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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
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1. How many chief justice and associate justices currently make up the U.S. Supreme Court?






2. What type of 'law' evolved and became a predictable and anticipated set of laws to the English people circa 1000 A.D.?






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






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






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






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






7. What is a crime publishable by six months to one yer in jail - fines - or probation?






8. If you plea guilty at a misdemeanor arraignment - when can a judge sentence you?






9. The term original jurisdiction alludes to what?






10. What current U.S. law enforcement position/title had its origins with the English legal system circa 1000 A.D.?






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






12. The Federal Court system was authorized through what?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. The three federal courts are known as what?






22. What amendment discusses cruel and unusual punishment?






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






24. State Troopers are what level of law enforcement?






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






26. What amendment discuses issues if incorporation - citizenship - and due process?






27. What are the oldest law enforcement agencies in the country?


28. What is a legal system that pits two opposing parties against one another with a third neutral party applying the rules?






29. The Kansas City Patrol Experiment and Flint - Michigan Patrol Program motivated police to try what new procedures?






30. How many states use the death penalty?






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






32. What hearing has evidence presented and witnesses testify?






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






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






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






36. Who runs the N.C.I.C.?






37. Where does a felony case begin?






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






39. What Latin term means great paper?






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






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






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






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


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






45. In Orange County - what type of prosecuting attorneys handle the day to day issues in the court room?






46. What does an aggravating factor make the report?






47. What is ultimate goal at all early hearings?






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






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






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