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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
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1. What are the two main functions of criminal courts?

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






3. What is the legal term for fundamental fairness?






4. What is a legal system that pits two opposing parties against one another with a third neutral party applying the rules?






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






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






7. What does O.R. mean?






8. What 1770 shooting incident heightened tensions between Boston colonists and newly arrived British soldiers?






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






10. 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?






11. Jail time - restitution - contact restrictions - drug testing - searches and seizures - employment verification - and counseling can be terms of what?






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






13. Is the Federal or State court system older?






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






15. What do the majority of cases going into the U.S. District Court involve?






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






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






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






19. What penal code section is used to waive time lines during a trial?






20. What are the branches of federal law enforcement?






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






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






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






24. What is meant by inferior courts?






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






26. What type of hearing does a felony case go to after arrangement?






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






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






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






30. What hearing has evidence presented and witnesses testify?






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






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






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

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






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






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






37. What does the Court of Appeals not possess?






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






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






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






41. What does the U.S. Court of Appeals not have regarding what cases to hear?






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






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






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






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






46. What amendment discusses cruel and unusual punishment?






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






48. What concept did the 1800 Babylonian King Hammurabi create that said juveniles could be considered for lessor penalties?






49. How many cases go to the local court level each year?






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