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Criminal Justice 101

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1. What does the U.S. Court of Appeals not have regarding what cases to hear?






2. How many states have State Courts of Appeals?






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






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






5. In the wild west what were the people called who banded together to protect each other?






6. What is another term for informal probation?






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






8. The three federal courts are known as what?






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






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






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






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






13. What is the name for a felony complaint?






14. What does the Court of Appeals not possess?






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






16. What is a local law enforcement agency's head administrator?






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






18. Local law enforcement generally display shields on their badges. What do county law enforcement badges appear as?






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






20. What is meant by inferior courts?






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






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






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






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






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






26. UCRS and NIBRS recieve information from how many agencies?






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






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






29. The term original jurisdiction alludes to what?






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






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






32. What Latin term means great paper?






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






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






35. What English king was responsible for generating the concept of the Magna Carta?






36. What is a county law enforcement agency's head administrator?






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






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






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






40. What current California legal code did the Law of Hammurabi and the Law of Moses contribute to?






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






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






43. What is ultimate goal at all early hearings?






44. What amendment discusses cruel and unusual punishment?






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






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






47. What does a preliminary hearing determine?






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






49. What is the legal term for fundamental fairness?






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







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