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Criminal Justice 101

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






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






3. What amendment discusses cruel and unusual punishment?






4. In which two locations did the actual shooting war begin between British soldiers and Colonial militia men?






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






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






7. What level of law enforcement generally runs local detention facilities for adults?






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






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






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






11. How many states use the death penalty?






12. How is a jury panel selected?






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






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






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






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






17. What is a crime punishable by jail - fines or prison?






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






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






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






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






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






23. What does a judge order the probation department to write in order to find more about an individual before sentencing?






24. The third federal inferior court of authority is known as what?






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






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






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






28. What does the Court of Appeals not possess?






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






30. What is a county law enforcement agency's head administrator?






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






32. What west coast supreme court case in 1876 further established the philosophy of Parens Patriae and no due process for juveniles?






33. The power of the U.S. Supreme Court to interpret what the constitution says and means - via case law - is known as what?






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






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






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






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






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






39. Railroad Police - Port/Harbor Police - Campus Police - and Mass Transit Police are examples of what?






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

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41. What are the two types of defense attorneys?






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






43. What are the two parts of the Constitution called?






44. What is the legal term for fundamental fairness?






45. Who are the three main players in the Criminal Justice system?






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






47. What does O.R. mean?






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






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






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







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