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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
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1. What 1285 A.D. English law removed the emphasis on law enforcement away from the military and back onto the citizens?






2. How many law enforcement agencies exist in this country?






3. Where does a misdemeanors case begin?






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






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






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






7. How is a jury panel selected?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. What is the most important thing that a probation officer does in the presentence court report?






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






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






19. What does a mitigating factor make the report?






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






21. What are the two types of defense attorneys?






22. Stare Decisis has evolved into what concept?






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






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






25. UCRS and NIBRS recieve information from how many agencies?






26. Where does a felony case begin?






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






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






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






30. After the Bill of Rights was ratified - how many more times was the U.S. Constitution amended?






31. The three federal courts are known as what?






32. What is meant by inferior courts?






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






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






35. What has disappeared among law enforcement agencies is this country?






36. What amendment discusses the right to a speedy trial?






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






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






39. In what year and state was the country's first dedicated juvenile justice system and court legally established?






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






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






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






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






44. Why does someone plea nolo contendre?






45. In Orange County - what type of prosecuting attorneys handle the day to day issues in the court room?






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






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






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






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






50. Local California courts which handle felonies and major civil matters are called what?