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Criminal Justice 101

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1. What two things do military police entities possess?






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






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






4. Where does a felony case begin?






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






6. What are the three Terms of Imprisonment?






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






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






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






10. What is another term for informal probation?






11. What does the U.S. Federal District Court possess regarding cases heard?






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






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






14. How is a jury panel selected?






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






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






17. What Latin term means - 'father or parent of the country?'






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






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






20. What criminal statistical agency or method was created in 1930?






21. What does a mitigating factor make the report?






22. What 1883 federal law stressed the need for a civil service system based upon merit?






23. What does a judge order the probation department to write in order to find more about an individual before sentencing?






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






25. What is meant by inferior courts?






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






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






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






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






30. What does a preliminary hearing determine?






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






32. This country's criminal justice system is based on the desire for what kind of system?






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






34. What crimes is the death penalty used for?






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






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






37. What is a legal system that pits two opposing parties against one another with a third neutral party applying the rules?






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






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






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






41. What are the two main functions of criminal courts?

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






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






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






45. How many chief justice and associate justices currently make up the U.S. Supreme Court?






46. What is a county law enforcement agency's head administrator?






47. What was the name of the group of people who went to Philadelphia in 1774 in order to discuss their unhappiness with Britain and its taxes?






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






49. What are the three duties of Deputy Probation officers in the court room?






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






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