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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
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1. What are small law enforcement agencies often made up of?






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






3. What English king was responsible for generating the concept of the Magna Carta?






4. What level of law enforcement generally provides services to the local court system?






5. What does a mitigating factor make the report?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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


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






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






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






17. What is meant by inferior courts?






18. Where does the U.S. Supreme Court hear cases from?






19. What does an aggravating factor make the report?






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






21. Is the Federal or State court system older?






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






23. What amendment discusses cruel and unusual punishment?






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






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






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






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






28. The second federal inferior court of authority is known as what?






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






30. What two things do military police entities possess?






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






32. Both felonies are misdemeanors are first filed as what?






33. How many chief justice and associate justices currently make up the U.S. Supreme Court?






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






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






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






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






38. How many states use the death penalty?






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






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






41. What are the three Terms of Imprisonment?






42. What are the two conflicting philosophies which talk of a desire for individual freedom and a crime free society?






43. From 1789 to 1799 how was the U.S. Supreme Court?






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






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






46. What two additional sentences can come from a Formal Felony Sentencing Hearing different from a misdemeanor?






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






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






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






50. What are the branches of federal law enforcement?