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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
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1. What is a trial where there is no jury and the verdict is given by the judge?






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






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






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






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






6. What criminal statistical agency or method was created in 1987 as a supplement to UCRS?






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






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






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


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






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






12. What 1883 federal law stressed the need for a civil service system based upon merit?






13. Does a county law enforcement agency head administrator generally require law enforcement experience?






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






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






16. What was created in order to convince several of the new states to agree to the Constitution?






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






18. What does ex-post facto law relate to?






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






20. The Texas Rangers are the oldest law enforcement agency in this country at what level?






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






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






23. What is the Latin term that means evil or bad in itself?






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






25. From 1789 to 1799 how was the U.S. Supreme Court?






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. What 1865 federal law enforcement agency was initially responsible for excessive counterfeiting following the civil war?






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






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






35. How many law enforcement agencies exist in this country?






36. How many cases go to the local court level each year?






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






38. The three federal courts are known as what?






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






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






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






42. What does O.R. mean?






43. What do bills of attainer relate to?






44. What are the two ancient codes that contributed to our current legal system?






45. In what year and state was the country's first dedicated juvenile justice system and court legally established?






46. What Latin term means great paper?






47. What 1770 shooting incident heightened tensions between Boston colonists and newly arrived British soldiers?






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






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






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