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Criminal Justice 101

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






2. For a felony matter to leave a Trial Court of Limited Jurisdiction - what special hearing must it go to?






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






4. What criminal statistical agency or method was created in 1987 as a supplement to UCRS?






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






6. How many states have State Courts of Appeals?






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






8. Stare Decisis has evolved into what concept?






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






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






11. Besides the U.S. Marshall Service - what is the other oldest federal law enforcement agency?






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






13. What two things do military police entities possess?






14. What is another term for informal probation?






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






16. How is a jury panel selected?






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






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






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






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






21. What are the branches of federal law enforcement?






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






23. What 1883 federal law stressed the need for a civil service system based upon merit?






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






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

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






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






28. What is meant by inferior courts?






29. The term original jurisdiction alludes to what?






30. What does N.C.I.C. stand for?






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






32. Where does a felony case begin?






33. What is the Latin term for the plea of the no contest?






34. How many cases go to the local court level each year?






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






36. What two additional sentences can come from a Formal Felony Sentencing Hearing different from a misdemeanor?






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






38. What amendment discusses cruel and unusual punishment?






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






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






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






42. What court system was the same up until the period of the Civil War?






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






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






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






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






47. What is known as the highest source of law found within either a country or state?






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






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






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







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