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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
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1. What is the most important thing that a probation officer does in the presentence court report?






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






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






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






5. What is the Latin term that means evil or bad in itself?






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






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






8. What is an offense that consists of illegal conduct but no jail time?






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






10. What was the missing component of those persons working with in the Birth of Probation Model circa 1841?






11. What amendment discusses protection from self incrimination?






12. From 1789 to 1799 how was the U.S. Supreme Court?






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






14. What is the name for a felony complaint?






15. What court system was the same up until the period of the Civil War?






16. How many cases go to the local court level each year?






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






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






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






20. Does a county law enforcement agency head administrator generally require law enforcement experience?






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

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22. What does a preliminary hearing determine?






23. What are state Courts of Appeals also called?






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






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






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






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






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






29. What is the point of a second preliminary hearing?






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






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






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






33. What are the three Terms of Imprisonment?






34. State Troopers are what level of law enforcement?






35. What crimes is the death penalty used for?






36. What does a mitigating factor make the report?






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

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






39. What is another term for informal probation?






40. Where are the vast majority of cases heard?






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






42. What was the name of the group of people who went to Philadelphia in 1774 in order to discuss their unhappiness with Britain and its taxes?






43. What 1883 federal law stressed the need for a civil service system based upon merit?






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. What is the most important C or level of the criminal justice system?