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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
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1. What are state Courts of Appeals also called?






2. Where are the vast majority of cases heard?






3. What Latin term means great paper?






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






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






6. What type of bodies do our current laws come from?






7. Stare Decisis has evolved into what concept?






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






9. What is another term for informal probation?






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






11. How is a jury panel selected?






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






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






14. What Latin term means 'you have the body'?






15. What is the name for a juvenile complaint?






16. What amendment discusses cruel and unusual punishment?






17. Negative political influence and corruption impacting 19th century U.S. police agencies was called what?






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






19. What are the two general characteristics evident among most law enforcement agencies?






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






21. What crimes is the death penalty used for?






22. In what year and state was the country's first dedicated juvenile justice system and court legally established?






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. What is the most important C or level of the criminal justice system?






30. What law further defined the role and make up of the U.S. Supreme court?






31. In the wild west what were the people called who banded together to protect each other?






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






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






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






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






36. Where does a misdemeanors case begin?






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






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






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






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






41. What does a preliminary hearing determine?






42. How many states have State Courts of Appeals?






43. What is the most important thing that a probation officer does in the presentence court report?






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






45. What is the Latin term for the plea of the no contest?






46. Where does a felony case begin?






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

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48. Under English Common Law what was the general cut off age in distinguishing between those who could charged with felonies?






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






50. The Texas Rangers are the oldest law enforcement agency in this country at what level?