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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What federal law enforcement agency was created in 1973 and currently has over 5 -000 agents spread around the world?






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






3. What Penal Code section states that the court may refer to probation for a report?






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






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






6. What law enforcement agency maintains the largest training academy in the U.S.?






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






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






9. The average local law enforcement agency will often employ how many officers and serve what size population?






10. The Federal Court system was created through what?






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






12. State Troopers are what level of law enforcement?






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






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






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






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






17. What kind of system is our criminal justice system based upon?






18. What is the name for a felony complaint?






19. The term original jurisdiction alludes to what?






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






21. Why does someone plea nolo contendre?






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






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






24. Where does a misdemeanors case begin?






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






26. What are state Courts of Appeals also called?






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






28. What two things do military police entities possess?






29. What two types of employees do law enforcement agencies employ?






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






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






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






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






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






35. What does a judge order the probation department to write in order to find more about an individual before sentencing?






36. What is the State Court System's court of last resort?






37. What is meant by inferior courts?






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






39. What criminal statistical agency or method was created in 1987 as a supplement to UCRS?






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


41. What 1838 Ohio State Supreme Court Case established the concept of Parens Patriae and no need for due process in juvenile matters?






42. What hearing has evidence presented and witnesses testify?






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






44. Which 1760s British tax law placed tax quotes on all paper based products imported into the colonies?






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






46. What is an offense that consists of illegal conduct but no jail time?






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






48. What constitutes the major difference between a crime and illegal behavior?






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






50. What are the branches of federal law enforcement?