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Criminal Justice 101

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






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






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






4. The third federal inferior court of authority is known as what?






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






6. How is a jury panel selected?






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






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






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






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






11. What two types of employees do law enforcement agencies employ?






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






13. 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?






14. What two additional sentences can come from a Formal Felony Sentencing Hearing different from a misdemeanor?






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






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

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






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






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






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






21. What are state Courts of Appeals also called?






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






23. What crimes is the death penalty used for?






24. The term original jurisdiction alludes to what?






25. What does a preliminary hearing determine?






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






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






28. What important corrections position was mandated in Massachusetts in 1878?






29. What kind of powers do corrections and probation officers have?






30. What is the legal term for fundamental fairness?






31. What does the Court of Appeals not possess?






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






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






34. What law further defined the role and make up of the U.S. Supreme court?






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






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






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






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






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






40. When court systems or levels disagree or question if rules are properly applied - what type of court is used?






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






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






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






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






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

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






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






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






49. The Federal Court system was authorized through what?






50. What criminal statistical agency or method was created in 1930?