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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
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1. Under English Common Law what was the general cut off age in distinguishing between those who could charged with felonies?






2. The three federal courts are known as what?






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






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






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






6. After the Bill of Rights was ratified - how many more times was the U.S. Constitution amended?






7. What is the Latin term that means an act being wrong because of customs - morals - practices - regulation - or law?






8. What court system was the same up until the period of the Civil War?






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






10. What criminal statistical agency or method was created in 1930?






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






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






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






14. How is a jury panel selected?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. What is a county law enforcement agency's head administrator?






23. What does O.R. mean?






24. What are the four main players in the criminal justice system?






25. What criteria does the judge use when setting bail?






26. What are the three Terms of Imprisonment?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. Which California code section gives police and corrections their 'peace officer powers'?






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






36. What does an aggravating factor make the report?






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






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






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






40. What hearing has evidence presented and witnesses testify?






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






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






43. What is the first hearing or court appearance for all cases?






44. What constitutes the major difference between a crime and illegal behavior?






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






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






47. What is the Latin term that describes a federal peace officer's ability to deputize citizens and give them temporary power?






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






49. Who was the Supreme Court's third chief justice - credited with making the court more proactive - effective - and powerful?






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