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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What constitutes the major difference between a crime and illegal behavior?






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






3. What penal code states that a felony must go to trial within 60 days of the second arrangement unless time lines are waived?






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






5. What Latin term means - 'father or parent of the country?'






6. What Latin term allowed the Magna Carta to be enhanced and reinforced and means to adhere to what has come before?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. Where does a misdemeanors case begin?






20. What document was eventually created in order to replace the Articles of Confederation?






21. What two factors does a probation officer consider when writing the presentence report?






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






23. What is another term for informal probation?






24. In 1829 which English government employee pushed a new law which followed the ideas of Patrick Colquhoun?






25. Why does someone plea nolo contendre?






26. Is the Federal or State court system older?






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






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






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






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






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






32. What percent of the time are deals makes and cases do not go to trial?






33. What major 1803 U.S. Supreme Court case established that the court would begin to interpret what the constitution was all about?






34. What are the branches of federal law enforcement?






35. What are state Courts of Appeals also called?






36. What does O.R. mean?






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






38. The term original jurisdiction alludes to what?






39. Local California courts which handle misdemeanors - minor civil matters - and traffic violations are called what?






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






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






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






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






44. Law enforcement has been traditionally very resistant to what?






45. What hearing comes after a misdemeanor arraignment?






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






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






48. What type of 'law' evolved and became a predictable and anticipated set of laws to the English people circa 1000 A.D.?






49. What is the average budget of a local law enforcement agency?






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