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Criminal Justice 101

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






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






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






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






5. What is discovery?






6. The average local law enforcement agency will often employ how many officers and serve what size population?






7. What is a crime publishable by six months to one yer in jail - fines - or probation?






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






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






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






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






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






13. What Penal Code section states that the court shall refer to probation for a report?






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






15. The Federal Court system was authorized through what?






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






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






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






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






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






21. Where does a misdemeanors case begin?






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






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






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






25. What amendment discusses protection from self incrimination?






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






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






28. What is the name for a felony complaint?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. 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?






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






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






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






44. What is the most important thing that a probation officer does in the presentence court report?






45. When pleading guilty at a felony arrangement - what does the judge generally do for sentencing?






46. How many states have State Courts of Appeals?






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






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






49. Where does a felony case begin?






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







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