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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
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1. What current California legal code did the Law of Hammurabi and the Law of Moses contribute to?






2. Which of the five major phases in the criminal justice system since 1965 produced major case law?






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






4. In what year did California pass its juvenile justice system act known as Juvenile Court Act?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. What are state Courts of Appeals also called?






17. How is a jury panel selected?






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






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






20. What Latin term means - 'father or parent of the country?'






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






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






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






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






25. How many states have State Courts of Appeals?






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






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






28. What hearing has evidence presented and witnesses testify?






29. What word represents the ability of criminal justice players to make independent decisions?






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






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






32. When there is a supposed legal error or discrepancy with a case - what type of hearing does it go to?






33. Who is in charge of staffing - calender - budget - and other material needs of the court room?






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






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






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






37. What is ultimate goal at all early hearings?






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






39. What amendment discusses protection from unreasonable searches?






40. Where are the vast majority of cases heard?






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






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






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






44. The Federal Court system was authorized through what?






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






46. What is discovery?






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






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






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






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