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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
Instructions:
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1. What criminal statistical agency or method was created in 1987 as a supplement to UCRS?






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






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






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

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






6. What are small law enforcement agencies often made up of?






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






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






9. What is the Latin term for the plea of the no contest?






10. What major 1966 U.S. Supreme Court case provided new guidelines in how police arrested and interrogated adult defendants?






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






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






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






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

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15. What amendment discusses protection from unreasonable searches?






16. What two things do military police entities possess?






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






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






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






20. The Federal Court system was created through what?






21. What English king circa 1154 A.D. sent representatives out to the eight English 'regions' in order to organize some type of common law?






22. What is an offense that consists of illegal conduct but no jail time?






23. What is the Latin term that means evil or bad in itself?






24. What 1285 A.D. English law removed the emphasis on law enforcement away from the military and back onto the citizens?






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






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






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






28. What is the State Court System's court of last resort?






29. What is meant by inferior courts?






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






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






32. In 1789 which London magistrate stressed the need for a 'centralized' law enforcement agency?






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






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






35. What is the legal term for fundamental fairness?






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






37. What law enforcement agency maintains the largest training academy in the U.S.?






38. In what year and state was the country's first dedicated juvenile justice system and court legally established?






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






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






41. Where are the vast majority of cases heard?






42. What percent of the time will a judge go with what a presentence court report says?






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






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






45. The three federal courts are known as what?






46. What federal law enforcement agency was created in 1973 and currently has over 5 -000 agents spread around the world?






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






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






49. What are the three Terms of Imprisonment?






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