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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
Instructions:
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1. Both Trial Courts fall under what 'umbrella' Court System?






2. What is meant by inferior courts?






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






4. The three federal courts are known as what?






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






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






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






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






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






10. What two things do military police entities possess?






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






12. What does the U.S. Supreme Court have regarding what cases to hear?






13. After the Bill of Rights was ratified - how many more times was the U.S. Constitution amended?






14. What are the two conflicting philosophies which talk of a desire for individual freedom and a crime free society?






15. What is the name for a felony complaint?






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






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






18. What does a mitigating factor make the report?






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






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






21. What concept attempts to alter future behaviors through threats of punishment and consequences?






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






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






24. Our criminal justice system tries to maintain a balance between which two conflicting models/ideologies?






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






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






27. What is a legal system that pits two opposing parties against one another with a third neutral party applying the rules?






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






29. What does an aggravating factor make the report?






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






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






32. What crimes is the death penalty used for?






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






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






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

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






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






38. What hearing comes after a misdemeanor arraignment?






39. Who gave the Bureau of Investigation validity during the late 1920s?






40. What does O.R. mean?






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






42. What two factors does a probation officer consider when writing the presentence report?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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