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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
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1. What is the average budget of a local law enforcement agency?






2. The Kansas City Patrol Experiment and Flint - Michigan Patrol Program motivated police to try what new procedures?






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






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






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






6. When pleading guilty at a felony arrangement - what does the judge generally do for sentencing?






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. What amendment discusses protection from self incrimination?






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






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






16. What Latin term means great paper?






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






18. What document was eventually created in order to replace the Articles of Confederation?






19. Who said - 'The police are the public and the public are the police'?






20. What two types of employees do law enforcement agencies employ?






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






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






23. What is ultimate goal at all early hearings?






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






25. What does a preliminary hearing determine?






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






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






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






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






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






31. What does a mitigating factor make the report?






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






33. Who is referred to as the father of probation?






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






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






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






37. How many states have State Courts of Appeals?






38. What is meant by inferior courts?






39. What are the branches of federal law enforcement?






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






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






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






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






44. What major 1829 English law created a centralized urban police force in London?






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






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






47. What is the name for a juvenile complaint?






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






49. Is the Federal or State court system older?






50. The three federal courts are known as what?