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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
Instructions:
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1. How many states use the death penalty?






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






3. What hearing comes after a misdemeanor arraignment?






4. What are the two parts of the Constitution called?






5. Which of the five major phases in the criminal justice system since 1965 produced major case law?






6. What federal law enforcement agency had its origins in 1908?






7. What are the three Terms of Imprisonment?






8. What west coast supreme court case in 1876 further established the philosophy of Parens Patriae and no due process for juveniles?






9. The three federal courts are known as what?






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






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






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






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






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






15. Is the Federal or State court system older?






16. Where does a felony case begin?






17. What English Common Law court system could arguably be seen as the world's first dedicated juvenile court?


18. Who was the Supreme Court's third chief justice - credited with making the court more proactive - effective - and powerful?






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






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






21. Why does someone plea nolo contendre?






22. What is another term for informal probation?






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






24. What major 1803 U.S. Supreme Court case established that the court would begin to interpret what the constitution was all about?






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






26. Stare Decisis has evolved into what concept?






27. What does O.R. mean?






28. Who is in charge of staffing - calender - budget - and other material needs of the court room?






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






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






31. What are the branches of federal law enforcement?






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






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






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






35. The second federal inferior court of authority is known as what?






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






37. What percent of the time will a judge go with what a presentence court report says?






38. What two additional sentences can come from a Formal Felony Sentencing Hearing different from a misdemeanor?






39. According to Hammurabi - what age was considered as the cut off between juveniles and adults?






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






41. What are the five levels of law enforcement in this country?






42. What is the system that puts two conflicting parties against each other with a third neutral part overseeing the process?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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