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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The term original jurisdiction alludes to what?






2. What is a crime publishable by six months to one yer in jail - fines - or probation?






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






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


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






6. What west coast supreme court case in 1876 further established the philosophy of Parens Patriae and no due process for juveniles?






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






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






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






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






11. State Troopers are what level of law enforcement?






12. What has disappeared among law enforcement agencies is this country?






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






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






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






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 crimes is the death penalty used for?






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






20. The Texas Rangers are the oldest law enforcement agency in this country at what level?






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






22. What court system was the same up until the period of the Civil War?






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






24. What hearing comes after a misdemeanor arraignment?






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






26. What does the Court of Appeals not possess?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. In 1829 which English government employee pushed a new law which followed the ideas of Patrick Colquhoun?






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






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






39. What Latin term means great paper?






40. What does N.C.I.C. stand for?






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






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






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






44. What does the U.S. Supreme Court have regarding what cases to hear?






45. Where are the vast majority of cases heard?






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






47. What do bills of attainer relate to?






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






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






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