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Criminal Justice 101

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






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


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






4. What are the five levels of law enforcement in this country?






5. Where are the vast majority of cases heard?






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. What does a mitigating factor make the report?






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






14. Why does someone plea nolo contendre?






15. What concepts attempts to protect society by isolating others?






16. What hearing comes after a misdemeanor arraignment?






17. How is a jury panel selected?






18. What law further defined the role and make up of the U.S. Supreme court?






19. What hearing determines in an individual receives the death penalty?






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






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






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






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






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






25. How long is a federal judge's term of office for?






26. What is the Latin term that means an act being wrong because of customs - morals - practices - regulation - or law?






27. What constitutional amendments were alluded to in Miranda versus Arizona?






28. Who are the three main players in the Criminal Justice system?






29. What crimes is the death penalty used for?






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






31. What was the original staffing of the U.S. Supreme Court?






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






33. According to Hammurabi - what age was considered as the cut off between juveniles and adults?






34. What is a crime publishable by six months to one yer in jail - fines - or probation?






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






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






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






38. How many law enforcement agencies exist in this country?






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






40. When there is a supposed legal error or discrepancy with a case - what type of hearing does it go to?






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






42. Does a county law enforcement agency head administrator generally require law enforcement experience?






43. Where does a misdemeanors case begin?






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






45. During the Revolutionary War what major document helped to guide the colonies in fighting their war against Britain?






46. Our criminal justice system tries to maintain a balance between which two conflicting models/ideologies?






47. What hearing has evidence presented and witnesses testify?






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






49. What is the name for a felony complaint?






50. Generally speaking - what type of attorney is a prosecuting attorney?