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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What type of hearing does a felony case go to after arrangement?






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






3. How long is a federal judge's term of office for?






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






5. When pleading guilty at a felony arrangement - what does the judge generally do for sentencing?






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






7. What concept discusses 'an eye for an eye'?






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






9. What is the State Court System's court of last resort?






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






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






12. What does the Court of Appeals not possess?






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






14. Law enforcement has been traditionally very resistant to what?






15. What hearing comes after a misdemeanor arraignment?






16. What are state Courts of Appeals also called?






17. What constitutes the major difference between a crime and illegal behavior?






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






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






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






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






22. The three federal courts are known as what?






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






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






25. What is the highest attorney at the federal level?






26. What criteria does the judge use when setting bail?






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






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






29. Where are the vast majority of cases heard?






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


31. What criminal statistical agency or method was created in 1930?






32. What is meant by inferior courts?






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






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






35. What is a crime publishable by six months to one yer in jail - fines - or probation?






36. If you plea guilty at a misdemeanor arraignment - when can a judge sentence you?






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






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






39. What is another term for informal probation?






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






41. Generally speaking - what type of attorney is a prosecuting attorney?






42. What does O.R. mean?






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






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






45. State Troopers are what level of law enforcement?






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






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






48. What is the average budget of a local law enforcement agency?






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






50. What does a mitigating factor make the report?