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Criminal Justice 101

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






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 name for a felony complaint?






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






5. What amendment discusses cruel and unusual punishment?






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






7. What are the three branches of government enchanced or created by the U.S. Constitution?






8. What are the two main functions of criminal courts?

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






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






11. The Kansas City Patrol Experiment and Flint - Michigan Patrol Program motivated police to try what new procedures?






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






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






14. What kind of powers do corrections and probation officers have?






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






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






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






18. What are the branches of federal law enforcement?






19. The Reintegration Model - circa 1960s - failed due to community concern over leniency toward criminals and what two major social events?






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






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






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






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






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






25. What level of law enforcement generally provides services to the local court system?






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






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






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






29. Our criminal justice system tries to maintain a balance between which two conflicting models/ideologies?






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






31. What is the first hearing or court appearance for all cases?






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






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






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






35. What are state Courts of Appeals also called?






36. What are the oldest law enforcement agencies in the country?

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






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






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






40. The Federal Court system was created through what?






41. The second federal inferior court of authority is known as what?






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






43. What does a judge order the probation department to write in order to find more about an individual before sentencing?






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






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






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






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






48. Which 1760s British tax law placed tax quotes on all paper based products imported into the colonies?






49. What crimes is the death penalty used for?






50. The Federal Court system was authorized through what?