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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is a crime punishable by jail - fines or prison?






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






3. What is the name of the New York police officer - circa 1970s - who had to deal with corruption and patronage in the NYPD?






4. What was the original staffing of the U.S. Supreme Court?






5. What percent of the time will a judge go with what a presentence court report says?






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. What is the name for a juvenile complaint?






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






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






15. State Troopers are what level of law enforcement?






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






17. What does a mitigating factor make the report?






18. Is the Federal or State court system older?






19. During the Revolutionary War what major document helped to guide the colonies in fighting their war against Britain?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. What are the five levels of force among agencies?






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






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






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






34. What hearing comes after a misdemeanor arraignment?






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






36. The second federal inferior court of authority is known as what?






37. What is meant by inferior courts?






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






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






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






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






42. What kind of system is our criminal justice system based upon?






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






44. What Latin term allowed the Magna Carta to be enhanced and reinforced and means to adhere to what has come before?






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






46. Why does someone plea nolo contendre?






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






48. Where does a misdemeanors case begin?






49. What type of hearing does a felony case go to after arrangement?






50. What were minors who disobeyed orders of the Kings Chancery Court system called?