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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
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1. What crimes is the death penalty used for?






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






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






4. Why does someone plea nolo contendre?






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






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






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






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






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






10. What two things do military police entities possess?






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






12. What are the branches of federal law enforcement?






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






14. What amendment discusses protection from unreasonable searches?






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






16. What are the two types of defense attorneys?






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






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






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






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






21. The B.I.A. and the F.B.I. often provide support and assistance to what level of law enforcement agencies?






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






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






24. What amendment discusses cruel and unusual punishment?






25. What is the name for a felony complaint?






26. What major 1803 U.S. Supreme Court case established that the court would begin to interpret what the constitution was all about?






27. What is the Latin term that means an act being wrong because of customs - morals - practices - regulation - or law?






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






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






30. Jail time - restitution - contact restrictions - drug testing - searches and seizures - employment verification - and counseling can be terms of what?






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






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






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






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






35. What is the average budget of a local law enforcement agency?






36. What is a local law enforcement agency's head administrator?






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






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






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

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






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






42. Who is in charge of staffing - calender - budget - and other material needs of the court room?






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






44. What Latin term means - 'father or parent of the country?'






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






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






47. Negative political influence and corruption impacting 19th century U.S. police agencies was called what?






48. Who gave the Bureau of Investigation validity during the late 1920s?






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






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