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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
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1. What is discovery?






2. From 1789 to 1799 how was the U.S. Supreme Court?






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






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






5. What is known as the highest source of law found within either a country or state?






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






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






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






9. What type of 'law' evolved and became a predictable and anticipated set of laws to the English people circa 1000 A.D.?






10. What does a preliminary hearing determine?






11. What hearing determines in an individual receives the death penalty?






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






13. What is a crime punishable by jail - fines or prison?






14. In 1789 which London magistrate stressed the need for a 'centralized' law enforcement agency?






15. What do bills of attainer relate to?






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






17. When court systems or levels disagree or question if rules are properly applied - what type of court is used?






18. Is the Federal or State court system older?






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






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






21. What are the two conflicting philosophies which talk of a desire for individual freedom and a crime free society?






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






23. Where does a misdemeanors case begin?






24. Local California courts which handle felonies and major civil matters are called what?






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






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






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






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






29. What are the two types of defense attorneys?






30. Other then UCRS and NIBRS - what entities compile information about crime in the country?






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






32. What are the four Cs of the criminal justice system?






33. What 1285 A.D. English law removed the emphasis on law enforcement away from the military and back onto the citizens?






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






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






36. What criminal statistical agency or method was created in 1987 as a supplement to UCRS?






37. What is the name for a felony complaint?






38. What does O.R. mean?






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






40. The average local law enforcement agency will often employ how many officers and serve what size population?






41. What English king was responsible for generating the concept of the Magna Carta?






42. What major 1966 U.S. Supreme Court case provided new guidelines in how police arrested and interrogated adult defendants?






43. What 1838 Ohio State Supreme Court Case established the concept of Parens Patriae and no need for due process in juvenile matters?






44. What is the main criteria which determines whether a mater goes to a federal or state court?






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






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






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






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






49. The power of the U.S. Supreme Court to interpret what the constitution says and means - via case law - is known as what?






50. Why does someone plea nolo contendre?