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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
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1. What is an offense that consists of illegal conduct but no jail time?






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






3. How many states have State Courts of Appeals?






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






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






6. Where does a misdemeanors case begin?






7. What are the five levels of law enforcement in this country?






8. Why does someone plea nolo contendre?






9. What constitutional amendments were alluded to in Miranda versus Arizona?






10. What is the name for a felony complaint?






11. What are the three Terms of Imprisonment?






12. What does the Court of Appeals not possess?






13. According to Hammurabi - what age was considered as the cut off between juveniles and adults?






14. What do bills of attainer relate to?






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






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






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






18. What Latin term means 'you have the body'?






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






20. Negative political influence and corruption impacting 19th century U.S. police agencies was called what?






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






22. Where are the vast majority of cases heard?






23. What does an aggravating factor make the report?






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






25. What major 1966 U.S. Supreme Court case provided new guidelines in how police arrested and interrogated adult defendants?






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






27. What concept did the 1800 Babylonian King Hammurabi create that said juveniles could be considered for lessor penalties?






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






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


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






31. What does a judge order the probation department to write in order to find more about an individual before sentencing?






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






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






34. In Orange County - what is the misdemeanor Pretrial Hearing called?






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






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






37. What is the legal term for fundamental fairness?






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






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






40. What criminal statistical agency or method was created in 1987 as a supplement to UCRS?






41. What do the majority of cases going into the U.S. District Court involve?






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. What is discovery?






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






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