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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
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1. The Kansas City Patrol Experiment and Flint - Michigan Patrol Program motivated police to try what new procedures?






2. What English Common Law court system could arguably be seen as the world's first dedicated juvenile court?

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






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






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






6. What was the name of the article which encouraged law enforcement not just to focus on crime - but the social factors of crime?






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






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






9. What west coast supreme court case in 1876 further established the philosophy of Parens Patriae and no due process for juveniles?






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






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






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






13. How many states use the death penalty?






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






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






16. What are small law enforcement agencies often made up of?






17. What constitutional amendments were alluded to in Miranda versus Arizona?






18. What does the U.S. Court of Appeals not have regarding what cases to hear?






19. What is a county law enforcement agency's head administrator?






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






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






22. What is meant by inferior courts?






23. What is discovery?






24. What does a mitigating factor make the report?






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






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






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






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






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






30. What is the name for a felony complaint?






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






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






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






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






35. Under English Common Law what was the general cut off age in distinguishing between those who could charged with felonies?






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






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






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






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






40. What is the Latin term that describes a federal peace officer's ability to deputize citizens and give them temporary power?






41. What amendment discusses protection from self incrimination?






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






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






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






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






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






47. What are the three Terms of Imprisonment?






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






49. Where does a misdemeanors case begin?






50. What two things do military police entities possess?