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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What amendment discusses protection from unreasonable searches?






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






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






4. What Latin term means - 'father or parent of the country?'






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






6. Who were the country's first president and vice president?






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






8. What does O.R. mean?






9. What were minors who disobeyed orders of the Kings Chancery Court system called?






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






11. What is meant by inferior courts?






12. Other then UCRS and NIBRS - what entities compile information about crime in the country?






13. What are the five levels of law enforcement in this country?






14. What amendment discusses cruel and unusual punishment?






15. What is the name for a felony complaint?






16. Why does someone plea nolo contendre?






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






18. State Troopers are what level of law enforcement?






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






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






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






22. The three federal courts are known as what?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. What is the point of a second preliminary hearing?






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






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






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






34. What is discovery?






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






36. What is the system that puts two conflicting parties against each other with a third neutral part overseeing the process?






37. What current U.S. law enforcement position/title had its origins with the English legal system circa 1000 A.D.?






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






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






40. What level of law enforcement generally runs local detention facilities for adults?






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






42. What is the name for a juvenile complaint?






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






44. What two types of employees do law enforcement agencies employ?






45. What are state Courts of Appeals also called?






46. What is the Latin term for the plea of the no contest?






47. Both Trial Courts fall under what 'umbrella' Court System?






48. The Federal Court system was authorized through what?






49. How many states have State Courts of Appeals?






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