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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
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1. What is the main criteria which determines whether a mater goes to a federal or state court?






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






3. Stare Decisis has evolved into what concept?






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






5. Where are the vast majority of cases heard?






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






7. How many states have State Courts of Appeals?






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






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






10. The term original jurisdiction alludes to what?






11. What is the Latin term that describes a federal peace officer's ability to deputize citizens and give them temporary power?






12. Does a county law enforcement agency head administrator generally require law enforcement experience?






13. What was created in order to convince several of the new states to agree to the Constitution?






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






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






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






17. After the U.S. Constitution was ratified - what type of court system did the U.S. realize it needed to have?






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






19. What amendment discusses protection from unreasonable searches?






20. What federal law enforcement agency delegated peace officer powers to citizens during the era of the wild west?


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






22. State Troopers are what level of law enforcement?






23. What two things do military police entities possess?






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






25. The Federal Court system was authorized through what?






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






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






28. What are the three Terms of Imprisonment?






29. Why does someone plea nolo contendre?






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. What is the Latin term that literally means - 'to adhere to what has come before'?






37. What level of law enforcement generally runs local detention facilities for adults?






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






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






40. According to Hammurabi - what age was considered as the cut off between juveniles and adults?






41. What is the name for a felony complaint?






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






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






44. What is the legal term for fundamental fairness?






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






46. What does an aggravating factor make the report?






47. The three federal courts are known as what?






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






49. What is the name for a juvenile complaint?






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