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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
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1. State Troopers are what level of law enforcement?






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






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






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






5. What major 1829 English law created a centralized urban police force in London?






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






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






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






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






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






11. What hearing comes after a misdemeanor arraignment?






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






13. What current California legal code did the Law of Hammurabi and the Law of Moses contribute to?






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






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






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






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






18. Where are the vast majority of cases heard?






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






20. What is a local law enforcement agency's head administrator?






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






22. Stare Decisis has evolved into what concept?






23. What is meant by inferior courts?






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






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






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






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






28. Where does a felony case begin?






29. What is the name of our criminal justice system that is made up of both federal and state levels?






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






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






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






33. What is discovery?






34. What hearing has evidence presented and witnesses testify?






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






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






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






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






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






40. What Latin term means 'you have the body'?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. What English Common Law court system could arguably be seen as the world's first dedicated juvenile court?