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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
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1. What does N.C.I.C. stand for?






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






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






4. What is the name for a juvenile complaint?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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

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






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






14. Where are the vast majority of cases heard?






15. What 1883 federal law stressed the need for a civil service system based upon merit?






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






17. What does a preliminary hearing determine?






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






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






20. Does a county law enforcement agency head administrator generally require law enforcement experience?






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






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






23. Who is referred to as the father of probation?






24. What two additional branches of government did the Constitution add to government?






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






26. What is the most important C or level of the criminal justice system?






27. Who is in charge of staffing - calender - budget - and other material needs of the court room?






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






29. What amendment discusses protection from self incrimination?






30. What does an aggravating factor make the report?






31. What is ultimate goal at all early hearings?






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






33. What is the main criteria which determines whether a mater goes to a federal or state court?






34. How many states have State Courts of Appeals?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. What is a trial where there is no jury and the verdict is given by the judge?






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






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






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






48. What are the two conflicting philosophies which talk of a desire for individual freedom and a crime free society?






49. How many states use the death penalty?






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






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