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Criminal Justice 101

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






2. What English king was responsible for generating the concept of the Magna Carta?






3. Is the Federal or State court system older?






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






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






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






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






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






9. What is the highest attorney at the federal level?






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






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






12. What English king circa 1154 A.D. sent representatives out to the eight English 'regions' in order to organize some type of common law?






13. Where does a felony case begin?






14. The Federal Court system was created through what?






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






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






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






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






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






20. In 1829 which English government employee pushed a new law which followed the ideas of Patrick Colquhoun?






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






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






23. Other then UCRS and NIBRS - what entities compile information about crime in the country?






24. What hearing has evidence presented and witnesses testify?






25. What is the first hearing or court appearance for all cases?






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






27. What is the legal term for fundamental fairness?






28. What are state Courts of Appeals also called?






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






30. Does a county law enforcement agency head administrator generally require law enforcement experience?






31. Why does someone plea nolo contendre?






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






33. What criminal statistical agency or method was created in 1987 as a supplement to UCRS?






34. The three federal courts are known as what?






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






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






37. What amendment discusses the right to a speedy trial?






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






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






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






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






43. What crimes is the death penalty used for?






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






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






46. What is the most important C or level of the criminal justice system?






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






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






49. What level of law enforcement generally runs local detention facilities for adults?






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







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