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Criminal Justice 101

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






2. What concept deals with corrections or judicial personal determining how much incarceration a person will serve?






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






4. How is a jury panel selected?






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






6. What type of hearing does a felony case go to after arrangement?






7. What is the name for a felony complaint?






8. What percent of the time are deals makes and cases do not go to trial?






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






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






11. What kind of powers do corrections and probation officers have?






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






13. What hearing comes after a misdemeanor arraignment?






14. What is meant by inferior courts?






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






16. The term original jurisdiction alludes to what?






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






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






19. How many states use the death penalty?






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






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






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






23. What does the Court of Appeals not possess?






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






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






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






27. What hearing has evidence presented and witnesses testify?






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






29. What are the four main players in the criminal justice system?






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






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






32. What Latin term allowed the Magna Carta to be enhanced and reinforced and means to adhere to what has come before?






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






34. What amendment discusses protection from unreasonable searches?






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






36. What is discovery?






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






38. The Reintegration Model - circa 1960s - failed due to community concern over leniency toward criminals and what two major social events?






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






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






41. How many states have State Courts of Appeals?






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






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






44. What concept discusses 'an eye for an eye'?






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






46. The three federal courts are known as what?






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






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






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






50. What was created in order to convince several of the new states to agree to the Constitution?







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