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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
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1. Who runs the N.C.I.C.?






2. What are state Courts of Appeals also called?






3. If you plea guilty at a misdemeanor arraignment - when can a judge sentence you?






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






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






6. Where are the vast majority of cases heard?






7. Why does someone plea nolo contendre?






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






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






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






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






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






13. What amendment discusses cruel and unusual punishment?






14. Negative political influence and corruption impacting 19th century U.S. police agencies was called what?






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






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






17. What are the branches of federal law enforcement?






18. What is a crime publishable by six months to one yer in jail - fines - or probation?






19. What is the name for a juvenile complaint?






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






21. Who is referred to as the father of probation?






22. What hearing determines in an individual receives the death penalty?






23. What are the three Terms of Imprisonment?






24. What is the Latin term that means evil or bad in itself?






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






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






27. What level of law enforcement generally provides services to the local court system?






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






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






30. What important corrections position was mandated in Massachusetts in 1878?






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






32. What crimes is the death penalty used for?






33. What current California legal code did the Law of Hammurabi and the Law of Moses contribute to?






34. Where does a misdemeanors case begin?






35. In what year did California pass its juvenile justice system act known as Juvenile Court Act?






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






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






38. What is the most important thing that a probation officer does in the presentence court report?






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






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






41. Stare Decisis has evolved into what concept?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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

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