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Criminal Justice 101

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






2. What are the four main players in the criminal justice system?






3. What is meant by inferior courts?






4. What criminal statistical agency or method was created in 1987 as a supplement to UCRS?






5. How many states have State Courts of Appeals?






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






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






8. What two things do military police entities possess?






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






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






11. What hearing comes after a misdemeanor arraignment?






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






13. In 1829 which English government employee pushed a new law which followed the ideas of Patrick Colquhoun?






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






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






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






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






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






19. What does O.R. mean?






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






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






22. What concept attempts to alter future behaviors through threats of punishment and consequences?






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






24. What is discovery?






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






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






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






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






29. What crimes is the death penalty used for?






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






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






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






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






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






35. Who said - 'The police are the public and the public are the police'?






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






37. What are the two general characteristics evident among most law enforcement agencies?






38. Is the Federal or State court system older?






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






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






41. Where does a misdemeanors case begin?






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






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






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






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






46. What is the Latin term that literally means - 'to adhere to what has come before'?






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






48. Local law enforcement generally display shields on their badges. What do county law enforcement badges appear as?






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






50. Where are the vast majority of cases heard?






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