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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What are the two types of defense attorneys?






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. What does the Court of Appeals not possess?






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






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






11. What was the name of the group of people who went to Philadelphia in 1774 in order to discuss their unhappiness with Britain and its taxes?






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






13. The term original jurisdiction alludes to what?






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






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






16. What hearing determines in an individual receives the death penalty?






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






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






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






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






21. The three federal courts are known as what?






22. What amendment discusses cruel and unusual punishment?






23. What is ultimate goal at all early hearings?






24. What hearing has evidence presented and witnesses testify?






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






26. What does a preliminary hearing determine?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. What is another term for informal probation?






35. Law enforcement has been traditionally very resistant to what?






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






37. What is the Latin term that literally means - 'to adhere to what has come before'?






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






39. Where does a felony case begin?






40. Railroad Police - Port/Harbor Police - Campus Police - and Mass Transit Police are examples of what?






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






42. What are the three Terms of Imprisonment?






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






44. In which two locations did the actual shooting war begin between British soldiers and Colonial militia men?






45. What is the highest attorney at the federal level?






46. How many states have State Courts of Appeals?






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






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






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






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