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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
Instructions:
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1. In 1829 which English government employee pushed a new law which followed the ideas of Patrick Colquhoun?






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






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






4. What concept discusses 'an eye for an eye'?






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






6. What does the U.S. Court of Appeals not have regarding what cases to hear?






7. What crimes is the death penalty used for?






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






9. What is another term for informal probation?






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






11. What hearing has evidence presented and witnesses testify?






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






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






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






15. What legal model first attempted the concept of rehabilitation and resocialization?






16. Where are the vast majority of cases heard?






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






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






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






20. What is the Latin term that means an act being wrong because of customs - morals - practices - regulation - or law?






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






22. What two things do military police entities possess?






23. What is meant by inferior courts?






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






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






26. Who gave the Bureau of Investigation validity during the late 1920s?






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






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






29. Who were the country's first president and vice president?






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






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






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






33. What percent of the time are deals makes and cases do not go to trial?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. The term original jurisdiction alludes to what?






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