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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
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1. What is discovery?






2. What are the branches of federal law enforcement?






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






4. What is ultimate goal at all early hearings?






5. What does a judge order the probation department to write in order to find more about an individual before sentencing?






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






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






8. Is the Federal or State court system older?






9. What does the Court of Appeals not possess?






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






11. What are state Courts of Appeals also called?






12. What are the five levels of law enforcement in this country?






13. What federal law enforcement agency had its origins in 1908?






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






15. The power of the U.S. Supreme Court to interpret what the constitution says and means - via case law - is known as what?






16. If you plea guilty at a misdemeanor arraignment - when can a judge sentence you?






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






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






19. What legal model first attempted the concept of rehabilitation and resocialization?






20. Where does the U.S. Supreme Court hear cases from?






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






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






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






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






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






26. What current California legal code did the Law of Hammurabi and the Law of Moses contribute to?






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






28. What does an aggravating factor make the report?






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. What 1838 Ohio State Supreme Court Case established the concept of Parens Patriae and no need for due process in juvenile matters?






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






37. What hearing comes after a misdemeanor arraignment?






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






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






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






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






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






43. What is a legal system that pits two opposing parties against one another with a third neutral party applying the rules?






44. How many states have State Courts of Appeals?






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






46. What does O.R. mean?






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






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






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






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