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Criminal Justice 101

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






2. Which 1760s British tax law placed tax quotes on all paper based products imported into the colonies?






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






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






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






6. What are the three duties of Deputy Probation officers in the court room?






7. What amendment discusses protection from self incrimination?






8. The term original jurisdiction alludes to what?






9. What two additional sentences can come from a Formal Felony Sentencing Hearing different from a misdemeanor?






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






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






12. What are the two types of defense attorneys?






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






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






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






16. How many states use the death penalty?






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






18. What is the average budget of a local law enforcement agency?






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






20. What is the Latin term that describes a federal peace officer's ability to deputize citizens and give them temporary power?






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






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






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






24. State Troopers are what level of law enforcement?






25. What current U.S. law enforcement position/title had its origins with the English legal system circa 1000 A.D.?






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






27. What does the U.S. Court of Appeals not have regarding what cases to hear?






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. What federal law enforcement agency delegated peace officer powers to citizens during the era of the wild west?

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35. What is another term for informal probation?






36. What was the name of the article which encouraged law enforcement not just to focus on crime - but the social factors of crime?






37. When court systems or levels disagree or question if rules are properly applied - what type of court is used?






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






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






40. What is discovery?






41. What is the name for a juvenile complaint?






42. In 1789 which London magistrate stressed the need for a 'centralized' law enforcement agency?






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






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






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






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






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






48. What are state Courts of Appeals also called?






49. What is ultimate goal at all early hearings?






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