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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
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1. When pleading guilty at a felony arrangement - what does the judge generally do for sentencing?






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






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






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






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






6. Who said - 'The police are the public and the public are the police'?






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






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






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






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






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






12. Which California code section gives police and corrections their 'peace officer powers'?






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






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






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






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






17. What does a preliminary hearing determine?






18. What does a mitigating factor make the report?






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






20. The power of the U.S. Supreme Court to interpret what the constitution says and means - via case law - is known as what?






21. Stare Decisis has evolved into what concept?






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






23. What west coast supreme court case in 1876 further established the philosophy of Parens Patriae and no due process for juveniles?






24. How is a jury panel selected?






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






26. What is the highest attorney at the federal level?






27. What are state Courts of Appeals also called?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. What type of 'law' evolved and became a predictable and anticipated set of laws to the English people circa 1000 A.D.?






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






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






38. After the U.S. Constitution was ratified - what type of court system did the U.S. realize it needed to have?






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






40. What crimes is the death penalty used for?






41. What major 1803 U.S. Supreme Court case established that the court would begin to interpret what the constitution was all about?






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






43. What type of hearing does a felony case go to after arrangement?






44. What does O.R. mean?






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






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






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






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






49. Local California courts which handle felonies and major civil matters are called what?






50. What federal law enforcement agency had its origins in 1908?