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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
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1. What is the Latin term that literally means - 'to adhere to what has come before'?






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






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






4. What is meant by inferior courts?






5. In Orange County - what is the misdemeanor Pretrial Hearing called?






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






7. What penal code section is used to waive time lines during a trial?






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






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






10. What is an offense that consists of illegal conduct but no jail time?






11. Where are the vast majority of cases heard?






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






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






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






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






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






17. What is ultimate goal at all early hearings?






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






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






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






21. What is the name of our criminal justice system that is made up of both federal and state levels?






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






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






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






25. What are state Courts of Appeals also called?






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






27. What level of law enforcement generally provides services to the local court system?






28. What do bills of attainer relate to?






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






30. What important corrections position was mandated in Massachusetts in 1878?






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






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






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






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






35. What are the branches of federal law enforcement?






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






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






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






39. What amendment discuses issues if incorporation - citizenship - and due process?






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






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

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42. What Penal Code section states that the court may refer to probation for a report?






43. What was the name of the group of people who went to Philadelphia in 1774 in order to discuss their unhappiness with Britain and its taxes?






44. How many states have State Courts of Appeals?






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






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






47. What amendment discusses cruel and unusual punishment?






48. What word represents the ability of criminal justice players to make independent decisions?






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






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