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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
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1. The Federal Court system was authorized through what?






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






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

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4. The Kansas City Patrol Experiment and Flint - Michigan Patrol Program motivated police to try what new procedures?






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






6. What does a mitigating factor make the report?






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






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






9. State Troopers are what level of law enforcement?






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






11. How many states use the death penalty?






12. What are the two types of defense attorneys?






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






14. What was name of the era which was distinguished by the Kansas City Patrol Experiment and Flint - Michigan Patrol Program?






15. Which California code section gives police and corrections their 'peace officer powers'?






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






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






18. What does the Court of Appeals not possess?






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






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






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






22. What does an aggravating factor make the report?






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






24. What has disappeared among law enforcement agencies is this country?






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






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






27. What hearing has evidence presented and witnesses testify?






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






29. What is the best system to compile crime statistics and can stand completely on its own?






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






31. What is the name for a felony complaint?






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






33. What major 1829 English law created a centralized urban police force in London?






34. What does a preliminary hearing determine?






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






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






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






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






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






40. Where does a misdemeanors case begin?






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






42. What amendment discusses cruel and unusual punishment?






43. In Orange County - what type of prosecuting attorneys handle the day to day issues in the court room?






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






45. What amendment discusses protection from unreasonable searches?






46. Stare Decisis has evolved into what concept?






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






48. What is the State Court System's court of last resort?






49. What are the three main players in the Criminal Justice system known as?






50. Where are the vast majority of cases heard?