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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Who is in charge of staffing - calender - budget - and other material needs of the court room?






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






3. Indeterminate sentencing was a mainstay within the California juvenile justice system until what year?






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






5. What are the two types of defense attorneys?






6. What percent of the time are deals makes and cases do not go to trial?






7. What amendment discusses cruel and unusual punishment?






8. Both Trial Courts fall under what 'umbrella' Court System?






9. The three federal courts are known as what?






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






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

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






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






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






15. Who runs the N.C.I.C.?






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






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






18. What major 1803 U.S. Supreme Court case established that the court would begin to interpret what the constitution was all about?






19. What do bills of attainer relate to?






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






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






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






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






24. What are the two ancient codes that contributed to our current legal system?






25. What does a mitigating factor make the report?






26. What Latin term means great paper?






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






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






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






30. What hearing has evidence presented and witnesses testify?






31. What is the name for a felony complaint?






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






33. What was created in order to convince several of the new states to agree to the Constitution?






34. Stare Decisis has evolved into what concept?






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






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






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






38. Where does a misdemeanors case begin?






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






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






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






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






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






44. What is discovery?






45. What level of law enforcement generally provides services to the local court system?






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






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






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






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






50. What important corrections position was mandated in Massachusetts in 1878?