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Criminal Justice 101

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






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






3. Where are the vast majority of cases heard?






4. What is the legal term for fundamental fairness?






5. What is discovery?






6. What was the name of the group of people who went to Philadelphia in 1774 in order to discuss their unhappiness with Britain and its taxes?






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






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






9. Stare Decisis has evolved into what concept?






10. The Kansas City Patrol Experiment and Flint - Michigan Patrol Program motivated police to try what new procedures?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. What is the most important C or level of the criminal justice system?






26. Does a county law enforcement agency head administrator generally require law enforcement experience?






27. The three federal courts are known as what?






28. What amendment discusses cruel and unusual punishment?






29. What is the name of our criminal justice system that is made up of both federal and state levels?






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






31. What amendment discuses issues if incorporation - citizenship - and due process?






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






33. What are the oldest law enforcement agencies in the country?

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






35. What are the three Terms of Imprisonment?






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






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






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






39. The Federal Court system was authorized through what?






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






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






42. State Troopers are what level of law enforcement?






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






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






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






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






47. The third federal inferior court of authority is known as what?






48. If you plea guilty at a misdemeanor arraignment - when can a judge sentence you?






49. The term original jurisdiction alludes to what?






50. When court systems or levels disagree or question if rules are properly applied - what type of court is used?