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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
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1. In Orange County - what is the misdemeanor Pretrial Hearing called?






2. What are the two parts of the Constitution called?






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






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






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






6. What is the system that puts two conflicting parties against each other with a third neutral part overseeing the process?






7. What does a preliminary hearing determine?






8. What does N.C.I.C. stand for?






9. What is known as the highest source of law found within either a country or state?






10. What is the average budget of a local law enforcement agency?






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






12. What is the name for a felony complaint?






13. What was name of the era which was distinguished by the Kansas City Patrol Experiment and Flint - Michigan Patrol Program?






14. Which 1760s British tax law placed tax quotes on all paper based products imported into the colonies?






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






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






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






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






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






20. Is the Federal or State court system older?






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






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






23. What is the name for a juvenile complaint?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. What 1770 shooting incident heightened tensions between Boston colonists and newly arrived British soldiers?






34. What types of law enforcement agency is influenced by federal and territorial sovereignty?






35. What do bills of attainer relate to?






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






37. What is another term for informal probation?






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






39. The Texas Rangers are the oldest law enforcement agency in this country at what level?






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






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






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






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






44. What court system was the same up until the period of the Civil War?






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






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






47. What does the U.S. Federal District Court possess regarding cases heard?






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






49. This country's criminal justice system is based on the desire for what kind of system?






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