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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
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1. What concept attempts to alter future behaviors through threats of punishment and consequences?






2. What is the name for a juvenile complaint?






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






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






5. Why does someone plea nolo contendre?






6. Where does a felony case begin?






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






8. What important corrections position was mandated in Massachusetts in 1878?






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






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






11. What penal code states that a felony must go to trial within 60 days of the second arrangement unless time lines are waived?






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






13. What 1285 A.D. English law removed the emphasis on law enforcement away from the military and back onto the citizens?






14. Stare Decisis has evolved into what concept?






15. What are state Courts of Appeals also called?






16. Who said - 'The police are the public and the public are the police'?






17. What hearing comes after a misdemeanor arraignment?






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






19. What are the two types of defense attorneys?






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






21. 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?






22. Who were the country's first president and vice president?






23. What concepts attempts to protect society by isolating others?






24. What is the first hearing or court appearance for all cases?






25. What was name of the era which was distinguished by the Kansas City Patrol Experiment and Flint - Michigan Patrol Program?






26. The third federal inferior court of authority is known as what?






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






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






29. In 1829 which English government employee pushed a new law which followed the ideas of Patrick Colquhoun?






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






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






32. Indeterminate sentencing was a mainstay within the California juvenile justice system until what year?






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

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34. In the wild west what were the people called who banded together to protect each other?






35. How is a jury panel selected?






36. The Federal Court system was authorized through what?






37. What is ultimate goal at all early hearings?






38. What is the highest attorney at the federal level?






39. After the U.S. Constitution was ratified - what type of court system did the U.S. realize it needed to have?






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






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






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






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






44. The term original jurisdiction alludes to what?






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






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






47. What is the Latin term that literally means - 'to adhere to what has come before'?






48. Our criminal justice system tries to maintain a balance between which two conflicting models/ideologies?






49. What hearing has evidence presented and witnesses testify?






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