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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
Instructions:
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1. What amendment discusses the right to a speedy trial?






2. What is a trial where there is no jury and the verdict is given by the judge?






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






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

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5. Other then UCRS and NIBRS - what entities compile information about crime in the country?






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






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






8. The Federal Court system was created through what?






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






10. What Latin term means great paper?






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






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






13. What types of law enforcement agency is influenced by federal and territorial sovereignty?






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






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






16. What amendment discusses protection from self incrimination?






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






18. What does an aggravating factor make the report?






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






20. When a court has control or authority over certain matters/issues - what is it called?






21. What is the name for a juvenile complaint?






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






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






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






25. The average local law enforcement agency will often employ how many officers and serve what size population?






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






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






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






29. What word represents the ability of criminal justice players to make independent decisions?






30. The three federal courts are known as what?






31. Stare Decisis has evolved into what concept?






32. What does O.R. mean?






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






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






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






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






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






38. What hearing has evidence presented and witnesses testify?






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. In the wild west what were the people called who banded together to protect each other?






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






47. How many states use the death penalty?






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






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






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