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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Why does someone plea nolo contendre?






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






3. What are the three main players in the Criminal Justice system known as?






4. When there is a supposed legal error or discrepancy with a case - what type of hearing does it go to?






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. Where does a felony case begin?






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






13. What word represents the ability of criminal justice players to make independent decisions?






14. What is ultimate goal at all early hearings?






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






16. 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?






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






18. What is the name of our criminal justice system that is made up of both federal and state levels?






19. What two types of employees do law enforcement agencies employ?






20. Under English Common Law what was the general cut off age in distinguishing between those who could charged with felonies?






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






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






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






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






25. What are the three Terms of Imprisonment?






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






27. What Latin term allowed the Magna Carta to be enhanced and reinforced and means to adhere to what has come before?






28. What are the branches of federal law enforcement?






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






30. This country's criminal justice system is based on the desire for what kind of system?






31. What does N.C.I.C. stand for?






32. What two factors does a probation officer consider when writing the presentence report?






33. What crimes is the death penalty used for?






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






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






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






37. What does ex-post facto law relate to?






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






39. What 1838 Ohio State Supreme Court Case established the concept of Parens Patriae and no need for due process in juvenile matters?






40. What hearing has evidence presented and witnesses testify?






41. Stare Decisis has evolved into what concept?






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






43. What two things do military police entities possess?






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






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






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






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






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






49. How is a jury panel selected?






50. Law enforcement has been traditionally very resistant to what?