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Criminal Justice 101

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






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






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






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






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






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






7. UCRS and NIBRS recieve information from how many agencies?






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






9. The three federal courts are known as what?






10. What is meant by inferior courts?






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






12. What do the majority of cases going into the U.S. District Court involve?






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






14. Who were the country's first president and vice president?






15. What is discovery?






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






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






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






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






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






21. What federal law enforcement agency had its origins in 1908?






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






23. What does the U.S. Federal District Court possess regarding cases heard?






24. The California state highway patrol is an example of what type of law enforcement agency?






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






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






27. What amendment discusses protection from self incrimination?






28. Other then UCRS and NIBRS - what entities compile information about crime in the country?






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






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






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






32. What are the five levels of force among agencies?






33. What is the legal term for fundamental fairness?






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






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






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






37. Is the Federal or State court system older?






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






39. What hearing comes after a misdemeanor arraignment?






40. Where does a felony case begin?






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

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42. What are state Courts of Appeals also called?






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






44. What 1883 federal law stressed the need for a civil service system based upon merit?






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






46. What 1770 shooting incident heightened tensions between Boston colonists and newly arrived British soldiers?






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






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






49. What Latin term means great paper?






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