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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
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1. What does the U.S. Court of Appeals not have regarding what cases to hear?






2. What types of law enforcement agency is influenced by federal and territorial sovereignty?






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






4. What are the five levels of law enforcement in this country?






5. Local California courts which handle misdemeanors - minor civil matters - and traffic violations are called what?






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






7. What is ultimate goal at all early hearings?






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






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






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






11. Where are the vast majority of cases heard?






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






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






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






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






16. What Latin term allowed the Magna Carta to be enhanced and reinforced and means to adhere to what has come before?






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






18. What current U.S. law enforcement position/title had its origins with the English legal system circa 1000 A.D.?






19. What hearing has evidence presented and witnesses testify?






20. What is a legal system that pits two opposing parties against one another with a third neutral party applying the rules?






21. The Reintegration Model - circa 1960s - failed due to community concern over leniency toward criminals and what two major social events?






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

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






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






25. What amendment discusses protection from unreasonable searches?






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






27. What is the legal term for fundamental fairness?






28. Who runs the N.C.I.C.?






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






30. What amendment discusses the right to a speedy trial?






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






32. The second federal inferior court of authority is known as what?






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






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






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






36. What crimes is the death penalty used for?






37. What is the name for a felony complaint?






38. What do bills of attainer relate to?






39. What does the Court of Appeals not possess?






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






41. What concept did the 1800 Babylonian King Hammurabi create that said juveniles could be considered for lessor penalties?






42. What law further defined the role and make up of the U.S. Supreme court?






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






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






45. What is a crime publishable by six months to one yer in jail - fines - or probation?






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






47. What 1770 shooting incident heightened tensions between Boston colonists and newly arrived British soldiers?






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






49. What 1883 federal law stressed the need for a civil service system based upon merit?






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