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Criminal Justice 101

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






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






3. The Federal Court system was created through what?






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






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






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






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






8. The B.I.A. and the F.B.I. often provide support and assistance to what level of law enforcement agencies?






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






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






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






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






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






14. What is an offense that consists of illegal conduct but no jail time?






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






16. What important corrections position was mandated in Massachusetts in 1878?






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






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






19. What does an aggravating factor make the report?






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






21. What is the name for a felony complaint?






22. Who was the Supreme Court's third chief justice - credited with making the court more proactive - effective - and powerful?






23. What is the name of our criminal justice system that is made up of both federal and state levels?






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






25. What amendment discusses cruel and unusual punishment?






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






27. Does a county law enforcement agency head administrator generally require law enforcement experience?






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






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






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






31. What English king circa 1154 A.D. sent representatives out to the eight English 'regions' in order to organize some type of common law?






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






33. Local California courts which handle misdemeanors - minor civil matters - and traffic violations are called what?






34. What amendment discusses protection from unreasonable searches?






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






36. What are the three branches of government enchanced or created by the U.S. Constitution?






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






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






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






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






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






42. What constitutes the major difference between a crime and illegal behavior?






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






44. What is the point of a second preliminary hearing?






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






46. What concept discusses 'an eye for an eye'?






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






48. What legal model first attempted the concept of rehabilitation and resocialization?






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






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