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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
Instructions:
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1. What constitutes the major difference between a crime and illegal behavior?






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






3. What does the U.S. Federal District Court possess regarding cases heard?






4. What English Common Law court system could arguably be seen as the world's first dedicated juvenile court?

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






6. Other then UCRS and NIBRS - what entities compile information about crime in the country?






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






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






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






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

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






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






13. What concept did the 1800 Babylonian King Hammurabi create that said juveniles could be considered for lessor penalties?






14. Where does a felony case begin?






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






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






17. Where are the vast majority of cases heard?






18. Which 1760s British tax law placed tax quotes on all paper based products imported into the colonies?






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






20. What amendment discusses cruel and unusual punishment?






21. The Federal Court system was created through what?






22. How many chief justice and associate justices currently make up the U.S. Supreme Court?






23. What Latin term means 'you have the body'?






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






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






26. What is a county law enforcement agency's head administrator?






27. What are the two types of defense attorneys?






28. What are state Courts of Appeals also called?






29. What does a preliminary hearing determine?






30. After the U.S. Constitution was ratified - what type of court system did the U.S. realize it needed to have?






31. What federal law enforcement agency was created in 1973 and currently has over 5 -000 agents spread around the world?






32. What are the two parts of the Constitution called?






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






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






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






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






37. What are the branches of federal law enforcement?






38. The second federal inferior court of authority is known as what?






39. According to Hammurabi - what age was considered as the cut off between juveniles and adults?






40. What are the five levels of law enforcement in this country?






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






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






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






44. In the wild west what were the people called who banded together to protect each other?






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






46. What criminal statistical agency or method was created in 1987 as a supplement to UCRS?






47. The term original jurisdiction alludes to what?






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






49. The power of the U.S. Supreme Court to interpret what the constitution says and means - via case law - is known as what?






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