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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
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1. When court systems or levels disagree or question if rules are properly applied - what type of court is used?






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






3. What does the Court of Appeals not possess?






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






5. What English king circa 1154 A.D. sent representatives out to the eight English 'regions' in order to organize some type of common law?






6. What crimes is the death penalty used for?






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






8. What is the name for a juvenile complaint?






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






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






11. What is meant by inferior courts?






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






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






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






15. The Federal Court system was authorized through what?






16. What is the name of the New York police officer - circa 1970s - who had to deal with corruption and patronage in the NYPD?






17. What legal model first attempted the concept of rehabilitation and resocialization?






18. What do bills of attainer relate to?






19. What are the two conflicting philosophies which talk of a desire for individual freedom and a crime free society?






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






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






22. If you plea guilty at a misdemeanor arraignment - when can a judge sentence you?






23. What are the two types of defense attorneys?






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






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






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






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






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






29. The Kansas City Patrol Experiment and Flint - Michigan Patrol Program motivated police to try what new procedures?






30. What are the two ancient codes that contributed to our current legal system?






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






32. What are the two main functions of criminal courts?

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






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






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






36. What hearing has evidence presented and witnesses testify?






37. What hearing determines in an individual receives the death penalty?






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






39. What does O.R. mean?






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






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






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






43. What level of law enforcement generally runs local detention facilities for adults?






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






45. What two things do military police entities possess?






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






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






48. The Reintegration Model - circa 1960s - failed due to community concern over leniency toward criminals and what two major social events?






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






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