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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is the average budget of a local law enforcement agency?






2. What crimes is the death penalty used for?






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






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






5. How is a jury panel selected?






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






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






8. Our criminal justice system tries to maintain a balance between which two conflicting models/ideologies?






9. What is discovery?






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






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






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






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






14. What are the branches of federal law enforcement?






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

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16. Where does a misdemeanors case begin?






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






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






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






20. What amendment discusses protection from unreasonable searches?






21. What do the majority of cases going into the U.S. District Court involve?






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






23. What kind of powers do corrections and probation officers have?






24. What is the name for a juvenile complaint?






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

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26. What is ultimate goal at all early hearings?






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






28. The California state highway patrol is an example of what type of law enforcement agency?






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






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






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






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






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






34. What major 1966 U.S. Supreme Court case provided new guidelines in how police arrested and interrogated adult defendants?






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






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






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






38. The Federal Court system was created through what?






39. What was the name of the article which encouraged law enforcement not just to focus on crime - but the social factors of crime?






40. What are the three main players in the Criminal Justice system known as?






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






42. Is the Federal or State court system older?






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






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






45. What type of bodies do our current laws come from?






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






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






48. In the wild west what were the people called who banded together to protect each other?






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






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