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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What crimes is the death penalty used for?






2. What major 1829 English law created a centralized urban police force in London?






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






4. What 1838 Ohio State Supreme Court Case established the concept of Parens Patriae and no need for due process in juvenile matters?






5. The B.I.A. and the F.B.I. often provide support and assistance to what level of law enforcement agencies?






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






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






8. Where does the U.S. Supreme Court hear cases from?






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






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






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






12. What is the name for a felony complaint?






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






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






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






16. During the Revolutionary War what major document helped to guide the colonies in fighting their war against Britain?






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






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






19. What two types of employees do law enforcement agencies employ?






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






21. The three federal courts are known as what?






22. Both Trial Courts fall under what 'umbrella' Court System?






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






24. What does a preliminary hearing determine?






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. What does N.C.I.C. stand for?






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






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






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






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






36. What kind of system is our criminal justice system based upon?






37. What constitutional amendments were alluded to in Miranda versus Arizona?






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






39. What does a mitigating factor make the report?






40. When court systems or levels disagree or question if rules are properly applied - what type of court is used?






41. What amendment discusses protection from unreasonable searches?






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






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






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






45. What concept deals with corrections or judicial personal determining how much incarceration a person will serve?






46. What do bills of attainer relate to?






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






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






49. How is a jury panel selected?






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