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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
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1. Railroad Police - Port/Harbor Police - Campus Police - and Mass Transit Police are examples of what?






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






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






4. Where does a misdemeanors case begin?






5. What is ultimate goal at all early hearings?






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






7. What two things do military police entities possess?






8. What crimes is the death penalty used for?






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






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






11. What is the name of the New York police officer - circa 1970s - who had to deal with corruption and patronage in the NYPD?






12. What type of bodies do our current laws come from?






13. How many states have State Courts of Appeals?






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






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






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






17. Where are the vast majority of cases heard?






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






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






20. The power of the U.S. Supreme Court to interpret what the constitution says and means - via case law - is known as what?






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






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






23. What amendment discusses protection from self incrimination?






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






25. What does ex-post facto law relate to?






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






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






28. The three federal courts are known as what?






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






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






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






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






33. Is the Federal or State court system older?






34. UCRS and NIBRS recieve information from how many agencies?






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






36. How many states use the death penalty?






37. What two types of employees do law enforcement agencies employ?






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






39. The Texas Rangers are the oldest law enforcement agency in this country at what level?






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






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






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

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






44. State Troopers are what level of law enforcement?






45. The B.I.A. and the F.B.I. often provide support and assistance to what level of law enforcement agencies?






46. Where does a felony case begin?






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






48. What are state Courts of Appeals also called?






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






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