial branches.

    • Code
    • SCOTUS
    • Due Process
    • Three Branches of Government

    Not in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution of the United States or the Constitution of a particular state.

    • Judiciary
    • Penal Code
    • Unconstitutional
    • Dual Court System

    A body of statutes that specify crimes and their punishments; more commonly referred to as the substantive criminal law or the criminal code.

    • SCOTUS
    • Due Process
    • Penal Code
    • Unconstitutional

    The mission of the __________________ is to collect, analyze, publish, and disseminate information on crime, criminal offenders, victims of crime, and the operation of justice systems at all levels of government.

    • Juvenile Justice
    • Effectiveness
    • Bureau of Justice Statistics
    • Executive Branch

    An organizational structure where elements are arranged by rank.

    • Three Branches of Government
    • Judicial Review
    • Hierarchical
    • Legislature

    Carrying out justice system activities with proper regard for equity, proportionality, constitutional protections afforded defendants and convicted offenders, and public safety.

    • Effectiveness
    • Penal Code
    • Judiciary
    • Non-system Argument

    The branch of government tasked with the administration of public affairs, and the enforcement of laws and policies.

    • Judicial Review
    • Hierarchical
    • Trial Court
    • Executive Branch

    A group of interrelated parts that work together to accomplish a common set of objectives.

    • Legislature
    • Bureau of Justice Statistics
    • Unconstitutional
    • System

    A court having original jurisdiction in criminal matters as opposed to an appellate court.

    • Trial Court
    • Congress of the United States
    • Effectiveness
    • Efficiency

    The power of the Supreme Court to determine the constitutionality of legislative enactments.

    • Unconstitutional
    • Constitution
    • Judicial Review
    • Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure

    A comprehensive set of laws arranged by subject.

    • Judiciary
    • Code
    • Legislature
    • Judicial Review

    A court that is empowered to rehear cases originating in a trial court.

    • United States Supreme Court
    • Judicial Review
    • Hierarchical
    • Appellate Court

    Economically applying available resources to accomplish statutory goals as well as to improve public safety.

    • Three Branches of Government
    • Efficiency
    • Nonsystem Argument
    • Judicial Review

    The common law doctrine that very young children were incapable of forming a culpable mental state, and thus were not subject to criminal prosecution.

    • Infancy Defense
    • Unconstitutional
    • Appellate Court
    • Juvenile Justice

    The legislative branch of the United States government, composed of the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate.

    • Decisions (courts)
    • Congress of the United States
    • Due Process
    • Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure

    Supreme Court of the United States

    • Due Process
    • SCOTUS
    • Constitution
    • Common Law

    The constitutional guarantee that a defendant will receive fair and impartial treatment by the criminal justice system.

    • Efficiency
    • Decisions (courts)
    • Fairness
    • Due Process

    The portion of the United States Code or the Code of an individual state that deals with criminal law.

    • Dual Court System
    • United States Supreme Court
    • Criminal Code
    • Nonsystem Argument

    The written opinions of appellate courts that have the force of law in common law countries like the United States.

    • United States Supreme Court
    • Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
    • Decisions (courts)
    • Judiciary

    A term describing the American governmental structure characterized by having both state courts and federal courts.

    • SCOTUS
    • Judicial Review
    • United States Supreme Court
    • Dual Court System

    Justice issues such as assuring equal treatment and handling of like offenders and giving equal weight to legally relevant factors in sentencing.

    • Congress of the United States
    • Criminal Code
    • Fairness
    • Plea Bargain

    Elements of the criminal justice system designed to deal with lawbreaking by those not old enough to enter the adult system.

    • Juvenile Justice
    • Code
    • Nonsystem Argument
    • Three Branches of Government
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