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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is the best system to compile crime statistics and can stand completely on its own?






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






3. In 1789 which London magistrate stressed the need for a 'centralized' law enforcement agency?






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






5. The term original jurisdiction alludes to what?






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






7. The three federal courts are known as what?






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






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






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






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






12. What is ultimate goal at all early hearings?






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






14. Does a county law enforcement agency head administrator generally require law enforcement experience?






15. What does an aggravating factor make the report?






16. What does a preliminary hearing determine?






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






18. What are the three main players in the Criminal Justice system known as?






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






20. What Latin term allowed the Magna Carta to be enhanced and reinforced and means to adhere to what has come before?






21. What percent of the time are deals makes and cases do not go to trial?






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






23. What amendment discusses protection from unreasonable searches?






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






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






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






27. Generally speaking - what type of attorney is a prosecuting attorney?






28. What Latin term means great paper?






29. During the Revolutionary War what major document helped to guide the colonies in fighting their war against Britain?






30. Which California code section gives police and corrections their 'peace officer powers'?






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






32. Where does a felony case begin?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. What are the two types of defense attorneys?






43. Local law enforcement generally display shields on their badges. What do county law enforcement badges appear as?






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






45. What was the name of the group of people who went to Philadelphia in 1774 in order to discuss their unhappiness with Britain and its taxes?






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






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






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






49. What type of bodies do our current laws come from?






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