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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
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1. What is the average budget of a local law enforcement agency?






2. What are the five levels of force among agencies?






3. What Latin term allowed the Magna Carta to be enhanced and reinforced and means to adhere to what has come before?






4. What is the Latin term that literally means - 'to adhere to what has come before'?






5. How many states have State Courts of Appeals?






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






7. What are the branches of federal law enforcement?






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

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






10. What are the two ancient codes that contributed to our current legal system?






11. Who gave the Bureau of Investigation validity during the late 1920s?






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






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






14. When there is a supposed legal error or discrepancy with a case - what type of hearing does it go to?






15. What was the missing component of those persons working with in the Birth of Probation Model circa 1841?






16. Law enforcement has been traditionally very resistant to what?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. Who is referred to as the father of probation?






25. Local law enforcement generally display shields on their badges. What do county law enforcement badges appear as?






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






27. What are the four Cs of the criminal justice system?






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






29. What is another term for informal probation?






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






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






32. 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?






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






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






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






36. What are state Courts of Appeals also called?






37. What Latin term means great paper?






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






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






40. What amendment discusses protection from unreasonable searches?






41. The Federal Court system was created through what?






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






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






44. What is the name for a felony complaint?






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






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






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






48. What does the Court of Appeals not possess?






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






50. The Federal Court system was authorized through what?