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Criminal Justice 101

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






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






3. What does O.R. mean?






4. What Latin term means - 'father or parent of the country?'






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






6. What federal law enforcement agency delegated peace officer powers to citizens during the era of the wild west?

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






8. State Troopers are what level of law enforcement?






9. What is ultimate goal at all early hearings?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. The B.I.A. and the F.B.I. often provide support and assistance to what level of law enforcement agencies?






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






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






20. What hearing comes after a misdemeanor arraignment?






21. In the wild west what were the people called who banded together to protect each other?






22. What are the two types of defense attorneys?






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






24. Generally speaking - what type of attorney is a prosecuting attorney?






25. What is the Latin term for the plea of the no contest?






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






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






28. What is the name for a juvenile complaint?






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






30. What is discovery?






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






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






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






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






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






36. What amendment discusses protection from self incrimination?






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






38. What amendment discusses cruel and unusual punishment?






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. What is the best system to compile crime statistics and can stand completely on its own?






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






47. What two things do military police entities possess?






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






49. What are state Courts of Appeals also called?






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







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