Chapter 8 Q

When the state and federal governments have concurrent jurisdiction both courts are obligated to prosecute the offender The federal court must step aside and allow the state to prosecute the offender State court must step aside and allow the federal court to prosecute offender Federal and state prosecutors will use your discretion to determine if one or both courts will prosecute

Federal and state prosecutors will use your discretion to determine if one or both courts will prosecute

What court function is the "medical model" of the criminal justice system related to? Rehabilitation Bureaucratic Crime control Due process

Rehabilitation

The courts crime control function emphasizes punishment and ________ leniency rehabilitation retribution morality

Retribution

At the state level, courts of ______ jurisdiction have no restrictions on the subject matter they may address. international limited universal general

general

Trail courts are concerned with_____ questions of preocedure. questions of law. questions of fact. questions of due process.

questions of fact

Courts having appellate jurisdiction act as____ reviewers of cases concerned with questions of law. courts of origination for the appeal. reviewers of facts. deciders of guilt or innocence

reviewers of cases concerned with questions of law.

The highest trial court with general jurisdiction is the: Superior court. municipal court. country court. state supreme court.

superior court

The term dual court system refers to: the system of courts of original jurisdiction & courts of appeal. the separate but interrelated system of federal & state courts. the disposition of offenders handled by both judges & juries. civil & criminal courts.

the separate but interrelated system of federal & state courts.

When different courts share jurisdiction over the same defendant, multiple_____can result. challenges errors claims of authority trails

trails

The __________ function of the court is concerned with the day-to-day processing of cases. Due process Crime control Rehabilitative Bureaucratic

Bureaucratic

The ________ function of the courts emphasizes punishment and retribution leniency Rehabilitation crime control morality

Crime control

The ________ function of the cords is to protect individuals from the unfair advantages that the government automatically enjoys in legal battles leniency Rehabilitation Due process Morality

Due process

The formal process by which one legal authority such as the state, transfers a fugitive or a suspect to another legal authority is______ jurisdiction habeas corpus extradiction a writ of certiorari

Extradition

lower courts to have jurisdiction over one specific area of criminal activity, such as illegal drugs or domestic violence are called: problem-solving courts. magistrate courts. superior courts. trial courts.

Problem-solving courts

Which federal circuit has jurisdiction over cases in which the US government is a the defendant? Fifth. Thirteenth. Ninth. Eighth.

Thirteenth

which of the following is NOT one of the levels of the state court system? United States Supreme Court appallete courts. trial court of general jurisdiction. lower courts, or courts of limited jurisdiction.

United States Supreme Court

The formal process by which one legal authority, such as the state or nation, transfer the fugitive or a suspect to another legal authority that has a valid claim on a person is called_____ universal jurisdiction concurrent jurisdiction jurisdiction extradition

extradition