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Criminal Justice 101

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1. What does the U.S. Court of Appeals not have regarding what cases to hear?






2. What do bills of attainer relate to?






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






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






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






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






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






8. The term original jurisdiction alludes to what?






9. What legal model first attempted the concept of rehabilitation and resocialization?






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






11. After the U.S. Constitution was ratified - what type of court system did the U.S. realize it needed to have?






12. What hearing has evidence presented and witnesses testify?






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






14. Stare Decisis has evolved into what concept?






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






16. What does a preliminary hearing determine?






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






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






19. What crimes is the death penalty used for?






20. What is the legal term for fundamental fairness?






21. What type of bodies do our current laws come from?






22. What level of law enforcement generally provides services to the local court system?






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






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






25. What is ultimate goal at all early hearings?






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






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






28. Which of the five major phases in the criminal justice system since 1965 produced major case law?






29. How many states use the death penalty?






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






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






32. What is the main criteria which determines whether a mater goes to a federal or state court?






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






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






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






36. In what year did California pass its juvenile justice system act known as Juvenile Court Act?






37. What is the name for a juvenile complaint?






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






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






40. What does ex-post facto law relate to?






41. What does the Court of Appeals not possess?






42. What court system was the same up until the period of the Civil War?






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






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






45. What are the four Cs of the criminal justice system?






46. What amendment discusses protection from unreasonable searches?






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






48. What was created in order to convince several of the new states to agree to the Constitution?






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

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







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