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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
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1. What are the branches of federal law enforcement?






2. What is another term for informal probation?






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






4. The Federal Court system was created through what?






5. Law enforcement has been traditionally very resistant to what?






6. Which 1760s British tax law placed tax quotes on all paper based products imported into the colonies?






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






8. What do bills of attainer relate to?






9. What major 1966 U.S. Supreme Court case provided new guidelines in how police arrested and interrogated adult defendants?






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






11. What current California legal code did the Law of Hammurabi and the Law of Moses contribute to?






12. The second federal inferior court of authority is known as what?






13. What amendment discusses protection from self incrimination?






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






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






16. How many cases go to the local court level each year?






17. What kind of powers do corrections and probation officers have?






18. What hearing has evidence presented and witnesses testify?






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






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






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






22. Railroad Police - Port/Harbor Police - Campus Police - and Mass Transit Police are examples of what?






23. What law enforcement agency maintains the largest training academy in the U.S.?






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






25. In Orange County - what type of prosecuting attorneys handle the day to day issues in the court room?






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






27. The Reintegration Model - circa 1960s - failed due to community concern over leniency toward criminals and what two major social events?






28. What level of law enforcement generally runs local detention facilities for adults?






29. What concept attempts to alter future behaviors through threats of punishment and consequences?






30. What type of hearing does a felony case go to after arrangement?






31. What two things do military police entities possess?






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






33. What English king was responsible for generating the concept of the Magna Carta?






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






35. The Federal Court system was authorized through what?






36. Both felonies are misdemeanors are first filed as what?






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






38. What is the first hearing or court appearance for all cases?






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






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






41. What are the five levels of force among agencies?






42. What constitutes the major difference between a crime and illegal behavior?






43. Who is in charge of staffing - calender - budget - and other material needs of the court room?






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






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






46. What penal code section is used to waive time lines during a trial?






47. What is the average budget of a local law enforcement agency?






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






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






50. What are the two parts of the Constitution called?