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Criminal Justice 101

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






2. What does a mitigating factor make the report?






3. What hearing has evidence presented and witnesses testify?






4. What amendment discusses cruel and unusual punishment?






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






6. What are the four main players in the criminal justice system?






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






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






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






10. What is meant by inferior courts?






11. Who were the country's first president and vice president?






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






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






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






15. What are the oldest law enforcement agencies in the country?

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






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






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






19. What has disappeared among law enforcement agencies is this country?






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






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






22. What are the four Cs of the criminal justice system?






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






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






25. What concept attempts to alter future behaviors through threats of punishment and consequences?






26. What are the three Terms of Imprisonment?






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






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






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






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






31. Is the Federal or State court system older?






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






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






34. What is ultimate goal at all early hearings?






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






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






37. What do bills of attainer relate to?






38. What hearing determines in an individual receives the death penalty?






39. How many states have State Courts of Appeals?






40. Where does the U.S. Supreme Court hear cases from?






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






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






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






44. Who is referred to as the father of probation?






45. What type of bodies do our current laws come from?






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






47. What is the most important C or level of the criminal justice system?






48. What was the missing component of those persons working with in the Birth of Probation Model circa 1841?






49. During the Revolutionary War what major document helped to guide the colonies in fighting their war against Britain?






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







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