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Criminal Justice 101

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1. What is a legal system that pits two opposing parties against one another with a third neutral party applying the rules?






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






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






4. What two factors does a probation officer consider when writing the presentence report?






5. What is known as the highest source of law found within either a country or state?






6. What penal code states that a felony must go to trial within 60 days of the second arrangement unless time lines are waived?






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






8. What does a mitigating factor make the report?






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






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






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






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






13. Jail time - restitution - contact restrictions - drug testing - searches and seizures - employment verification - and counseling can be terms of what?






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






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






16. What is discovery?






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






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






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






20. What is the State Court System's court of last resort?






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






22. What is ultimate goal at all early hearings?






23. The three federal courts are known as what?






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






25. What hearing determines in an individual receives the death penalty?






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






27. This country's criminal justice system is based on the desire for what kind of system?






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






29. What concept discusses 'an eye for an eye'?






30. What is another term for informal probation?






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






32. What two things do military police entities possess?






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






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






35. The Federal Court system was created through what?






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. What major 1803 U.S. Supreme Court case established that the court would begin to interpret what the constitution was all about?






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






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






45. What Latin term means 'you have the body'?






46. What crimes is the death penalty used for?






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






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






49. What percent of the time are deals makes and cases do not go to trial?






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







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