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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
Instructions:
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1. The second federal inferior court of authority is known as what?






2. What 1770 shooting incident heightened tensions between Boston colonists and newly arrived British soldiers?






3. What does an aggravating factor make the report?






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






5. Who was the Supreme Court's third chief justice - credited with making the court more proactive - effective - and powerful?






6. Stare Decisis has evolved into what concept?






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






8. What does the Court of Appeals not possess?






9. What does the U.S. Court of Appeals not have regarding what cases to hear?






10. The three federal courts are known as what?






11. In 1789 which London magistrate stressed the need for a 'centralized' law enforcement agency?






12. Indeterminate sentencing was a mainstay within the California juvenile justice system until what year?






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






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






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






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






17. What do bills of attainer relate to?






18. Why does someone plea nolo contendre?






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






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






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






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






23. What does a mitigating factor make the report?






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






25. What federal law enforcement agency had its origins in 1908?






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






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






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






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






30. The third federal inferior court of authority is known as what?






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






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






33. Both Trial Courts fall under what 'umbrella' Court System?






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






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






36. The California state highway patrol is an example of what type of law enforcement agency?






37. What concept attempts to alter future behaviors through threats of punishment and consequences?






38. What hearing comes after a misdemeanor arraignment?






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






40. Who is in charge of staffing - calender - budget - and other material needs of the court room?






41. State Troopers are what level of law enforcement?






42. What court system was the same up until the period of the Civil War?






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






44. What were minors who disobeyed orders of the Kings Chancery Court system called?






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






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


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






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






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






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