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Criminal Justice 101

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






2. When court systems or levels disagree or question if rules are properly applied - what type of court is used?






3. What are the three Terms of Imprisonment?






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






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






6. The Federal Court system was created through what?






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






8. What does a preliminary hearing determine?






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






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






11. What is a legal system that pits two opposing parties against one another with a third neutral party applying the rules?






12. What was the name of the group of people who went to Philadelphia in 1774 in order to discuss their unhappiness with Britain and its taxes?






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






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






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






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






17. What was the original staffing of the U.S. Supreme Court?






18. What does N.C.I.C. stand for?






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






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






21. How many states have State Courts of Appeals?






22. What was created in order to convince several of the new states to agree to the Constitution?






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






24. Who were the country's first president and vice president?






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






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






27. What does an aggravating factor make the report?






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






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






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






31. What is the legal term for fundamental fairness?






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






33. In Orange County - what type of prosecuting attorneys handle the day to day issues in the court room?






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






35. In what year and state was the country's first dedicated juvenile justice system and court legally established?






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






37. How is a jury panel selected?






38. What are the branches of federal law enforcement?






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






40. What are the two main functions of criminal courts?

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41. What is discovery?






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






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






44. What 1865 federal law enforcement agency was initially responsible for excessive counterfeiting following the civil war?






45. What is meant by inferior courts?






46. What hearing has evidence presented and witnesses testify?






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






48. In 1829 which English government employee pushed a new law which followed the ideas of Patrick Colquhoun?






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






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