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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
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1. Where does a felony case begin?






2. What two factors does a probation officer consider when writing the presentence report?






3. What percent of the time are deals makes and cases do not go to trial?






4. What criminal statistical agency or method was created in 1930?






5. What does a mitigating factor make the report?






6. What are the three branches of government enchanced or created by the U.S. Constitution?






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






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






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






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






11. What amendment discusses cruel and unusual punishment?






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






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






14. Both Trial Courts fall under what 'umbrella' Court System?






15. What amendment discusses the right to a speedy trial?






16. What constitutes the major difference between a crime and illegal behavior?






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. What does O.R. mean?






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






25. What amendment discusses protection from self incrimination?






26. When pleading guilty at a felony arrangement - what does the judge generally do for sentencing?






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






28. How many states use the death penalty?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. What types of law enforcement agency is influenced by federal and territorial sovereignty?






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






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






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

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41. What are state Courts of Appeals also called?






42. The Federal Court system was created through what?






43. State Troopers are what level of law enforcement?






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






45. What federal law enforcement agency delegated peace officer powers to citizens during the era of the wild west?

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46. Which 1760s British tax law placed tax quotes on all paper based products imported into the colonies?






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






48. What hearing comes after a misdemeanor arraignment?






49. Who were the country's first president and vice president?






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