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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
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1. What are the two ancient codes that contributed to our current legal system?






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






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






4. Who are the three main players in the Criminal Justice system?






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






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






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






8. How many states use the death penalty?






9. What percent of the time will a judge go with what a presentence court report says?






10. What crimes is the death penalty used for?






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






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






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






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






15. Where does a felony case begin?






16. What was name of the era which was distinguished by the Kansas City Patrol Experiment and Flint - Michigan Patrol Program?






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






18. What amendment discusses protection from self incrimination?






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






20. The three federal courts are known as what?






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. What hearing has evidence presented and witnesses testify?






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






29. In what year and state was the country's first dedicated juvenile justice system and court legally established?






30. The Federal Court system was created through what?






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






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






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






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






35. Is the Federal or State court system older?






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






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






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






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

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40. What two additional branches of government did the Constitution add to government?






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






42. Stare Decisis has evolved into what concept?






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






44. Where are the vast majority of cases heard?






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






46. What is another term for informal probation?






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






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






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






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