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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
Instructions:
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1. What law further defined the role and make up of the U.S. Supreme court?






2. The Federal Court system was created through what?






3. The Federal Court system was authorized through what?






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






5. What hearing has evidence presented and witnesses testify?






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






7. What is the name for a felony complaint?






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






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






10. What are the three Terms of Imprisonment?






11. What is the Latin term that means evil or bad in itself?






12. What do the majority of cases going into the U.S. District Court involve?






13. Where does a misdemeanors case begin?






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






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






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






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






18. What concept deals with corrections or judicial personal determining how much incarceration a person will serve?






19. What current U.S. law enforcement position/title had its origins with the English legal system circa 1000 A.D.?






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






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






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






23. What are the two parts of the Constitution called?






24. What criteria does the judge use when setting bail?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. What penal code section is used to waive time lines during a trial?






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






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






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






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






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






38. What Latin term means great paper?






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






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






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






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






43. What amendment discusses protection from self incrimination?






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






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






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






47. What do bills of attainer relate to?






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






49. Local California courts which handle misdemeanors - minor civil matters - and traffic violations are called what?






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