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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
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1. What are the branches of federal law enforcement?






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






3. What is the name for a felony complaint?






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






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






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






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






8. What does an aggravating factor make the report?






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






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






11. What major 1966 U.S. Supreme Court case provided new guidelines in how police arrested and interrogated adult defendants?






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






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






14. The Federal Court system was created through what?






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






16. What is a local law enforcement agency's head administrator?






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

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






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






20. 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?






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






22. What does a preliminary hearing determine?






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






24. State Troopers are what level of law enforcement?






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






26. Who was the Supreme Court's third chief justice - credited with making the court more proactive - effective - and powerful?






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






28. Railroad Police - Port/Harbor Police - Campus Police - and Mass Transit Police are examples of what?






29. Generally speaking - what type of attorney is a prosecuting attorney?






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






31. What do bills of attainer relate to?






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






33. This country's criminal justice system is based on the desire for what kind of system?






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






35. The second federal inferior court of authority is known as what?






36. What major 1829 English law created a centralized urban police force in London?






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






38. What is ultimate goal at all early hearings?






39. What Penal Code section states that the court shall refer to probation for a report?






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






41. What is the average budget of a local law enforcement agency?






42. What does the Court of Appeals not possess?






43. What is the State Court System's court of last resort?






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






45. What hearing comes after a misdemeanor arraignment?






46. What is a crime publishable by six months to one yer in jail - fines - or probation?






47. What does the U.S. Federal District Court possess regarding cases heard?






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






49. How many states use the death penalty?






50. What is the Latin term that means evil or bad in itself?