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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
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1. What are the three branches of government enchanced or created by the U.S. Constitution?






2. Both felonies are misdemeanors are first filed as what?






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






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






5. Does a county law enforcement agency head administrator generally require law enforcement experience?






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






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






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






9. The Texas Rangers are the oldest law enforcement agency in this country at what level?






10. State Troopers are what level of law enforcement?






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






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






13. What is the most important C or level of the criminal justice system?






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






15. What is meant by inferior courts?






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






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






18. What is the legal term for fundamental fairness?






19. Is the Federal or State court system older?






20. What does an aggravating factor make the report?






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






22. What is the name for a juvenile complaint?






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






24. What has disappeared among law enforcement agencies is this country?






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






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






27. What are the branches of federal law enforcement?






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






29. What does ex-post facto law relate to?






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






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






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






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






34. What kind of powers do corrections and probation officers have?






35. What amendment discusses protection from unreasonable searches?






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






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






38. What are the two main functions of criminal courts?


39. 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?






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






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






42. Local law enforcement generally display shields on their badges. What do county law enforcement badges appear as?






43. How long is a federal judge's term of office for?






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






45. What law further defined the role and make up of the U.S. Supreme court?






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






47. What is ultimate goal at all early hearings?






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






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






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