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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
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1. What is another term for informal probation?






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. UCRS and NIBRS recieve information from how many agencies?






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






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






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






12. What amendment discusses protection from unreasonable searches?






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






14. What federal law enforcement agency had its origins in 1908?






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






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






17. What does O.R. mean?






18. The three federal courts are known as what?






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






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






21. When pleading guilty at a felony arrangement - what does the judge generally do for sentencing?






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






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






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






25. Local California courts which handle felonies and major civil matters are called what?






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






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






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






29. What was the name of the article which encouraged law enforcement not just to focus on crime - but the social factors of crime?






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






31. What Latin term means great paper?






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






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






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






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






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






37. What Latin term means 'you have the body'?






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






39. What is meant by inferior courts?






40. What is a trial where there is no jury and the verdict is given by the judge?






41. What does the U.S. Supreme Court have regarding what cases to hear?






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






43. Stare Decisis has evolved into what concept?






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

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






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






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






48. What does a preliminary hearing determine?






49. How long is a federal judge's term of office for?






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