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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
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1. Why does someone plea nolo contendre?






2. What word represents the ability of criminal justice players to make independent decisions?






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






4. The three federal courts are known as what?






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






6. In Orange County - what is the misdemeanor Pretrial Hearing called?






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






8. Both Trial Courts fall under what 'umbrella' Court System?






9. UCRS and NIBRS recieve information from how many agencies?






10. Who gave the Bureau of Investigation validity during the late 1920s?






11. The Federal Court system was created through what?






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






13. What was the name of the article which encouraged law enforcement not just to focus on crime - but the social factors of crime?






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






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






16. What Latin term means great paper?






17. Where are the vast majority of cases heard?






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






19. The California state highway patrol is an example of what type of law enforcement agency?






20. Who was the Supreme Court's third chief justice - credited with making the court more proactive - effective - and powerful?






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






22. What does a preliminary hearing determine?






23. What is the legal term for fundamental fairness?






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






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


26. What is the most important thing that a probation officer does in the presentence court report?






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






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






29. What English Common Law court system could arguably be seen as the world's first dedicated juvenile court?


30. What is the system that puts two conflicting parties against each other with a third neutral part overseeing the process?






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






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






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






34. For a felony matter to leave a Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction - what special hearing must it go to?






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






36. Is the Federal or State court system older?






37. What concept discusses 'an eye for an eye'?






38. How many states use the death penalty?






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






40. What penal code states that a felony must go to trial within 60 days of the second arrangement unless time lines are waived?






41. What is another term for informal probation?






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






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






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






45. Where does a felony case begin?






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






47. What is the highest attorney at the federal level?






48. What current U.S. law enforcement position/title had its origins with the English legal system circa 1000 A.D.?






49. What hearing has evidence presented and witnesses testify?






50. Who runs the N.C.I.C.?