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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
Instructions:
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1. What is the most important thing that a probation officer does in the presentence court report?






2. Is the Federal or State court system older?






3. What are state Courts of Appeals also called?






4. Why does someone plea nolo contendre?






5. How many states use the death penalty?






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






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






8. What word represents the ability of criminal justice players to make independent decisions?






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






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






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






12. What is discovery?






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






14. What is ultimate goal at all early hearings?






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






16. What important corrections position was mandated in Massachusetts in 1878?






17. What is a crime punishable by jail - fines or prison?






18. The term original jurisdiction alludes to what?






19. What major 1829 English law created a centralized urban police force in London?






20. What are the three Terms of Imprisonment?






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






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






23. What amendment discusses cruel and unusual punishment?






24. What west coast supreme court case in 1876 further established the philosophy of Parens Patriae and no due process for juveniles?






25. How many states have State Courts of Appeals?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. Railroad Police - Port/Harbor Police - Campus Police - and Mass Transit Police are examples of what?






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






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






38. The Federal Court system was authorized through what?






39. Where are the vast majority of cases heard?






40. Where does a misdemeanors case begin?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. Negative political influence and corruption impacting 19th century U.S. police agencies was called what?






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






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