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Criminal Justice 101

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






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






3. The Texas Rangers are the oldest law enforcement agency in this country at what level?






4. Both felonies are misdemeanors are first filed as what?






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






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






7. Why does someone plea nolo contendre?






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






9. The Federal Court system was created through what?






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






11. How many states have State Courts of Appeals?






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






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






14. Where does a misdemeanors case begin?






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






16. When there is a supposed legal error or discrepancy with a case - what type of hearing does it go to?






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






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






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






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






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






22. In what year did California pass its juvenile justice system act known as Juvenile Court Act?






23. What two things do military police entities possess?






24. The B.I.A. and the F.B.I. often provide support and assistance to what level of law enforcement agencies?






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






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






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






28. During the Revolutionary War what major document helped to guide the colonies in fighting their war against Britain?






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






30. What crimes is the death penalty used for?






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






32. In which two locations did the actual shooting war begin between British soldiers and Colonial militia men?






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






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






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






36. Which California code section gives police and corrections their 'peace officer powers'?






37. Who runs the N.C.I.C.?






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. 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?






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






46. After the Bill of Rights was ratified - how many more times was the U.S. Constitution amended?






47. What is the Latin term that literally means - 'to adhere to what has come before'?






48. What English king was responsible for generating the concept of the Magna Carta?






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






50. What document was eventually created in order to replace the Articles of Confederation?