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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
Instructions:
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1. What is the system that puts two conflicting parties against each other with a third neutral part overseeing the process?






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






3. Who were the country's first president and vice president?






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. What does O.R. mean?






11. What type of 'law' evolved and became a predictable and anticipated set of laws to the English people circa 1000 A.D.?






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






13. What is the name of the New York police officer - circa 1970s - who had to deal with corruption and patronage in the NYPD?






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






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






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






17. 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?






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






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






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






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






22. Stare Decisis has evolved into what concept?






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






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






25. What amendment discusses protection from unreasonable searches?






26. What does the Court of Appeals not possess?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. What are state Courts of Appeals also called?






39. What was the missing component of those persons working with in the Birth of Probation Model circa 1841?






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






41. What Penal Code section states that the court may refer to probation for a report?






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






43. What are the four main players in the criminal justice system?






44. What does N.C.I.C. stand for?






45. What two things do military police entities possess?






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






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






48. What amendment discusses cruel and unusual punishment?






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






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