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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
Instructions:
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1. What constitutes the major difference between a crime and illegal behavior?






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






3. Who was the Supreme Court's third chief justice - credited with making the court more proactive - effective - and powerful?






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






5. Which 1760s British tax law placed tax quotes on all paper based products imported into the colonies?






6. What 1770 shooting incident heightened tensions between Boston colonists and newly arrived British soldiers?






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






8. What important corrections position was mandated in Massachusetts in 1878?






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






10. How many states use the death penalty?






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






12. Where does a felony case begin?






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






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






15. 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?






16. The term original jurisdiction alludes to what?






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






18. What is another term for informal probation?






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






20. What kind of system is our criminal justice system based upon?






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






22. What Latin term means great paper?






23. What does a preliminary hearing determine?






24. What two things do military police entities possess?






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






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






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






28. What are the three main players in the Criminal Justice system known as?






29. What law further defined the role and make up of the U.S. Supreme court?






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






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






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






33. What current U.S. law enforcement position/title had its origins with the English legal system circa 1000 A.D.?






34. Law enforcement has been traditionally very resistant to what?






35. Why does someone plea nolo contendre?






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






37. What is the name of the New York police officer - circa 1970s - who had to deal with corruption and patronage in the NYPD?






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






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






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






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






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






43. How many states have State Courts of Appeals?






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






45. State Troopers are what level of law enforcement?






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






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






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






49. When court systems or levels disagree or question if rules are properly applied - what type of court is used?






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