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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
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1. What was the name of the group of people who went to Philadelphia in 1774 in order to discuss their unhappiness with Britain and its taxes?






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






3. Who is in charge of staffing - calender - budget - and other material needs of the court room?






4. What major 1803 U.S. Supreme Court case established that the court would begin to interpret what the constitution was all about?






5. Which California code section gives police and corrections their 'peace officer powers'?






6. Jail time - restitution - contact restrictions - drug testing - searches and seizures - employment verification - and counseling can be terms of what?






7. When there is a supposed legal error or discrepancy with a case - what type of hearing does it go to?






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






9. According to Hammurabi - what age was considered as the cut off between juveniles and adults?






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






11. What amendment discusses cruel and unusual punishment?






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






13. If you plea guilty at a misdemeanor arraignment - when can a judge sentence you?






14. Indeterminate sentencing was a mainstay within the California juvenile justice system until what year?






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






16. What is the main criteria which determines whether a mater goes to a federal or state court?






17. Other then UCRS and NIBRS - what entities compile information about crime in the country?






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






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






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






21. What amendment discusses protection from unreasonable searches?






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






23. Where does a misdemeanors case begin?






24. What are small law enforcement agencies often made up of?






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. What does the Court of Appeals not possess?






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






33. Besides the U.S. Marshall Service - what is the other oldest federal law enforcement agency?






34. What does O.R. mean?






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






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






37. What was the missing component of those persons working with in the Birth of Probation Model circa 1841?






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






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






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






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






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






43. What is the system that puts two conflicting parties against each other with a third neutral part overseeing the process?






44. What are the two types of defense attorneys?






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






46. What is another term for informal probation?






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






48. What concept attempts to alter future behaviors through threats of punishment and consequences?






49. What are the branches of federal law enforcement?






50. What law enforcement agency maintains the largest training academy in the U.S.?