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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
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1. What kind of system is our criminal justice system based upon?






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






3. What is the best system to compile crime statistics and can stand completely on its own?






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. What is the point of a second preliminary hearing?






11. What does the Court of Appeals not possess?






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






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






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






15. Both Trial Courts fall under what 'umbrella' Court System?






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






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






18. What amendment discusses protection from self incrimination?






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






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






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






22. Where does the U.S. Supreme Court hear cases from?






23. What 1770 shooting incident heightened tensions between Boston colonists and newly arrived British soldiers?






24. 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?






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






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






27. After the U.S. Constitution was ratified - what type of court system did the U.S. realize it needed to have?






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






29. What do bills of attainer relate to?






30. The three federal courts are known as what?






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






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






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






34. What amendment discusses the right to a speedy trial?






35. What hearing has evidence presented and witnesses testify?






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






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






38. What important corrections position was mandated in Massachusetts in 1878?






39. During the Revolutionary War what major document helped to guide the colonies in fighting their war against Britain?






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






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






42. What are the three Terms of Imprisonment?






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






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






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






46. What are state Courts of Appeals also called?






47. What is the name for a juvenile complaint?






48. What English king circa 1154 A.D. sent representatives out to the eight English 'regions' in order to organize some type of common law?






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






50. What is the Latin term that means evil or bad in itself?