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Criminal Justice 101

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1. What is the name of the New York police officer - circa 1970s - who had to deal with corruption and patronage in the NYPD?






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






3. Besides the U.S. Marshall Service - what is the other oldest federal law enforcement agency?






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






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






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






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






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






9. Both Trial Courts fall under what 'umbrella' Court System?






10. What criminal statistical agency or method was created in 1930?






11. How many states have State Courts of Appeals?






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






13. What federal law enforcement agency delegated peace officer powers to citizens during the era of the wild west?

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14. What are the three main players in the Criminal Justice system known as?






15. The term original jurisdiction alludes to what?






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






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






18. What is meant by inferior courts?






19. What are the five levels of force among agencies?






20. What English king was responsible for generating the concept of the Magna Carta?






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






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






23. Who gave the Bureau of Investigation validity during the late 1920s?






24. What Latin term means 'you have the body'?






25. What is known as the highest source of law found within either a country or state?






26. What does an aggravating factor make the report?






27. The B.I.A. and the F.B.I. often provide support and assistance to what level of law enforcement agencies?






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






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






30. What are the three branches of government enchanced or created by the U.S. Constitution?






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






32. Where does a misdemeanors case begin?






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






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






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






36. What amendment discusses protection from self incrimination?






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






38. What constitutes the major difference between a crime and illegal behavior?






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






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






41. During the Revolutionary War what major document helped to guide the colonies in fighting their war against Britain?






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






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






44. What types of law enforcement agency is influenced by federal and territorial sovereignty?






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






46. What is another term for informal probation?






47. Our criminal justice system tries to maintain a balance between which two conflicting models/ideologies?






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






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






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







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