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Criminal Justice 101

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1. Local California courts which handle felonies and major civil matters are called what?






2. What are the two types of defense attorneys?






3. In 1789 which London magistrate stressed the need for a 'centralized' law enforcement agency?






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






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






6. What were minors who disobeyed orders of the Kings Chancery Court system called?






7. What is another term for informal probation?






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






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






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






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






12. What do bills of attainer relate to?






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






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






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






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






17. What hearing comes after a misdemeanor arraignment?






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






19. What is discovery?






20. Where does the U.S. Supreme Court hear cases from?






21. What Penal Code section states that the court may refer to probation for a report?






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






23. What does a preliminary hearing determine?






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






25. What two things do military police entities possess?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. The Federal Court system was created through what?






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






36. The Federal Court system was authorized through what?






37. Is the Federal or State court system older?






38. How many chief justice and associate justices currently make up the U.S. Supreme Court?






39. Generally speaking - what type of attorney is a prosecuting attorney?






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






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






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






43. What does a mitigating factor make the report?






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






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






46. What major 1803 U.S. Supreme Court case established that the court would begin to interpret what the constitution was all about?






47. Does a county law enforcement agency head administrator generally require law enforcement experience?






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






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






50. Why does someone plea nolo contendre?







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