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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
Instructions:
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1. What does the Court of Appeals not possess?






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






3. What are state Courts of Appeals also called?






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






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






6. What Latin term means great paper?






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






8. After the Bill of Rights was ratified - how many more times was the U.S. Constitution amended?






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






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






11. What is the name of our criminal justice system that is made up of both federal and state levels?






12. What do the majority of cases going into the U.S. District Court involve?






13. Who is referred to as the father of probation?






14. What amendment discusses protection from unreasonable searches?






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






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






17. What is the Latin term that means an act being wrong because of customs - morals - practices - regulation - or law?






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






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






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






21. Where are the vast majority of cases heard?






22. Where does a misdemeanors case begin?






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






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






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






26. Which California code section gives police and corrections their 'peace officer powers'?






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






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






29. What type of hearing does a felony case go to after arrangement?






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






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






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






33. What amendment discuses issues if incorporation - citizenship - and due process?






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






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

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






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






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






39. What federal law enforcement agency was created in 1973 and currently has over 5 -000 agents spread around the world?






40. Does a county law enforcement agency head administrator generally require law enforcement experience?






41. How many chief justice and associate justices currently make up the U.S. Supreme Court?






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






43. What level of law enforcement generally runs local detention facilities for adults?






44. What are the two main functions of criminal courts?

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






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






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






48. Who is in charge of staffing - calender - budget - and other material needs of the court room?






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






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