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Criminal Justice 101

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






2. What hearing comes after a misdemeanor arraignment?






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






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






5. When a court has control or authority over certain matters/issues - what is it called?






6. What kind of powers do corrections and probation officers have?






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






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






9. What was name of the era which was distinguished by the Kansas City Patrol Experiment and Flint - Michigan Patrol Program?






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






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






12. What 1285 A.D. English law removed the emphasis on law enforcement away from the military and back onto the citizens?






13. What current California legal code did the Law of Hammurabi and the Law of Moses contribute to?






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






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






16. Under English Common Law what was the general cut off age in distinguishing between those who could charged with felonies?






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






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






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






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






21. The three federal courts are known as what?






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






23. The Kansas City Patrol Experiment and Flint - Michigan Patrol Program motivated police to try what new procedures?






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

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25. Which 1760s British tax law placed tax quotes on all paper based products imported into the colonies?






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






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






28. The power of the U.S. Supreme Court to interpret what the constitution says and means - via case law - is known as what?






29. Who is referred to as the father of probation?






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






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






32. What two things do military police entities possess?






33. What does an aggravating factor make the report?






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






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






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






37. What is the first hearing or court appearance for all cases?






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






39. Negative political influence and corruption impacting 19th century U.S. police agencies was called what?






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






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






42. What are the four main players in the criminal justice system?






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






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






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






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






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






48. What is a county law enforcement agency's head administrator?






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






50. What major 1803 U.S. Supreme Court case established that the court would begin to interpret what the constitution was all about?