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Criminal Justice 101

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






2. The term original jurisdiction alludes to what?






3. The three federal courts are known as what?






4. What are state Courts of Appeals also called?






5. What does the Court of Appeals not possess?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. What are the two types of defense attorneys?






14. How many chief justice and associate justices currently make up the U.S. Supreme Court?






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






16. What does O.R. mean?






17. What major 1803 U.S. Supreme Court case established that the court would begin to interpret what the constitution was all about?






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






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






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






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






22. What amendment discusses the right to a speedy trial?






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






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






25. Under English Common Law what was the general cut off age in distinguishing between those who could charged with felonies?






26. What court system was the same up until the period of the Civil War?






27. What amendment discusses cruel and unusual punishment?






28. Law enforcement has been traditionally very resistant to what?






29. What English Common Law court system could arguably be seen as the world's first dedicated juvenile court?

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






31. How many states have State Courts of Appeals?






32. What crimes is the death penalty used for?






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






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






35. The Kansas City Patrol Experiment and Flint - Michigan Patrol Program motivated police to try what new procedures?






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






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






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






39. What is the legal term for fundamental fairness?






40. What English king circa 1154 A.D. sent representatives out to the eight English 'regions' in order to organize some type of common law?






41. What are the branches of federal law enforcement?






42. Where does a felony case begin?






43. What amendment discusses protection from self incrimination?






44. Railroad Police - Port/Harbor Police - Campus Police - and Mass Transit Police are examples of what?






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






46. Besides the U.S. Marshall Service - what is the other oldest federal law enforcement agency?






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






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






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






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