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Criminal Justice 101

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1. The Kansas City Patrol Experiment and Flint - Michigan Patrol Program motivated police to try what new procedures?






2. What hearing has evidence presented and witnesses testify?






3. What is a legal system that pits two opposing parties against one another with a third neutral party applying the rules?






4. When a court has control or authority over certain matters/issues - what is it called?






5. Our criminal justice system tries to maintain a balance between which two conflicting models/ideologies?






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






7. What does O.R. mean?






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






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






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






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






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






13. The Reintegration Model - circa 1960s - failed due to community concern over leniency toward criminals and what two major social events?






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






15. In Orange County - what is the misdemeanor Pretrial Hearing called?






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






17. What is the highest attorney at the federal level?






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






19. After the U.S. Constitution was ratified - what type of court system did the U.S. realize it needed to have?






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






21. What law further defined the role and make up of the U.S. Supreme court?






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






23. What is another term for informal probation?






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






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






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






27. After the Bill of Rights was ratified - how many more times was the U.S. Constitution amended?






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






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






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






31. What is the name for a felony complaint?






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






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






34. What is the name for a juvenile complaint?






35. The three federal courts are known as what?






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






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






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

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






40. The B.I.A. and the F.B.I. often provide support and assistance to what level of law enforcement agencies?






41. In Orange County - what type of prosecuting attorneys handle the day to day issues in the court room?






42. How many chief justice and associate justices currently make up the U.S. Supreme Court?






43. What does the Court of Appeals not possess?






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






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






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






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






48. What two things do military police entities possess?






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






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







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