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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
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1. What English king circa 1154 A.D. sent representatives out to the eight English 'regions' in order to organize some type of common law?






2. What Latin term means great paper?






3. What constitutional amendments were alluded to in Miranda versus Arizona?






4. What was name of the era which was distinguished by the Kansas City Patrol Experiment and Flint - Michigan Patrol Program?






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






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






7. What are the three Terms of Imprisonment?






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






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


10. What hearing comes after a misdemeanor arraignment?






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






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






13. Who said - 'The police are the public and the public are the police'?






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






15. What does the Court of Appeals not possess?






16. Besides the U.S. Marshall Service - what is the other oldest federal law enforcement agency?






17. Local California courts which handle misdemeanors - minor civil matters - and traffic violations are called what?






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






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






20. What was the missing component of those persons working with in the Birth of Probation Model circa 1841?






21. What crimes is the death penalty used for?






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






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






24. What federal law enforcement agency delegated peace officer powers to citizens during the era of the wild west?


25. What criteria does the judge use when setting bail?






26. How many states have State Courts of Appeals?






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






28. Law enforcement has been traditionally very resistant to what?






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






30. What word represents the ability of criminal justice players to make independent decisions?






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






32. What amendment discusses protection from unreasonable searches?






33. What is meant by inferior courts?






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






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






36. What does the U.S. Federal District Court possess regarding cases heard?






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






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






39. Where does a felony case begin?






40. What is ultimate goal at all early hearings?






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






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






43. What criminal statistical agency or method was created in 1987 as a supplement to UCRS?






44. The Federal Court system was created through what?






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






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






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






48. What 1285 A.D. English law removed the emphasis on law enforcement away from the military and back onto the citizens?






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






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