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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
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1. What level of law enforcement generally runs local detention facilities for adults?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. What are state Courts of Appeals also called?






11. What criminal statistical agency or method was created in 1930?






12. What major 1829 English law created a centralized urban police force in London?






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






14. What has disappeared among law enforcement agencies is this country?






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






16. Who were the country's first president and vice president?






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






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






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






20. What does an aggravating factor make the report?






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






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






23. Stare Decisis has evolved into what concept?






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






25. Railroad Police - Port/Harbor Police - Campus Police - and Mass Transit Police are examples of what?






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






27. What amendment discusses the right to a speedy trial?






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






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






30. Who gave the Bureau of Investigation validity during the late 1920s?






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






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






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






34. What hearing comes after a misdemeanor arraignment?






35. What do bills of attainer relate to?






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






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






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






39. What amendment discuses issues if incorporation - citizenship - and due process?






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






41. The second federal inferior court of authority is known as what?






42. What is the Latin term that means an act being wrong because of customs - morals - practices - regulation - or law?






43. Where does a felony case begin?






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






45. What is another term for informal probation?






46. What two things do military police entities possess?






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






48. Negative political influence and corruption impacting 19th century U.S. police agencies was called what?






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






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