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Criminal Justice 101

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






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






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






4. What Latin term means 'you have the body'?






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






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






7. What English Common Law court system could arguably be seen as the world's first dedicated juvenile court?

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






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






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






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






12. The term original jurisdiction alludes to what?






13. Where are the vast majority of cases heard?






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






15. What percent of the time are deals makes and cases do not go to trial?






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






17. The Federal Court system was created through what?






18. What was the name of the article which encouraged law enforcement not just to focus on crime - but the social factors of crime?






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. What court system was the same up until the period of the Civil War?






26. In Orange County - what type of prosecuting attorneys handle the day to day issues in the court room?






27. What amendment discusses protection from self incrimination?






28. Where does a felony case begin?






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






30. What is the legal term for fundamental fairness?






31. What criminal statistical agency or method was created in 1987 as a supplement to UCRS?






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






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






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






35. What are the two parts of the Constitution called?






36. State Troopers are what level of law enforcement?






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






38. Local law enforcement generally display shields on their badges. What do county law enforcement badges appear as?






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






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






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






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






43. The three federal courts are known as what?






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






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






46. What was the original staffing of the U.S. Supreme Court?






47. What types of law enforcement agency is influenced by federal and territorial sovereignty?






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






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






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