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Criminal Justice 101

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






2. Indeterminate sentencing was a mainstay within the California juvenile justice system until what year?






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






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






5. The California state highway patrol is an example of what type of law enforcement agency?






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






7. What is the name of the New York police officer - circa 1970s - who had to deal with corruption and patronage in the NYPD?






8. Where are the vast majority of cases heard?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. How many states use the death penalty?






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






18. For a felony matter to leave a Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction - what special hearing must it go to?






19. What is the most important thing that a probation officer does in the presentence court report?






20. State Troopers are what level of law enforcement?






21. What are the branches of federal law enforcement?






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






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






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






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






26. What 1883 federal law stressed the need for a civil service system based upon merit?






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






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






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






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






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






32. After the Bill of Rights was ratified - how many more times was the U.S. Constitution amended?






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






34. What hearing comes after a misdemeanor arraignment?






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






36. Where does a misdemeanors case begin?






37. Stare Decisis has evolved into what concept?






38. Is the Federal or State court system older?






39. The three federal courts are known as what?






40. What does the Court of Appeals not possess?






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






42. What were minors who disobeyed orders of the Kings Chancery Court system called?






43. What does an aggravating factor make the report?






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






45. What major 1829 English law created a centralized urban police force in London?






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






47. Who runs the N.C.I.C.?






48. What hearing has evidence presented and witnesses testify?






49. Our criminal justice system tries to maintain a balance between which two conflicting models/ideologies?






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