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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
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1. What is an offense that consists of illegal conduct but no jail time?






2. What is meant by inferior courts?






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






4. What are state Courts of Appeals also called?






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






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






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






8. What is the name for a felony complaint?






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






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






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






12. What does a preliminary hearing determine?






13. What were minors who disobeyed orders of the Kings Chancery Court system called?






14. What Latin term allowed the Magna Carta to be enhanced and reinforced and means to adhere to what has come before?






15. What crimes is the death penalty used for?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. What Latin term means great paper?






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






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






30. What are the three Terms of Imprisonment?






31. What is another term for informal probation?






32. What hearing has evidence presented and witnesses testify?






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






34. The third federal inferior court of authority is known as what?






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






36. Stare Decisis has evolved into what concept?






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






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






39. What do bills of attainer relate to?






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






41. What does a mitigating factor make the report?






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






43. In 1829 which English government employee pushed a new law which followed the ideas of Patrick Colquhoun?






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






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






46. What are the two types of defense attorneys?






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






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






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






50. What kind of system is our criminal justice system based upon?