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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
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1. What is the name of our criminal justice system that is made up of both federal and state levels?






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






3. How is a jury panel selected?






4. What are the branches of federal law enforcement?






5. In Orange County - what type of prosecuting attorneys handle the day to day issues in the court room?






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






7. What are the two types of defense attorneys?






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






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






10. According to Hammurabi - what age was considered as the cut off between juveniles and adults?






11. What Latin term allowed the Magna Carta to be enhanced and reinforced and means to adhere to what has come before?






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






13. What are the two parts of the Constitution called?






14. 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?






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






16. What two factors does a probation officer consider when writing the presentence report?






17. What are the two ancient codes that contributed to our current legal system?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. Where does a felony case begin?






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






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






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






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






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






31. In which two locations did the actual shooting war begin between British soldiers and Colonial militia men?






32. Which of the five major phases in the criminal justice system since 1965 produced major case law?






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






34. What are the three Terms of Imprisonment?






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. When there is a supposed legal error or discrepancy with a case - what type of hearing does it go to?






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. The three federal courts are known as what?






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






50. What does the Court of Appeals not possess?