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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
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1. What concept did the 1800 Babylonian King Hammurabi create that said juveniles could be considered for lessor penalties?






2. Where does a misdemeanors case begin?






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






4. What constitutional amendments were alluded to in Miranda versus Arizona?






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






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






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






8. State Troopers are what level of law enforcement?






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






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






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






12. What federal law enforcement agency delegated peace officer powers to citizens during the era of the wild west?

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






14. What are the three duties of Deputy Probation officers in the court room?






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






16. Both Trial Courts fall under what 'umbrella' Court System?






17. What amendment discusses the right to a speedy trial?






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






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






20. What constitutes the major difference between a crime and illegal behavior?






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






22. How is a jury panel selected?






23. Local California courts which handle misdemeanors - minor civil matters - and traffic violations are called what?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. What does O.R. mean?






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






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






35. What are small law enforcement agencies often made up of?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. The average local law enforcement agency will often employ how many officers and serve what size population?






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

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






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






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






49. What Latin term means - 'father or parent of the country?'






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