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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
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1. What is the most important C or level of the criminal justice system?






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






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






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






5. What is a county law enforcement agency's head administrator?






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






7. What are the two general characteristics evident among most law enforcement agencies?






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






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






10. What hearing has evidence presented and witnesses testify?






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






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






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






14. What does a preliminary hearing determine?






15. Both Trial Courts fall under what 'umbrella' Court System?






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






17. How many states use the death penalty?






18. What Latin term means great paper?






19. What are the oldest law enforcement agencies in the country?


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






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






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






23. What do bills of attainer relate to?






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






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






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






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






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






29. What does the U.S. Supreme Court have regarding what cases to hear?






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






31. What federal law enforcement agency had its origins in 1908?






32. When a court has control or authority over certain matters/issues - what is it called?






33. What does an aggravating factor make the report?






34. How many states have State Courts of Appeals?






35. What document was eventually created in order to replace the Articles of Confederation?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. What is ultimate goal at all early hearings?






47. Who is in charge of staffing - calender - budget - and other material needs of the court room?






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






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


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