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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
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1. What federal law enforcement agency delegated peace officer powers to citizens during the era of the wild west?

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






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






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






5. What is a crime publishable by six months to one yer in jail - fines - or probation?






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






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






8. What were minors who disobeyed orders of the Kings Chancery Court system called?






9. Where are the vast majority of cases heard?






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






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






12. What penal code states that a felony must go to trial within 60 days of the second arrangement unless time lines are waived?






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






14. Why does someone plea nolo contendre?






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






16. What is the name for a juvenile complaint?






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






18. What do bills of attainer relate to?






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






20. What does the Court of Appeals not possess?






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






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






23. What Latin term means great paper?






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






25. What west coast supreme court case in 1876 further established the philosophy of Parens Patriae and no due process for juveniles?






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






27. How many states have State Courts of Appeals?






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






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






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






31. In 1829 which English government employee pushed a new law which followed the ideas of Patrick Colquhoun?






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






33. What is ultimate goal at all early hearings?






34. What 1865 federal law enforcement agency was initially responsible for excessive counterfeiting following the civil war?






35. Where does a felony case begin?






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






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






38. What are the three Terms of Imprisonment?






39. What is discovery?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. When there is a supposed legal error or discrepancy with a case - what type of hearing does it go to?






48. In the wild west what were the people called who banded together to protect each other?






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






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