Chapter 5

Question 1

Bureaucracy

Answer 1

Organizational model in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives

Question 2

Centralization

Answer 2

Limited distribution of power among a few top staff members of an organization

Question 3

Confidentiality

Answer 3

Any privileged communication between attorney and client

Question 4

Harmful error

Answer 4

Error made by a judge that may be prejudicial to a defendant’s case

Question 5

Impeachment

Answer 5

Proceeding for the removal of a political officer, such as president, governor or judge.

Question 6

Incumbents

Answer 6

Political officers who are currently in power, but who are seeking to be re-elected or reappointed.

Question 7

Interim judge

Answer 7

Temporary judge who is appointed after the death, resignation of retirement of another judge.

Question 8

Judge

Answer 8

A political officer who has been elected to or appointed to preside over a court of law.

Question 9

Judicial appointment

Answer 9

Selection of judges by political figures, such as a governors or presidents.

Question 10

Judicial conduct commission

Answer 10

Investigative body created in 1960 to investigate allegations of judicial misconduct.

Question 11

Judicial powers

Answer 11

Courts jurisdiction to act in certain cases and decide punishments.

Question 12

Judicial process

Answer 12

The sequence of procedure designed to resolve disputes or conclude a criminal case

Question 13

Kales plan

Answer 13

the 1914 version of Missouri Plan

Question 14

Merit selection

Answer 14

Reform plan in which judges are nominated by committee and appointed by the governor for a given period.

Question 15

Missouri Plan

Answer 15

Method of selecting judges in which merit system is used.

Question 16

Nonpartisan elections

Answer 16

Voting process in which candidates who are not endorsed by political parties are presented to the voters for selection.

Question 17

Operation Greylord

Answer 17

FBI undercover investigation of corruption among judges in Cook County in 1978

Question 18

Partisan elections

Answer 18

Election in which candidates endorsed by political parties are presented to the voters for selection.

Question 19

Recall election

Answer 19

Special election called to remove a politician or judge from his office.

Question 20

Reversible errors

Answer 20

Mistakes committed by judges during trial that may result in reversal of convictions against a defendant.