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Criminal Justice 101

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






2. What is another term for informal probation?






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

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






5. What do bills of attainer relate to?






6. What does the U.S. Federal District Court possess regarding cases heard?






7. State Troopers are what level of law enforcement?






8. Both felonies are misdemeanors are first filed as what?






9. How long is a federal judge's term of office for?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. What does O.R. mean?






19. What concept discusses 'an eye for an eye'?






20. The term original jurisdiction alludes to what?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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

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31. The Federal Court system was authorized through what?






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






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






34. What is the name for a felony complaint?






35. What are the three Terms of Imprisonment?






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






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






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






39. What constitutional amendments were alluded to in Miranda versus Arizona?






40. What was name of the era which was distinguished by the Kansas City Patrol Experiment and Flint - Michigan Patrol Program?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. 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?






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