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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
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1. What major 1829 English law created a centralized urban police force in London?






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






3. Who gave the Bureau of Investigation validity during the late 1920s?






4. Local California courts which handle misdemeanors - minor civil matters - and traffic violations are called what?






5. What are state Courts of Appeals also called?






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






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






8. UCRS and NIBRS recieve information from how many agencies?






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






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






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






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






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






14. The Reintegration Model - circa 1960s - failed due to community concern over leniency toward criminals and what two major social events?






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


16. Which of the five major phases in the criminal justice system since 1965 produced major case law?






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






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






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






20. What does a mitigating factor make the report?






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






22. Where are the vast majority of cases heard?






23. What constitutional amendments were alluded to in Miranda versus Arizona?






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






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






26. For a felony matter to leave a Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction - what special hearing must it go to?






27. What federal law enforcement agency was created in 1973 and currently has over 5 -000 agents spread around the world?






28. The term original jurisdiction alludes to what?






29. What is the point of a second preliminary hearing?






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






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






32. Generally speaking - what type of attorney is a prosecuting attorney?






33. Where does a felony case begin?






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






35. What does a preliminary hearing determine?






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






37. What legal model first attempted the concept of rehabilitation and resocialization?






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






39. Railroad Police - Port/Harbor Police - Campus Police - and Mass Transit Police are examples of what?






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






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






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






43. What concept did the 1800 Babylonian King Hammurabi create that said juveniles could be considered for lessor penalties?






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






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






46. What hearing determines in an individual receives the death penalty?






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






48. What crimes is the death penalty used for?






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






50. What is another term for informal probation?