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Criminal Justice 101

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






2. What Latin term means - 'father or parent of the country?'






3. The three federal courts are known as what?






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






5. What does the Court of Appeals not possess?






6. After the Bill of Rights was ratified - how many more times was the U.S. Constitution amended?






7. What is the most important C or level of the criminal justice system?






8. What major 1803 U.S. Supreme Court case established that the court would begin to interpret what the constitution was all about?






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






10. Indeterminate sentencing was a mainstay within the California juvenile justice system until what year?






11. What are the two types of defense attorneys?






12. What has disappeared among law enforcement agencies is this country?






13. What concept deals with corrections or judicial personal determining how much incarceration a person will serve?






14. What criminal statistical agency or method was created in 1930?






15. What is the Latin term for the plea of the no contest?






16. What hearing comes after a misdemeanor arraignment?






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






18. What types of law enforcement agency is influenced by federal and territorial sovereignty?






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






20. What important corrections position was mandated in Massachusetts in 1878?






21. In 1789 which London magistrate stressed the need for a 'centralized' law enforcement agency?






22. What is the name of the New York police officer - circa 1970s - who had to deal with corruption and patronage in the NYPD?






23. What amendment discusses the right to a speedy trial?






24. What are state Courts of Appeals also called?






25. What was the missing component of those persons working with in the Birth of Probation Model circa 1841?






26. What percent of the time will a judge go with what a presentence court report says?






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






28. What does a judge order the probation department to write in order to find more about an individual before sentencing?






29. The third federal inferior court of authority is known as what?






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






31. What criteria does the judge use when setting bail?






32. Other then UCRS and NIBRS - what entities compile information about crime in the country?






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






34. In 1829 which English government employee pushed a new law which followed the ideas of Patrick Colquhoun?






35. What is a local law enforcement agency's head administrator?






36. What are the two conflicting philosophies which talk of a desire for individual freedom and a crime free society?






37. What are the branches of federal law enforcement?






38. What do the majority of cases going into the U.S. District Court involve?






39. Where are the vast majority of cases heard?






40. What are the three duties of Deputy Probation officers in the court room?






41. If you plea guilty at a misdemeanor arraignment - when can a judge sentence you?






42. What does a preliminary hearing determine?






43. What English king circa 1154 A.D. sent representatives out to the eight English 'regions' in order to organize some type of common law?






44. What hearing has evidence presented and witnesses testify?






45. What is the name of our criminal justice system that is made up of both federal and state levels?






46. What is known as the highest source of law found within either a country or state?






47. In what year and state was the country's first dedicated juvenile justice system and court legally established?






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






49. What federal law enforcement agency had its origins in 1908?






50. Jail time - restitution - contact restrictions - drug testing - searches and seizures - employment verification - and counseling can be terms of what?







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