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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
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1. What kind of system is our criminal justice system based upon?






2. What is the Latin term that literally means - 'to adhere to what has come before'?






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






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






5. Besides the U.S. Marshall Service - what is the other oldest federal law enforcement agency?






6. The Federal Court system was authorized through what?






7. What document was eventually created in order to replace the Articles of Confederation?






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






9. What is the legal term for fundamental fairness?






10. What do bills of attainer relate to?






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






12. What does a mitigating factor make the report?






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






14. What two additional branches of government did the Constitution add to government?






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






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






17. Is the Federal or State court system older?






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






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






20. What are the two general characteristics evident among most law enforcement agencies?






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. Which of the five major phases in the criminal justice system since 1965 produced major case law?






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






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






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






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






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






33. What does the Court of Appeals not possess?






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






35. What are the branches of federal law enforcement?






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






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






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






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






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






41. Both Trial Courts fall under what 'umbrella' Court System?






42. The Kansas City Patrol Experiment and Flint - Michigan Patrol Program motivated police to try what new procedures?






43. What is the Latin term that means evil or bad in itself?






44. How is a jury panel selected?






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






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






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






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

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






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