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Criminal Justice 101

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






2. What is meant by inferior courts?






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






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






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






6. Who gave the Bureau of Investigation validity during the late 1920s?






7. Where does a felony case begin?






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






9. What are the four main players in the criminal justice system?






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






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

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






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






14. What is another term for informal probation?






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






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






17. In 1789 which London magistrate stressed the need for a 'centralized' law enforcement agency?






18. When there is a supposed legal error or discrepancy with a case - what type of hearing does it go to?






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






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






21. What is the system that puts two conflicting parties against each other with a third neutral part overseeing the process?






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






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






24. How is a jury panel selected?






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






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






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






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






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






30. What is the Latin term for the plea of the no contest?






31. What was the missing component of those persons working with in the Birth of Probation Model circa 1841?






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






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






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






35. What are the three Terms of Imprisonment?






36. What Latin term means great paper?






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






38. What does an aggravating factor make the report?






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






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






41. What do bills of attainer relate to?






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






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






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






45. Stare Decisis has evolved into what concept?






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






47. When a court has control or authority over certain matters/issues - what is it called?






48. Besides the U.S. Marshall Service - what is the other oldest federal law enforcement agency?






49. What does a mitigating factor make the report?






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