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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
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1. How is a jury panel selected?






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






3. What percent of the time will a judge go with what a presentence court report says?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. What does the Court of Appeals not possess?






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






14. The Federal Court system was created through what?






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






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






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






18. What are the branches of federal law enforcement?






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






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






21. What does the U.S. Supreme Court have regarding what cases to hear?






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






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






24. How many states have State Courts of Appeals?






25. Where does a misdemeanors case begin?






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






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






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






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






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

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31. What Latin term means - 'father or parent of the country?'






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

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33. What are the four Cs of the criminal justice system?






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






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






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






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






38. What hearing has evidence presented and witnesses testify?






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






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






41. How long is a federal judge's term of office for?






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






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






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






45. The term original jurisdiction alludes to what?






46. What is the legal term for fundamental fairness?






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






48. What amendment discuses issues if incorporation - citizenship - and due process?






49. What is discovery?






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