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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
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1. What does the U.S. Federal District Court possess regarding cases heard?






2. What does O.R. mean?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. What is the Latin term that describes a federal peace officer's ability to deputize citizens and give them temporary power?






11. What is the point of a second preliminary hearing?






12. Which California code section gives police and corrections their 'peace officer powers'?






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






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






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






16. What hearing has evidence presented and witnesses testify?






17. What type of hearing does a felony case go to after arrangement?






18. What two things do military police entities possess?






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






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






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






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






23. What was created in order to convince several of the new states to agree to the Constitution?






24. Both felonies are misdemeanors are first filed as what?






25. Local law enforcement generally display shields on their badges. What do county law enforcement badges appear as?






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






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






28. What is the first hearing or court appearance for all cases?






29. Why does someone plea nolo contendre?






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






31. The term original jurisdiction alludes to what?






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






33. When there is a supposed legal error or discrepancy with a case - what type of hearing does it go to?






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






35. Where are the vast majority of cases heard?






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






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






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






39. What hearing comes after a misdemeanor arraignment?






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






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






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






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






44. What is a trial where there is no jury and the verdict is given by the judge?






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






46. What level of law enforcement generally provides services to the local court system?






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






48. What current U.S. law enforcement position/title had its origins with the English legal system circa 1000 A.D.?






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






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