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Criminal Justice 101

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






2. What two things do military police entities possess?






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






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






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






6. Our criminal justice system tries to maintain a balance between which two conflicting models/ideologies?






7. What are the two types of defense attorneys?






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






9. The three federal courts are known as what?






10. Is the Federal or State court system older?






11. What is the name for a juvenile complaint?






12. Which of the five major phases in the criminal justice system since 1965 produced major case law?






13. State Troopers are what level of law enforcement?






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






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






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






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






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






19. Where does a felony case begin?






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






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






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






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






24. The power of the U.S. Supreme Court to interpret what the constitution says and means - via case law - is known as what?






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






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






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






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






29. What does a preliminary hearing determine?






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






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






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






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






34. What is a crime punishable by jail - fines or prison?






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






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

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






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






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






40. UCRS and NIBRS recieve information from how many agencies?






41. What criminal statistical agency or method was created in 1987 as a supplement to UCRS?






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






43. What 1865 federal law enforcement agency was initially responsible for excessive counterfeiting following the civil war?






44. The average local law enforcement agency will often employ how many officers and serve what size population?






45. What was the name of the article which encouraged law enforcement not just to focus on crime - but the social factors of crime?






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






47. What were minors who disobeyed orders of the Kings Chancery Court system called?






48. 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?






49. What does the U.S. Federal District Court possess regarding cases heard?






50. What is discovery?







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