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Criminal Justice 101

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. What crimes is the death penalty used for?






9. What is a local law enforcement agency's head administrator?






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






11. What 1838 Ohio State Supreme Court Case established the concept of Parens Patriae and no need for due process in juvenile matters?






12. In the wild west what were the people called who banded together to protect each other?






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. What amendment discusses protection from unreasonable searches?






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






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






22. What is the Latin term that means evil or bad in itself?






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






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






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






26. What is the point of a second preliminary hearing?






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






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






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






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






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






32. What are the five levels of force among agencies?






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






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






35. What are the two types of defense attorneys?






36. What are state Courts of Appeals also called?






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






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






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






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






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






42. How many states use the death penalty?






43. What is the State Court System's court of last resort?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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







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