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Criminal Justice 101

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1. What two things do military police entities possess?






2. What is the legal term for fundamental fairness?






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






4. What are the three Terms of Imprisonment?






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






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






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






8. Law enforcement has been traditionally very resistant to what?






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






10. What is the name for a felony complaint?






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






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






13. How long is a federal judge's term of office for?






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






15. State Troopers are what level of law enforcement?






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






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






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






19. What does O.R. mean?






20. What amendment discusses protection from self incrimination?






21. What amendment discusses protection from unreasonable searches?






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






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






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






25. Why does someone plea nolo contendre?






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






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






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






29. What is the first hearing or court appearance for all cases?






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






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






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






33. In 1789 which London magistrate stressed the need for a 'centralized' law enforcement agency?






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






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






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






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






38. In what year and state was the country's first dedicated juvenile justice system and court legally established?






39. How many law enforcement agencies exist in this country?






40. What percent of the time will a judge go with what a presentence court report says?






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. What 1838 Ohio State Supreme Court Case established the concept of Parens Patriae and no need for due process in juvenile matters?






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






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






50. What type of bodies do our current laws come from?







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