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Criminal Justice 101

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






2. What are the two ancient codes that contributed to our current legal system?






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






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






5. The three federal courts are known as what?






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






7. What are state Courts of Appeals also called?






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






9. What are the two types of defense attorneys?






10. What criteria does the judge use when setting bail?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. What two things do military police entities possess?






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. What are the two general characteristics evident among most law enforcement agencies?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. Under English Common Law what was the general cut off age in distinguishing between those who could charged with felonies?






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






35. What kind of powers do corrections and probation officers have?






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






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






38. What hearing determines in an individual receives the death penalty?






39. What Latin term means great paper?






40. How many states have State Courts of Appeals?






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






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






43. What is another term for informal probation?






44. What concept discusses 'an eye for an eye'?






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






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






47. In Orange County - what is the misdemeanor Pretrial Hearing called?






48. What type of bodies do our current laws come from?






49. How is a jury panel selected?






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







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