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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
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1. What does a mitigating factor make the report?






2. What amendment discusses cruel and unusual punishment?






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






4. What is the highest attorney at the federal level?






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






6. What hearing comes after a misdemeanor arraignment?






7. What was the missing component of those persons working with in the Birth of Probation Model circa 1841?






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






9. What type of hearing does a felony case go to after arrangement?






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






11. What document was eventually created in order to replace the Articles of Confederation?






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






13. If you plea guilty at a misdemeanor arraignment - when can a judge sentence you?






14. What amendment discusses protection from self incrimination?






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






16. Jail time - restitution - contact restrictions - drug testing - searches and seizures - employment verification - and counseling can be terms of what?






17. What English king circa 1154 A.D. sent representatives out to the eight English 'regions' in order to organize some type of common law?






18. Where does a misdemeanors case begin?






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






20. What does a preliminary hearing determine?






21. What are the oldest law enforcement agencies in the country?

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22. How many states use the death penalty?






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






24. What do bills of attainer relate to?






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






26. What is meant by inferior courts?






27. Which 1760s British tax law placed tax quotes on all paper based products imported into the colonies?






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. What does O.R. mean?






35. How is a jury panel selected?






36. The Federal Court system was created through what?






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






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






39. Where are the vast majority of cases heard?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. Who are the three main players in the Criminal Justice system?






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






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






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