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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
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1. What is the Latin term that literally means - 'to adhere to what has come before'?






2. What federal law enforcement agency had its origins in 1908?






3. What English Common Law court system could arguably be seen as the world's first dedicated juvenile court?

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






5. What two additional branches of government did the Constitution add to government?






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






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






9. How many states use the death penalty?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. What is another term for informal probation?






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






20. What does a preliminary hearing determine?






21. What is discovery?






22. Why does someone plea nolo contendre?






23. What Latin term means great paper?






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






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






26. What is meant by inferior courts?






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






28. What does O.R. mean?






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






30. What does the U.S. Court of Appeals not have regarding what cases to hear?






31. What do bills of attainer relate to?






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






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






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






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






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

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






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






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






40. What are state Courts of Appeals also called?






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






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






43. What 1838 Ohio State Supreme Court Case established the concept of Parens Patriae and no need for due process in juvenile matters?






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






45. What is the name of our criminal justice system that is made up of both federal and state levels?






46. What is the legal term for fundamental fairness?






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






48. What are the branches of federal law enforcement?






49. Who was the Supreme Court's third chief justice - credited with making the court more proactive - effective - and powerful?






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