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Criminal Justice 101

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






2. What are the two general characteristics evident among most law enforcement agencies?






3. What is the Latin term for the plea of the no contest?






4. What are the two parts of the Constitution called?






5. What are the five levels of law enforcement in this country?






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






7. The B.I.A. and the F.B.I. often provide support and assistance to what level of law enforcement agencies?






8. What federal law enforcement agency delegated peace officer powers to citizens during the era of the wild west?

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






10. Where are the vast majority of cases heard?






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






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






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






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






15. What concepts attempts to protect society by isolating others?






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






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






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






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






20. What English Common Law court system could arguably be seen as the world's first dedicated juvenile court?

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21. What is the legal term for fundamental fairness?






22. Stare Decisis has evolved into what concept?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. Who were the country's first president and vice president?






33. What are the three duties of Deputy Probation officers in the court room?






34. What is the name for a juvenile complaint?






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






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






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






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






39. Who are the three main players in the Criminal Justice system?






40. What Latin term means great paper?






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






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






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






44. In 1829 which English government employee pushed a new law which followed the ideas of Patrick Colquhoun?






45. Why does someone plea nolo contendre?






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






47. What English king circa 1154 A.D. sent representatives out to the eight English 'regions' in order to organize some type of common law?






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






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






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







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