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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
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1. Railroad Police - Port/Harbor Police - Campus Police - and Mass Transit Police are examples of what?






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






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






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






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






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






7. What two factors does a probation officer consider when writing the presentence report?






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






9. What type of 'law' evolved and became a predictable and anticipated set of laws to the English people circa 1000 A.D.?






10. How many states have State Courts of Appeals?






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






12. Where does a misdemeanors case begin?






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






14. What is meant by inferior courts?






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






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






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






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






19. What does the U.S. Supreme Court have regarding what cases to hear?






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






21. State Troopers are what level of law enforcement?






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. Who were the country's first president and vice president?






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. How many cases go to the local court level each year?






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






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






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






39. What is discovery?






40. 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?






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






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






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






44. What was the name of the article which encouraged law enforcement not just to focus on crime - but the social factors of crime?






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






46. What is the best system to compile crime statistics and can stand completely on its own?






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

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48. How many states use the death penalty?






49. If you plea guilty at a misdemeanor arraignment - when can a judge sentence you?






50. What penal code section is used to waive time lines during a trial?