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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
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1. The three federal courts are known as what?






2. The third federal inferior court of authority is known as what?






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. What type of 'law' evolved and became a predictable and anticipated set of laws to the English people circa 1000 A.D.?






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






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






12. What does O.R. mean?






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






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






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






16. What does the Court of Appeals not possess?






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






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






19. How many states use the death penalty?






20. How is a jury panel selected?






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






22. What concepts attempts to protect society by isolating others?






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






24. State Troopers are what level of law enforcement?






25. What amendment discuses issues if incorporation - citizenship - and due process?






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






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






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






29. What concept discusses 'an eye for an eye'?






30. What crimes is the death penalty used for?






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






32. The Federal Court system was created through what?






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






34. What federal law enforcement agency was created in 1973 and currently has over 5 -000 agents spread around the world?






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






36. What are the oldest law enforcement agencies in the country?

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






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






39. What does an aggravating factor make the report?






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






41. 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?






42. Why does someone plea nolo contendre?






43. What is the point of a second preliminary hearing?






44. What document was eventually created in order to replace the Articles of Confederation?






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






46. What hearing comes after a misdemeanor arraignment?






47. What amendment discusses protection from unreasonable searches?






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






49. In 1789 which London magistrate stressed the need for a 'centralized' law enforcement agency?






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