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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
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1. What constitutional amendments were alluded to in Miranda versus Arizona?






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






3. What are the three Terms of Imprisonment?






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






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






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






7. What does the U.S. Court of Appeals not have regarding what cases to hear?






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






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






10. What does a mitigating factor make the report?






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






12. What do bills of attainer relate to?






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






14. What were minors who disobeyed orders of the Kings Chancery Court system called?






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






16. In the wild west what were the people called who banded together to protect each other?






17. What 1770 shooting incident heightened tensions between Boston colonists and newly arrived British soldiers?






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






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






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






21. What is the Latin term that means evil or bad in itself?






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






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






24. What does a judge order the probation department to write in order to find more about an individual before sentencing?






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






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






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






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






29. What 1865 federal law enforcement agency was initially responsible for excessive counterfeiting following the civil war?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. What concept deals with corrections or judicial personal determining how much incarceration a person will serve?






40. The term original jurisdiction alludes to what?






41. What are the two main functions of criminal courts?

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42. What is the name for a juvenile complaint?






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






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






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






46. What does O.R. mean?






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






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






49. From 1789 to 1799 how was the U.S. Supreme Court?






50. How many law enforcement agencies exist in this country?