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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
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1. Indeterminate sentencing was a mainstay within the California juvenile justice system until what year?






2. What is an offense that consists of illegal conduct but no jail time?






3. What are the five levels of force among agencies?






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






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






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






7. What hearing comes after a misdemeanor arraignment?






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






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

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10. Where are the vast majority of cases heard?






11. What crimes is the death penalty used for?






12. Where does a felony case begin?






13. The three federal courts are known as what?






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






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






16. What is the first hearing or court appearance for all cases?






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






18. What does the Court of Appeals not possess?






19. What are the four Cs of the criminal justice system?






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






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






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






23. What does a mitigating factor make the report?






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






25. What does N.C.I.C. stand for?






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






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






28. What was name of the era which was distinguished by the Kansas City Patrol Experiment and Flint - Michigan Patrol Program?






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






30. Who gave the Bureau of Investigation validity during the late 1920s?






31. What is another term for informal probation?






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






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






34. In what year and state was the country's first dedicated juvenile justice system and court legally established?






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






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






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






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






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






40. The term original jurisdiction alludes to what?






41. What is a county law enforcement agency's head administrator?






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






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






44. What kind of system is our criminal justice system based upon?






45. What is the Latin term that describes a federal peace officer's ability to deputize citizens and give them temporary power?






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






47. What was the name of the group of people who went to Philadelphia in 1774 in order to discuss their unhappiness with Britain and its taxes?






48. Local law enforcement generally display shields on their badges. What do county law enforcement badges appear as?






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






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