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Criminal Justice 101

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1. How many law enforcement agencies exist in this country?






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






3. Why does someone plea nolo contendre?






4. Where does a felony case begin?






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






6. How many states have State Courts of Appeals?






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






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






9. What penal code states that a felony must go to trial within 60 days of the second arrangement unless time lines are waived?






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






11. What does the Court of Appeals not possess?






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






13. What is meant by inferior courts?






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






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






16. What 1883 federal law stressed the need for a civil service system based upon merit?






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






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






19. What does an aggravating factor make the report?






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






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






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






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






24. What are the four main players in the criminal justice system?






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






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






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






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






29. What are the branches of federal law enforcement?






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






31. Where are the vast majority of cases heard?






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






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






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






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






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






37. What does a mitigating factor make the report?






38. Who is in charge of staffing - calender - budget - and other material needs of the court room?






39. What penal code section is used to waive time lines during a trial?






40. If you plea guilty at a misdemeanor arraignment - when can a judge sentence you?






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






42. What two things do military police entities possess?






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






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






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






46. What type of bodies do our current laws come from?






47. What is the highest attorney at the federal level?






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






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






50. What type of 'law' evolved and became a predictable and anticipated set of laws to the English people circa 1000 A.D.?







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