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Criminal Justice 101

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1. What law enforcement agency maintains the largest training academy in the U.S.?






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






3. What is the main criteria which determines whether a mater goes to a federal or state court?






4. In Orange County - what type of prosecuting attorneys handle the day to day issues in the court room?






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






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






7. What does ex-post facto law relate to?






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






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






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






11. What hearing has evidence presented and witnesses testify?






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






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






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






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






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






17. What was created in order to convince several of the new states to agree to the Constitution?






18. What is discovery?






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






20. What amendment discusses protection from self incrimination?






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






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






23. What is meant by inferior courts?






24. Stare Decisis has evolved into what concept?






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






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






27. The Federal Court system was created through what?






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






29. What major 1803 U.S. Supreme Court case established that the court would begin to interpret what the constitution was all about?






30. What crimes is the death penalty used for?






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






32. What does an aggravating factor make the report?






33. What is the name for a juvenile complaint?






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






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






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

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






38. What does a preliminary hearing determine?






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






40. What concepts attempts to protect society by isolating others?






41. What amendment discusses protection from unreasonable searches?






42. From 1789 to 1799 how was the U.S. Supreme Court?






43. What two additional sentences can come from a Formal Felony Sentencing Hearing different from a misdemeanor?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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







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