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Criminal Justice 101

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






2. The three federal courts are known as what?






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. What is known as the highest source of law found within either a country or state?






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


11. What are state Courts of Appeals also called?






12. What do bills of attainer relate to?






13. Why does someone plea nolo contendre?






14. What is the Latin term for the plea of the no contest?






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






16. In what year did California pass its juvenile justice system act known as Juvenile Court Act?






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






18. What is a county law enforcement agency's head administrator?






19. What 1883 federal law stressed the need for a civil service system based upon merit?






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






21. What is meant by inferior courts?






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






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






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






25. State Troopers are what level of law enforcement?






26. How many states use the death penalty?






27. What are the branches of federal law enforcement?






28. How many cases go to the local court level each year?






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






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






31. What are the three Terms of Imprisonment?






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






33. What does the Court of Appeals not possess?






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






35. What concept did the 1800 Babylonian King Hammurabi create that said juveniles could be considered for lessor penalties?






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






37. What is another term for informal probation?






38. What current California legal code did the Law of Hammurabi and the Law of Moses contribute to?






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






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






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






42. What is ultimate goal at all early hearings?






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






44. What is the name for a juvenile complaint?






45. What amendment discusses protection from self incrimination?






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






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






48. What are the two general characteristics evident among most law enforcement agencies?






49. Which of the five major phases in the criminal justice system since 1965 produced major case law?






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