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Criminal Justice 101

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






2. What is the first hearing or court appearance for all cases?






3. What is discovery?






4. Where are the vast majority of cases heard?






5. What 1285 A.D. English law removed the emphasis on law enforcement away from the military and back onto the citizens?






6. What does an aggravating factor make the report?






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






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






9. What do bills of attainer relate to?






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






11. What is the legal term for fundamental fairness?






12. What two things do military police entities possess?






13. What types of law enforcement agency is influenced by federal and territorial sovereignty?






14. The Reintegration Model - circa 1960s - failed due to community concern over leniency toward criminals and what two major social events?






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

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






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






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






19. What is the name for a felony complaint?






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






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






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






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

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24. What is a crime punishable by jail - fines or prison?






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. Stare Decisis has evolved into what concept?






32. In Orange County - what is the misdemeanor Pretrial Hearing called?






33. The average local law enforcement agency will often employ how many officers and serve what size population?






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






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






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






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






38. What penal code states that a felony must go to trial within 60 days of the second arrangement unless time lines are waived?






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






40. What concept attempts to alter future behaviors through threats of punishment and consequences?






41. Who is in charge of staffing - calender - budget - and other material needs of the court room?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. What 1865 federal law enforcement agency was initially responsible for excessive counterfeiting following the civil war?






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







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