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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The term original jurisdiction alludes to what?






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. What does the Court of Appeals not possess?






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






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






11. Who were the country's first president and vice president?






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






13. How many law enforcement agencies exist in this country?






14. Stare Decisis has evolved into what concept?






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






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






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






18. What criteria does the judge use when setting bail?






19. What hearing has evidence presented and witnesses testify?






20. What Latin term means great paper?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. What Latin term means - 'father or parent of the country?'






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






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






32. Where are the vast majority of cases heard?






33. What was name of the era which was distinguished by the Kansas City Patrol Experiment and Flint - Michigan Patrol Program?






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






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






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






37. What percent of the time will a judge go with what a presentence court report says?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. What is the average budget of a local law enforcement agency?






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






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






48. What does the U.S. Federal District Court possess regarding cases heard?






49. Who gave the Bureau of Investigation validity during the late 1920s?






50. What is the name for a juvenile complaint?