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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
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1. What court system was the same up until the period of the Civil War?






2. What two factors does a probation officer consider when writing the presentence report?






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






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






5. What do bills of attainer relate to?






6. What 1838 Ohio State Supreme Court Case established the concept of Parens Patriae and no need for due process in juvenile matters?






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






8. Who gave the Bureau of Investigation validity during the late 1920s?






9. What current U.S. law enforcement position/title had its origins with the English legal system circa 1000 A.D.?






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






11. The term original jurisdiction alludes to what?






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






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






14. Other then UCRS and NIBRS - what entities compile information about crime in the country?






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






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

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17. What concepts attempts to protect society by isolating others?






18. What Latin term means great paper?






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






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






21. What word represents the ability of criminal justice players to make independent decisions?






22. The second federal inferior court of authority is known as what?






23. What is the Latin term that means an act being wrong because of customs - morals - practices - regulation - or law?






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






25. When pleading guilty at a felony arrangement - what does the judge generally do for sentencing?






26. What 1865 federal law enforcement agency was initially responsible for excessive counterfeiting following the civil war?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. In what year did California pass its juvenile justice system act known as Juvenile Court Act?






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






36. In Orange County - what is the misdemeanor Pretrial Hearing called?






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






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






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






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






41. What are the two types of defense attorneys?






42. What amendment discusses cruel and unusual punishment?






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






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






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






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






47. What amendment discusses protection from unreasonable searches?






48. What was the name of the article which encouraged law enforcement not just to focus on crime - but the social factors of crime?






49. What hearing has evidence presented and witnesses testify?






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