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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. After the U.S. Constitution was ratified - what type of court system did the U.S. realize it needed to have?






2. What are the oldest law enforcement agencies in the country?

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3. What does a mitigating factor make the report?






4. What is the Latin term that literally means - 'to adhere to what has come before'?






5. What are the two types of defense attorneys?






6. What does the U.S. Supreme Court have regarding what cases to hear?






7. What document was eventually created in order to replace the Articles of Confederation?






8. What are small law enforcement agencies often made up of?






9. Which California code section gives police and corrections their 'peace officer powers'?






10. What is the name for a felony complaint?






11. The Federal Court system was authorized through what?






12. What criminal statistical agency or method was created in 1987 as a supplement to UCRS?






13. What is the State Court System's court of last resort?






14. Where does the U.S. Supreme Court hear cases from?






15. State Troopers are what level of law enforcement?






16. What federal law enforcement agency was created in 1973 and currently has over 5 -000 agents spread around the world?






17. Local California courts which handle felonies and major civil matters are called what?






18. What is the legal term for fundamental fairness?






19. What major 1829 English law created a centralized urban police force in London?






20. What are the three main players in the Criminal Justice system known as?






21. What kind of system is our criminal justice system based upon?






22. What are the two general characteristics evident among most law enforcement agencies?






23. What 1770 shooting incident heightened tensions between Boston colonists and newly arrived British soldiers?






24. What is the Latin term that means evil or bad in itself?






25. In which two locations did the actual shooting war begin between British soldiers and Colonial militia men?






26. What are the four main players in the criminal justice system?






27. What Latin term allowed the Magna Carta to be enhanced and reinforced and means to adhere to what has come before?






28. In the wild west what were the people called who banded together to protect each other?






29. What 1838 Ohio State Supreme Court Case established the concept of Parens Patriae and no need for due process in juvenile matters?






30. What federal law enforcement agency delegated peace officer powers to citizens during the era of the wild west?

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31. Besides the U.S. Marshall Service - what is the other oldest federal law enforcement agency?






32. What percent of the time are deals makes and cases do not go to trial?






33. What is the best system to compile crime statistics and can stand completely on its own?






34. The Federal Court system was created through what?






35. What are the three branches of government enchanced or created by the U.S. Constitution?






36. What Penal Code section states that the court may refer to probation for a report?






37. What two additional branches of government did the Constitution add to government?






38. The Kansas City Patrol Experiment and Flint - Michigan Patrol Program motivated police to try what new procedures?






39. What is an offense that consists of illegal conduct but no jail time?






40. The average local law enforcement agency will often employ how many officers and serve what size population?






41. How many states have State Courts of Appeals?






42. When a court has control or authority over certain matters/issues - what is it called?






43. Local California courts which handle misdemeanors - minor civil matters - and traffic violations are called what?






44. What are the branches of federal law enforcement?






45. What two additional sentences can come from a Formal Felony Sentencing Hearing different from a misdemeanor?






46. What 1285 A.D. English law removed the emphasis on law enforcement away from the military and back onto the citizens?






47. What amendment discuses issues if incorporation - citizenship - and due process?






48. What were minors who disobeyed orders of the Kings Chancery Court system called?






49. Why does someone plea nolo contendre?






50. What does an aggravating factor make the report?