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Criminal Justice 101

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






2. What is discovery?






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






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






5. Why does someone plea nolo contendre?






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






7. When pleading guilty at a felony arrangement - what does the judge generally do for sentencing?






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






9. What does a mitigating factor make the report?






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






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






12. What document was eventually created in order to replace the Articles of Confederation?






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






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






15. Both felonies are misdemeanors are first filed as what?






16. The three federal courts are known as what?






17. What kind of system is our criminal justice system based upon?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. When court systems or levels disagree or question if rules are properly applied - what type of court is used?






28. The Federal Court system was authorized through what?






29. Where does a felony case begin?






30. Who was the Supreme Court's third chief justice - credited with making the court more proactive - effective - and powerful?






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






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






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

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34. What criteria does the judge use when setting bail?






35. What is a crime punishable by jail - fines or prison?






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. How many states have State Courts of Appeals?






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






44. What does a preliminary hearing determine?






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






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






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






48. What crimes is the death penalty used for?






49. What type of 'law' evolved and became a predictable and anticipated set of laws to the English people circa 1000 A.D.?






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







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