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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
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1. The California state highway patrol is an example of what type of law enforcement agency?






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






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






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






5. Is the Federal or State court system older?






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






7. Who is in charge of staffing - calender - budget - and other material needs of the court room?






8. How many states use the death penalty?






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






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






11. What is the name for a felony complaint?






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






13. What is the most important C or level of the criminal justice system?






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






15. What percent of the time will a judge go with what a presentence court report says?






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






17. What 1285 A.D. English law removed the emphasis on law enforcement away from the military and back onto the citizens?






18. What is the legal term for fundamental fairness?






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






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






21. What percent of the time are deals makes and cases do not go to trial?






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






23. How many chief justice and associate justices currently make up the U.S. Supreme Court?






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






25. The Reintegration Model - circa 1960s - failed due to community concern over leniency toward criminals and what two major social events?






26. UCRS and NIBRS recieve information from how many agencies?






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






28. What 1865 federal law enforcement agency was initially responsible for excessive counterfeiting following the civil war?






29. What amendment discusses the right to a speedy trial?






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






31. What are the four main players in the criminal justice system?






32. What does O.R. mean?






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






34. Jail time - restitution - contact restrictions - drug testing - searches and seizures - employment verification - and counseling can be terms of what?






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






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






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






38. What amendment discusses cruel and unusual punishment?






39. What are the two conflicting philosophies which talk of a desire for individual freedom and a crime free society?






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






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






42. What type of hearing does a felony case go to after arrangement?






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






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






45. The term original jurisdiction alludes to what?






46. What are the oldest law enforcement agencies in the country?

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47. What are state Courts of Appeals also called?






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






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






50. What is ultimate goal at all early hearings?