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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
Instructions:
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1. Who were the country's first president and vice president?






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






3. The three federal courts are known as what?






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

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5. What does the Court of Appeals not possess?






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






7. Where does the U.S. Supreme Court hear cases from?






8. What Latin term means great paper?






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






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






11. What are the two types of defense attorneys?






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






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






14. What concept did the 1800 Babylonian King Hammurabi create that said juveniles could be considered for lessor penalties?






15. What does an aggravating factor make the report?






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






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






18. What are the three branches of government enchanced or created by the U.S. Constitution?






19. State Troopers are what level of law enforcement?






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






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






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






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






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






25. Where are the vast majority of cases heard?






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






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






28. Under English Common Law what was the general cut off age in distinguishing between those who could charged with felonies?






29. How many states have State Courts of Appeals?






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

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31. Which of the five major phases in the criminal justice system since 1965 produced major case law?






32. What two additional sentences can come from a Formal Felony Sentencing Hearing different from a misdemeanor?






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






34. What English Common Law court system could arguably be seen as the world's first dedicated juvenile court?

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






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






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






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






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






40. Besides the U.S. Marshall Service - what is the other oldest federal law enforcement agency?






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






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






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






44. What amendment discusses protection from self incrimination?






45. What major 1966 U.S. Supreme Court case provided new guidelines in how police arrested and interrogated adult defendants?






46. What penal code section is used to waive time lines during a trial?






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






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






49. What is known as the highest source of law found within either a country or state?






50. What is ultimate goal at all early hearings?