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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is the name for a juvenile complaint?






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






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






4. What is meant by inferior courts?






5. What was the original staffing of the U.S. Supreme Court?






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






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






8. What amendment discusses cruel and unusual punishment?






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






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






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






12. Other then UCRS and NIBRS - what entities compile information about crime in the country?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. Where does a misdemeanors case begin?






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






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






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






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






25. 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?






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






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






28. What are the four Cs of the criminal justice system?






29. For a felony matter to leave a Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction - what special hearing must it go to?






30. What is the Latin term that means an act being wrong because of customs - morals - practices - regulation - or law?






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






32. What has disappeared among law enforcement agencies is this country?






33. What two factors does a probation officer consider when writing the presentence report?






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






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






36. The Federal Court system was created through what?






37. What Latin term means great paper?






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






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






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






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






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






43. Where does a felony case begin?






44. Who was the Supreme Court's third chief justice - credited with making the court more proactive - effective - and powerful?






45. What is ultimate goal at all early hearings?






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






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






48. After the U.S. Constitution was ratified - what type of court system did the U.S. realize it needed to have?






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






50. Where does the U.S. Supreme Court hear cases from?