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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
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1. What two additional branches of government did the Constitution add to government?






2. What two things do military police entities possess?






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






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






5. State Troopers are what level of law enforcement?






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






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






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






9. What percent of the time will a judge go with what a presentence court report says?






10. What current U.S. law enforcement position/title had its origins with the English legal system circa 1000 A.D.?






11. What was the original staffing of the U.S. Supreme Court?






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






13. The three federal courts are known as what?






14. What type of hearing does a felony case go to after arrangement?






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






16. The Federal Court system was authorized through what?






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






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






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






20. What is a legal system that pits two opposing parties against one another with a third neutral party applying the rules?






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






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






23. What is meant by inferior courts?






24. What are small law enforcement agencies often made up of?






25. Who are the three main players in the Criminal Justice system?






26. Which of the five major phases in the criminal justice system since 1965 produced major case law?






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






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






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






30. Generally speaking - what type of attorney is a prosecuting attorney?






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






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






33. The Federal Court system was created through what?






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






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






36. When pleading guilty at a felony arrangement - what does the judge generally do for sentencing?






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






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






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






40. This country's criminal justice system is based on the desire for what kind of system?






41. What are the two types of defense attorneys?






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






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






44. What are the three Terms of Imprisonment?






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






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






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






48. What are the four Cs of the criminal justice system?






49. What is the name for a juvenile complaint?






50. How is a jury panel selected?