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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
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1. What do bills of attainer relate to?






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






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






4. What are state Courts of Appeals also called?






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






6. What level of law enforcement generally runs local detention facilities for adults?






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






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






9. What is another term for informal probation?






10. What does the U.S. Supreme Court have regarding what cases to hear?






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






12. According to Hammurabi - what age was considered as the cut off between juveniles and adults?






13. What are the three duties of Deputy Probation officers in the court room?






14. In which two locations did the actual shooting war begin between British soldiers and Colonial militia men?






15. What legal model first attempted the concept of rehabilitation and resocialization?






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






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






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






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






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

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






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






23. Where does a misdemeanors case begin?






24. If you plea guilty at a misdemeanor arraignment - when can a judge sentence you?






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






26. After the Bill of Rights was ratified - how many more times was the U.S. Constitution amended?






27. The power of the U.S. Supreme Court to interpret what the constitution says and means - via case law - is known as what?






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






29. What are the two general characteristics evident among most law enforcement agencies?






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






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

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32. What are the two types of defense attorneys?






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






34. The Federal Court system was created through what?






35. Under English Common Law what was the general cut off age in distinguishing between those who could charged with felonies?






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






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






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






39. What is the main criteria which determines whether a mater goes to a federal or state court?






40. Who runs the N.C.I.C.?






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






42. What federal law enforcement agency had its origins in 1908?






43. The California state highway patrol is an example of what type of law enforcement agency?






44. How many states use the death penalty?






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






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






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






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






49. Which California code section gives police and corrections their 'peace officer powers'?






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