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Criminal Justice 101

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






2. What is the most important thing that a probation officer does in the presentence court report?






3. The Federal Court system was created through what?






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






5. What is the best system to compile crime statistics and can stand completely on its own?






6. The term original jurisdiction alludes to what?






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






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






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






10. What are the three Terms of Imprisonment?






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






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






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






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






15. What is the name for a juvenile complaint?






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


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






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






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






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






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






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






23. What is another term for informal probation?






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






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






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






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






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






29. What concept attempts to alter future behaviors through threats of punishment and consequences?






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






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






32. What is a crime punishable by jail - fines or prison?






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






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






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






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






37. What are state Courts of Appeals also called?






38. Where does a misdemeanors case begin?






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






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






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






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






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






44. According to Hammurabi - what age was considered as the cut off between juveniles and adults?






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






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






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






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






49. What criteria does the judge use when setting bail?






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