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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Who said - 'The police are the public and the public are the police'?






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






3. What law enforcement agency maintains the largest training academy in the U.S.?






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






5. What is a crime punishable by jail - fines or prison?






6. What Latin term means great paper?






7. What has disappeared among law enforcement agencies is this country?






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






9. How is a jury panel selected?






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






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






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






13. What amendment discusses cruel and unusual punishment?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. Why does someone plea nolo contendre?






22. How many states use the death penalty?






23. The Kansas City Patrol Experiment and Flint - Michigan Patrol Program motivated police to try what new procedures?






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






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






26. The Federal Court system was created through what?






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






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






29. What are small law enforcement agencies often made up of?






30. How many states have State Courts of Appeals?






31. What criminal statistical agency or method was created in 1987 as a supplement to UCRS?






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






33. What is the name for a juvenile complaint?






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






35. What are state Courts of Appeals also called?






36. What court system was the same up until the period of the Civil War?






37. The three federal courts are known as what?






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






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






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






41. What west coast supreme court case in 1876 further established the philosophy of Parens Patriae and no due process for juveniles?






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






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






44. What concept deals with corrections or judicial personal determining how much incarceration a person will serve?






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






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






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






48. The Federal Court system was authorized through what?






49. What are the three branches of government enchanced or created by the U.S. Constitution?






50. What is a county law enforcement agency's head administrator?