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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is the Latin term that means evil or bad in itself?






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






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






4. What is the legal term for fundamental fairness?






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






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






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






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






9. What was name of the era which was distinguished by the Kansas City Patrol Experiment and Flint - Michigan Patrol Program?






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






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






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






13. What does the Court of Appeals not possess?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. What is the Latin term for the plea of the no contest?






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






23. From 1789 to 1799 how was the U.S. Supreme Court?






24. Stare Decisis has evolved into what concept?






25. What Latin term means 'you have the body'?






26. What are the branches of federal law enforcement?






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






28. What is another term for informal probation?






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






30. How many states have State Courts of Appeals?






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






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






33. What is a local law enforcement agency's head administrator?






34. What does the U.S. Supreme Court have regarding what cases to hear?






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






36. What west coast supreme court case in 1876 further established the philosophy of Parens Patriae and no due process for juveniles?






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






38. What is ultimate goal at all early hearings?






39. Why does someone plea nolo contendre?






40. The Federal Court system was created through what?






41. 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?






42. What are the two ancient codes that contributed to our current legal system?






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






44. What is discovery?






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






46. Indeterminate sentencing was a mainstay within the California juvenile justice system until what year?






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






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






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






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