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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
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1. What are the three branches of government enchanced or created by the U.S. Constitution?






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






3. What English king was responsible for generating the concept of the Magna Carta?






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






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






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






7. What does the Court of Appeals not possess?






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






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






10. What is the Latin term that means evil or bad in itself?






11. Negative political influence and corruption impacting 19th century U.S. police agencies was called what?






12. What is the main criteria which determines whether a mater goes to a federal or state court?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. In which two locations did the actual shooting war begin between British soldiers and Colonial militia men?






22. What kind of powers do corrections and probation officers have?






23. The term original jurisdiction alludes to what?






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






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






26. For a felony matter to leave a Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction - what special hearing must it go to?






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






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






29. How many law enforcement agencies exist in this country?






30. What 1770 shooting incident heightened tensions between Boston colonists and newly arrived British soldiers?






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






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






33. What concepts attempts to protect society by isolating others?






34. What was the name of the article which encouraged law enforcement not just to focus on crime - but the social factors of crime?






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






36. Why does someone plea nolo contendre?






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






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






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


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






41. What are the two general characteristics evident among most law enforcement agencies?






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






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






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






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






46. What are the three duties of Deputy Probation officers in the court room?






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






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






49. What does a preliminary hearing determine?






50. What hearing determines in an individual receives the death penalty?