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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
Instructions:
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1. What amendment discusses protection from self incrimination?






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






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

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






5. What does the Court of Appeals not possess?






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






7. What was the original staffing of the U.S. Supreme Court?






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






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






10. What does a mitigating factor make the report?






11. Where does a felony case begin?






12. What are the branches of federal law enforcement?






13. The average local law enforcement agency will often employ how many officers and serve what size population?






14. What Penal Code section states that the court shall refer to probation for a report?






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






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






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






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






19. What are the three Terms of Imprisonment?






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






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






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






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






24. What document was eventually created in order to replace the Articles of Confederation?






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






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






27. What are the two general characteristics evident among most law enforcement agencies?






28. What hearing comes after a misdemeanor arraignment?






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






30. What concept deals with corrections or judicial personal determining how much incarceration a person will serve?






31. What word represents the ability of criminal justice players to make independent decisions?






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






33. What two additional sentences can come from a Formal Felony Sentencing Hearing different from a misdemeanor?






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






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






36. What is ultimate goal at all early hearings?






37. What concepts attempts to protect society by isolating others?






38. What is the main criteria which determines whether a mater goes to a federal or state court?






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






40. What concept attempts to alter future behaviors through threats of punishment and consequences?






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






42. The three federal courts are known as what?






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






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






45. What does O.R. mean?






46. Where are the vast majority of cases heard?






47. State Troopers are what level of law enforcement?






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






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

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50. What does a preliminary hearing determine?