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Criminal Justice 101

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






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






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






4. What hearing has evidence presented and witnesses testify?






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






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






7. If you plea guilty at a misdemeanor arraignment - when can a judge sentence you?






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






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






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






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






12. What are the four Cs of the criminal justice system?






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

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14. What is the most important thing that a probation officer does in the presentence court report?






15. What are the two conflicting philosophies which talk of a desire for individual freedom and a crime free society?






16. What amendment discusses cruel and unusual punishment?






17. In 1789 which London magistrate stressed the need for a 'centralized' law enforcement agency?






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






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






20. What is the name for a felony complaint?






21. 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?






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






23. The term original jurisdiction alludes to what?






24. What does a mitigating factor make the report?






25. What is discovery?






26. What does N.C.I.C. stand for?






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






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






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






30. What crimes is the death penalty used for?






31. What does the U.S. Supreme Court have regarding what cases to hear?






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






33. What does an aggravating factor make the report?






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






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






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






37. What does the Court of Appeals not possess?






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






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






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






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






42. Stare Decisis has evolved into what concept?






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






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






45. What amendment discusses protection from self incrimination?






46. When a court has control or authority over certain matters/issues - what is it called?






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






48. Indeterminate sentencing was a mainstay within the California juvenile justice system until what year?






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






50. What two things do military police entities possess?