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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
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1. Generally speaking - what type of attorney is a prosecuting attorney?






2. What are the two ancient codes that contributed to our current legal system?






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






4. What amendment discusses cruel and unusual punishment?






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






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






7. Local California courts which handle felonies and major civil matters are called what?






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. What concept discusses 'an eye for an eye'?






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






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






17. What major 1966 U.S. Supreme Court case provided new guidelines in how police arrested and interrogated adult defendants?






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. What does a mitigating factor make the report?






25. What are the three branches of government enchanced or created by the U.S. Constitution?






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






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






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






29. What is the name for a felony complaint?






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






31. Is the Federal or State court system older?






32. What amendment discusses protection from unreasonable searches?






33. What is the system that puts two conflicting parties against each other with a third neutral part overseeing the process?






34. Other then UCRS and NIBRS - what entities compile information about crime in the country?






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






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






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






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






39. 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?






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






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






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






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






44. What does O.R. mean?






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






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






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






48. The three federal courts are known as what?






49. What does a judge order the probation department to write in order to find more about an individual before sentencing?






50. The average local law enforcement agency will often employ how many officers and serve what size population?