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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
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1. What two factors does a probation officer consider when writing the presentence report?






2. What federal law enforcement agency delegated peace officer powers to citizens during the era of the wild west?


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






4. The B.I.A. and the F.B.I. often provide support and assistance to what level of law enforcement agencies?






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






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






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






8. What type of 'law' evolved and became a predictable and anticipated set of laws to the English people circa 1000 A.D.?






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






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






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






12. What court system was the same up until the period of the Civil War?






13. According to Hammurabi - what age was considered as the cut off between juveniles and adults?






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






15. What two things do military police entities possess?






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






17. What amendment discusses the right to a speedy trial?






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






19. Other then UCRS and NIBRS - what entities compile information about crime in the country?






20. What are small law enforcement agencies often made up of?






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






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






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






24. What are the three Terms of Imprisonment?






25. What are the two types of defense attorneys?






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






27. Stare Decisis has evolved into what concept?






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






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






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






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






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






33. Is the Federal or State court system older?






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






35. Where does a felony case begin?






36. What was the name of the group of people who went to Philadelphia in 1774 in order to discuss their unhappiness with Britain and its taxes?






37. What document was eventually created in order to replace the Articles of Confederation?






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






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






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






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






42. How is a jury panel selected?






43. What current California legal code did the Law of Hammurabi and the Law of Moses contribute to?






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






45. State Troopers are what level of law enforcement?






46. After the U.S. Constitution was ratified - what type of court system did the U.S. realize it needed to have?






47. Why does someone plea nolo contendre?






48. The second federal inferior court of authority is known as what?






49. Besides the U.S. Marshall Service - what is the other oldest federal law enforcement agency?






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