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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is the system that puts two conflicting parties against each other with a third neutral part overseeing the process?






2. What is the Latin term that literally means - 'to adhere to what has come before'?






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






4. What concepts attempts to protect society by isolating others?






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






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






7. For a felony matter to leave a Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction - what special hearing must it go to?






8. How many law enforcement agencies exist in this country?






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

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






11. What level of law enforcement generally runs local detention facilities for adults?






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






13. What two things do military police entities possess?






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






15. What is the average budget of a local law enforcement agency?






16. What hearing comes after a misdemeanor arraignment?






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

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






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






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






21. Where does a misdemeanors case begin?






22. The three federal courts are known as what?






23. According to Hammurabi - what age was considered as the cut off between juveniles and adults?






24. Who said - 'The police are the public and the public are the police'?






25. What are the branches of federal law enforcement?






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






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






28. What hearing determines in an individual receives the death penalty?






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






30. What was the missing component of those persons working with in the Birth of Probation Model circa 1841?






31. What amendment discusses protection from unreasonable searches?






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






33. What is the Latin term that describes a federal peace officer's ability to deputize citizens and give them temporary power?






34. Generally speaking - what type of attorney is a prosecuting attorney?






35. Railroad Police - Port/Harbor Police - Campus Police - and Mass Transit Police are examples of what?






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






37. What is a local law enforcement agency's head administrator?






38. Where are the vast majority of cases heard?






39. What does the Court of Appeals not possess?






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






41. What are the oldest law enforcement agencies in the country?

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42. Who is in charge of staffing - calender - budget - and other material needs of the court room?






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






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






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






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






47. What is the highest attorney at the federal level?






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






49. In which two locations did the actual shooting war begin between British soldiers and Colonial militia men?






50. What is the name for a juvenile complaint?