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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
Instructions:
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1. Railroad Police - Port/Harbor Police - Campus Police - and Mass Transit Police are examples of what?






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






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






4. How many states have State Courts of Appeals?






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






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






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






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






9. Where does a felony case begin?






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






11. What has disappeared among law enforcement agencies is this country?






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






13. What is known as the highest source of law found within either a country or state?






14. What is the most important thing that a probation officer does in the presentence court report?






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






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






17. What is another term for informal probation?






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






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






20. When pleading guilty at a felony arrangement - what does the judge generally do for sentencing?






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






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






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






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

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25. What types of law enforcement agency is influenced by federal and territorial sovereignty?






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. What is the Latin term that means evil or bad in itself?






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






34. What is the average budget of a local law enforcement agency?






35. How many law enforcement agencies exist in this country?






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






37. What are the branches of federal law enforcement?






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






39. What amendment discusses cruel and unusual punishment?






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






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






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






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






44. Which 1760s British tax law placed tax quotes on all paper based products imported into the colonies?






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






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






47. What is the name for a juvenile complaint?






48. What does the Court of Appeals not possess?






49. What is a local law enforcement agency's head administrator?






50. What does an aggravating factor make the report?