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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
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1. What two types of employees do law enforcement agencies employ?






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






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






4. Who were the country's first president and vice president?






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






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






7. What hearing has evidence presented and witnesses testify?






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






9. What are the three Terms of Imprisonment?






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






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






12. What is an offense that consists of illegal conduct but no jail time?






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






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






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






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






17. What is another term for informal probation?






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






19. When a court has control or authority over certain matters/issues - what is it called?






20. What Latin term means 'you have the body'?






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

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






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






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






25. What concept did the 1800 Babylonian King Hammurabi create that said juveniles could be considered for lessor penalties?






26. What is the Latin term that describes a federal peace officer's ability to deputize citizens and give them temporary power?






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






28. 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?






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






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






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






32. What is a legal system that pits two opposing parties against one another with a third neutral party applying the rules?






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






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






35. What does O.R. mean?






36. Who are the three main players in the Criminal Justice system?






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






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






39. Stare Decisis has evolved into what concept?






40. What English Common Law court system could arguably be seen as the world's first dedicated juvenile court?

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41. What does a mitigating factor make the report?






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






43. What is the highest attorney at the federal level?






44. What is the most important C or level of the criminal justice system?






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






46. The term original jurisdiction alludes to what?






47. Generally speaking - what type of attorney is a prosecuting attorney?






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






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






50. What is the best system to compile crime statistics and can stand completely on its own?