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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is discovery?






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






3. Local California courts which handle felonies and major civil matters are called what?






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






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






6. The power of the U.S. Supreme Court to interpret what the constitution says and means - via case law - is known as what?






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






8. What does a preliminary hearing determine?






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






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






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






12. What federal law enforcement agency was created in 1973 and currently has over 5 -000 agents spread around the world?






13. What is the name of our criminal justice system that is made up of both federal and state levels?






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






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






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






17. How many states use the death penalty?






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. What are the two conflicting philosophies which talk of a desire for individual freedom and a crime free society?






25. How many states have State Courts of Appeals?






26. What type of bodies do our current laws come from?






27. What amendment discusses protection from unreasonable searches?






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






29. The three federal courts are known as what?






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






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






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






33. What are the four Cs of the criminal justice system?






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






35. How is a jury panel selected?






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






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






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






39. What 1865 federal law enforcement agency was initially responsible for excessive counterfeiting following the civil war?






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






41. What are the three branches of government enchanced or created by the U.S. Constitution?






42. What penal code states that a felony must go to trial within 60 days of the second arrangement unless time lines are waived?






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






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






45. What is the name for a juvenile complaint?






46. What is ultimate goal at all early hearings?






47. What percent of the time are deals makes and cases do not go to trial?






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






49. Is the Federal or State court system older?






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