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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
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1. Is the Federal or State court system older?






2. Who were the country's first president and vice president?






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






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






5. What is the most important thing that a probation officer does in the presentence court report?






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






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

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






9. What is ultimate goal at all early hearings?






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






11. What are state Courts of Appeals also called?






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






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






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






15. What does O.R. mean?






16. Who is referred to as the father of probation?






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






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






19. What do the majority of cases going into the U.S. District Court involve?






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






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






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






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






24. What constitutes the major difference between a crime and illegal behavior?






25. Railroad Police - Port/Harbor Police - Campus Police - and Mass Transit Police are examples of what?






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






27. What Latin term means great paper?






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






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






30. What are the two conflicting philosophies which talk of a desire for individual freedom and a crime free society?






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






32. Generally speaking - what type of attorney is a prosecuting attorney?






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






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






35. What does a preliminary hearing determine?






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






37. How is a jury panel selected?






38. Where does a felony case begin?






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






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






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






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






43. What hearing has evidence presented and witnesses testify?






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

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45. What are the three Terms of Imprisonment?






46. The three federal courts are known as what?






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






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






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






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







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