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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
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1. How is a jury panel selected?






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






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






4. What west coast supreme court case in 1876 further established the philosophy of Parens Patriae and no due process for juveniles?






5. Where are the vast majority of cases heard?






6. What law further defined the role and make up of the U.S. Supreme court?






7. What was the original staffing of the U.S. Supreme Court?






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






9. What are the two types of defense attorneys?






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






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






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






13. What Latin term means - 'father or parent of the country?'






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






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






16. What is meant by inferior courts?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. What are state Courts of Appeals also called?






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






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






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






28. What is the highest attorney at the federal level?






29. What is the name for a juvenile complaint?






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






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






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






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






34. What does a mitigating factor make the report?






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






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






37. What is the average budget of a local law enforcement agency?






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

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39. What do bills of attainer relate to?






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






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






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






43. What Latin term means great paper?






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






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






46. In Orange County - what type of prosecuting attorneys handle the day to day issues in the court room?






47. The three federal courts are known as what?






48. How many states have State Courts of Appeals?






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






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