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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
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1. What crimes is the death penalty used for?






2. What level of law enforcement generally runs local detention facilities for adults?






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






4. What is meant by inferior courts?






5. What was created in order to convince several of the new states to agree to the Constitution?






6. Which California code section gives police and corrections their 'peace officer powers'?






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






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






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






10. What does O.R. mean?






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






12. What two types of employees do law enforcement agencies employ?






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. What was the missing component of those persons working with in the Birth of Probation Model circa 1841?






20. How many cases go to the local court level each year?






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






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






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






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






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






26. Both felonies are misdemeanors are first filed as what?






27. The Federal Court system was authorized through what?






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






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






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






31. What law enforcement agency maintains the largest training academy in the U.S.?






32. Negative political influence and corruption impacting 19th century U.S. police agencies was called what?






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






34. 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?






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






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






37. What are the two conflicting philosophies which talk of a desire for individual freedom and a crime free society?






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






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






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

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






42. What west coast supreme court case in 1876 further established the philosophy of Parens Patriae and no due process for juveniles?






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






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






45. What 1285 A.D. English law removed the emphasis on law enforcement away from the military and back onto the citizens?






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






47. What English king circa 1154 A.D. sent representatives out to the eight English 'regions' in order to organize some type of common law?






48. State Troopers are what level of law enforcement?






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






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