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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. In what year and state was the country's first dedicated juvenile justice system and court legally established?






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






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






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






5. Where are the vast majority of cases heard?






6. What does a mitigating factor make the report?






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






8. What does O.R. mean?






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






10. What does the Court of Appeals not possess?






11. What are the two ancient codes that contributed to our current legal system?






12. What two things do military police entities possess?






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. What are the four main players in the criminal justice system?






20. What is meant by inferior courts?






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






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






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






24. What is the Latin term that literally means - 'to adhere to what has come before'?






25. What are the branches of federal law enforcement?






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






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






28. What do the majority of cases going into the U.S. District Court involve?






29. The three federal courts are known as what?






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






31. What law enforcement agency maintains the largest training academy in the U.S.?






32. What is the Latin term that means an act being wrong because of customs - morals - practices - regulation - or law?






33. What does N.C.I.C. stand for?






34. What is the name of the New York police officer - circa 1970s - who had to deal with corruption and patronage in the NYPD?






35. How is a jury panel selected?






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






37. State Troopers are what level of law enforcement?






38. What does a preliminary hearing determine?






39. What is another term for informal probation?






40. The term original jurisdiction alludes to what?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. Generally speaking - what type of attorney is a prosecuting attorney?






49. Is the Federal or State court system older?






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