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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
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1. Who are the three main players in the Criminal Justice system?






2. What level of law enforcement generally provides services to the local court system?






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






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






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

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. What are state Courts of Appeals also called?






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






17. When pleading guilty at a felony arrangement - what does the judge generally do for sentencing?






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






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






20. What are the two ancient codes that contributed to our current legal system?






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






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






23. What English king was responsible for generating the concept of the Magna Carta?






24. Where does a misdemeanors case begin?






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






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






27. How many states use the death penalty?






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






29. In Orange County - what is the misdemeanor Pretrial Hearing called?






30. What was the name of the article which encouraged law enforcement not just to focus on crime - but the social factors of crime?






31. Our criminal justice system tries to maintain a balance between which two conflicting models/ideologies?






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






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






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






35. What does the U.S. Federal District Court possess regarding cases heard?






36. In Orange County - what type of prosecuting attorneys handle the day to day issues in the court room?






37. Why does someone plea nolo contendre?






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






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






40. What two types of employees do law enforcement agencies employ?






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






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






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






44. What two things do military police entities possess?






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






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






47. Other then UCRS and NIBRS - what entities compile information about crime in the country?






48. What is the average budget of a local law enforcement agency?






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






50. What type of 'law' evolved and became a predictable and anticipated set of laws to the English people circa 1000 A.D.?