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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
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1. What does a preliminary hearing determine?






2. What constitutional amendments were alluded to in Miranda versus Arizona?






3. What do the majority of cases going into the U.S. District Court involve?






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






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






6. What hearing has evidence presented and witnesses testify?






7. Who runs the N.C.I.C.?






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






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






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






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






12. In 1789 which London magistrate stressed the need for a 'centralized' law enforcement agency?






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






14. What does the U.S. Federal District Court possess regarding cases heard?






15. Our criminal justice system tries to maintain a balance between which two conflicting models/ideologies?






16. After the U.S. Constitution was ratified - what type of court system did the U.S. realize it needed to have?






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






18. The term original jurisdiction alludes to what?






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






20. Who are the three main players in the Criminal Justice system?






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. What is the Latin term that means an act being wrong because of customs - morals - practices - regulation - or law?






28. The three federal courts are known as what?






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






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






31. The power of the U.S. Supreme Court to interpret what the constitution says and means - via case law - is known as what?






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






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






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






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






36. What do bills of attainer relate to?






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






38. What does the Court of Appeals not possess?






39. The Federal Court system was authorized through what?






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






41. Who said - 'The police are the public and the public are the police'?






42. What amendment discusses protection from unreasonable searches?






43. What two additional sentences can come from a Formal Felony Sentencing Hearing different from a misdemeanor?






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






45. What are the three main players in the Criminal Justice system known as?






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






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






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






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






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