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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
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1. UCRS and NIBRS recieve information from how many agencies?






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






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






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






5. What is the legal term for fundamental fairness?






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






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






8. What hearing has evidence presented and witnesses testify?






9. What amendment discusses protection from unreasonable searches?






10. State Troopers are what level of law enforcement?






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






12. What has disappeared among law enforcement agencies is this country?






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






14. What is the Latin term that means an act being wrong because of customs - morals - practices - regulation - or law?






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






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






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






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






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






20. What does the Court of Appeals not possess?






21. What amendment discusses protection from self incrimination?






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






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






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






25. In what year and state was the country's first dedicated juvenile justice system and court legally established?






26. What is meant by inferior courts?






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






28. How many states have State Courts of Appeals?






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






30. What does N.C.I.C. stand for?






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






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






33. What are the branches of federal law enforcement?






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






35. What legal model first attempted the concept of rehabilitation and resocialization?






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






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






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






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






40. What types of law enforcement agency is influenced by federal and territorial sovereignty?






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. What are state Courts of Appeals also called?






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






49. Who is in charge of staffing - calender - budget - and other material needs of the court room?






50. What two additional branches of government did the Constitution add to government?