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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Local law enforcement generally display shields on their badges. What do county law enforcement badges appear as?






2. What two additional sentences can come from a Formal Felony Sentencing Hearing different from a misdemeanor?






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






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






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






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






7. What is the most important C or level of the criminal justice system?






8. Who runs the N.C.I.C.?






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






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






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






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






13. What Latin term means 'you have the body'?






14. What are state Courts of Appeals also called?






15. How many states have State Courts of Appeals?






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






17. Other then UCRS and NIBRS - what entities compile information about crime in the country?






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






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






20. The Federal Court system was created through what?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. What is the legal term for fundamental fairness?






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






30. Where does a misdemeanors case begin?






31. In what year and state was the country's first dedicated juvenile justice system and court legally established?






32. What is the best system to compile crime statistics and can stand completely on its own?






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






34. What does ex-post facto law relate to?






35. What Latin term means great paper?






36. Who are the three main players in the Criminal Justice system?






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






38. What is another term for informal probation?






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






40. What is the name of our criminal justice system that is made up of both federal and state levels?






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






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






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






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






45. What federal law enforcement agency had its origins in 1908?






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






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






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






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






50. What amendment discusses the right to a speedy trial?