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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
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1. What Penal Code section states that the court shall refer to probation for a report?






2. Where does a misdemeanors case begin?






3. What 1838 Ohio State Supreme Court Case established the concept of Parens Patriae and no need for due process in juvenile matters?






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






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






6. What are the two main functions of criminal courts?

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7. How many states use the death penalty?






8. What is the most important C or level of the criminal justice system?






9. What Latin term allowed the Magna Carta to be enhanced and reinforced and means to adhere to what has come before?






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






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






12. What are the four Cs of the criminal justice system?






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






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






15. What court system was the same up until the period of the Civil War?






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






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






18. What does an aggravating factor make the report?






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






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






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






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






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






24. Where does a felony case begin?






25. What amendment discusses protection from unreasonable searches?






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






27. What are the three branches of government enchanced or created by the U.S. Constitution?






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






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






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






31. What federal law enforcement agency was created in 1973 and currently has over 5 -000 agents spread around the world?






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






33. What are the three Terms of Imprisonment?






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






35. What is the Latin term that means evil or bad in itself?






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






37. The Texas Rangers are the oldest law enforcement agency in this country at what level?






38. Local law enforcement generally display shields on their badges. What do county law enforcement badges appear as?






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






40. How is a jury panel selected?






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






42. What hearing comes after a misdemeanor arraignment?






43. How long is a federal judge's term of office for?






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. What do bills of attainer relate to?