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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
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1. What is another term for informal probation?






2. What are state Courts of Appeals also called?






3. What is the legal term for fundamental fairness?






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






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






6. What is a trial where there is no jury and the verdict is given by the judge?






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






8. Local law enforcement generally display shields on their badges. What do county law enforcement badges appear as?






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






10. Stare Decisis has evolved into what concept?






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






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






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






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






15. What two things do military police entities possess?






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






17. What are the oldest law enforcement agencies in the country?

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






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






20. What concept discusses 'an eye for an eye'?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. What type of hearing does a felony case go to after arrangement?






30. The term original jurisdiction alludes to what?






31. What is the name for a juvenile complaint?






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






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






34. What is discovery?






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






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






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






38. What Latin term means great paper?






39. Where does a felony case begin?






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






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






42. What crimes is the death penalty used for?






43. The second federal inferior court of authority is known as what?






44. When a court has control or authority over certain matters/issues - what is it called?






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






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






47. What is the best system to compile crime statistics and can stand completely on its own?






48. For a felony matter to leave a Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction - what special hearing must it go to?






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






50. What does the Court of Appeals not possess?