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Criminal Justice 101

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

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






3. What concepts attempts to protect society by isolating others?






4. When pleading guilty at a felony arrangement - what does the judge generally do for sentencing?






5. What hearing comes after a misdemeanor arraignment?






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






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






8. What is the Latin term that means an act being wrong because of customs - morals - practices - regulation - or law?






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






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






11. What was created in order to convince several of the new states to agree to the Constitution?






12. What are the three main players in the Criminal Justice system known as?






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






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






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






16. What criminal statistical agency or method was created in 1930?






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






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






19. What concept deals with corrections or judicial personal determining how much incarceration a person will serve?






20. What are the branches of federal law enforcement?






21. The three federal courts are known as what?






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






23. Where are the vast majority of cases heard?






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






25. What is a crime punishable by jail - fines or prison?






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






27. What major 1966 U.S. Supreme Court case provided new guidelines in how police arrested and interrogated adult defendants?






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






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






30. What amendment discusses protection from unreasonable searches?






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






32. Indeterminate sentencing was a mainstay within the California juvenile justice system until what year?






33. The term original jurisdiction alludes to what?






34. The B.I.A. and the F.B.I. often provide support and assistance to what level of law enforcement agencies?






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






36. What does the Court of Appeals not possess?






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






38. The Federal Court system was created through what?






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






40. What amendment discusses protection from self incrimination?






41. What are state Courts of Appeals also called?






42. Is the Federal or State court system older?






43. What current California legal code did the Law of Hammurabi and the Law of Moses contribute to?






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






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






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






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






48. How long is a federal judge's term of office for?






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






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