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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is the best system to compile crime statistics and can stand completely on its own?






2. What are the three main players in the Criminal Justice system known as?






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






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






5. What Latin term means great paper?






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. Besides the U.S. Marshall Service - what is the other oldest federal law enforcement agency?






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






14. What are the two ancient codes that contributed to our current legal system?






15. What is the name for a juvenile complaint?






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






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






18. What does O.R. mean?






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






20. What was name of the era which was distinguished by the Kansas City Patrol Experiment and Flint - Michigan Patrol Program?






21. What is another term for informal probation?






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






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






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






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






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






27. What two types of employees do law enforcement agencies employ?






28. What does the Court of Appeals not possess?






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. The three federal courts are known as what?






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






37. What are the two types of defense attorneys?






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






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






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






41. What is an offense that consists of illegal conduct but no jail time?






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






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






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






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






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






47. In what year did California pass its juvenile justice system act known as Juvenile Court Act?






48. What hearing comes after a misdemeanor arraignment?






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






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