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Criminal Justice 101

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






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






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






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






5. What are the three Terms of Imprisonment?






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






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






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






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






10. What are the two parts of the Constitution called?






11. What hearing comes after a misdemeanor arraignment?






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






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






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






15. In what year did California pass its juvenile justice system act known as Juvenile Court Act?






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






17. What is a trial where there is no jury and the verdict is given by the judge?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. What is the name for a felony complaint?






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






29. What is the main criteria which determines whether a mater goes to a federal or state court?






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






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






32. What are state Courts of Appeals also called?






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






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






35. What is the name for a juvenile complaint?






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






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






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

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






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






41. Where does a misdemeanors case begin?






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






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






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






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






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






47. Where are the vast majority of cases heard?






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






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






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