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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
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1. How many cases go to the local court level each year?






2. What are the branches of federal law enforcement?






3. What two factors does a probation officer consider when writing the presentence report?






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






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






6. What English king circa 1154 A.D. sent representatives out to the eight English 'regions' in order to organize some type of common law?






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






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

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






10. Where does a misdemeanors case begin?






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






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






13. What two additional branches of government did the Constitution add to government?






14. What federal law enforcement agency was created in 1973 and currently has over 5 -000 agents spread around the world?






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






16. This country's criminal justice system is based on the desire for what kind of system?






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






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






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






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






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






22. What are the two types of defense attorneys?






23. What is the name of the New York police officer - circa 1970s - who had to deal with corruption and patronage in the NYPD?






24. What Latin term means great paper?






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






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






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






28. What does a preliminary hearing determine?






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






30. Why does someone plea nolo contendre?






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






32. What amendment discusses protection from unreasonable searches?






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






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






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






36. What are the four main players in the criminal justice system?






37. What is ultimate goal at all early hearings?






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






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






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






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






42. What penal code section is used to waive time lines during a trial?






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






44. What are the two parts of the Constitution called?






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






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






47. The Kansas City Patrol Experiment and Flint - Michigan Patrol Program motivated police to try what new procedures?






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






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






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