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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
Instructions:
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1. What is the point of a second preliminary hearing?






2. What do bills of attainer relate to?






3. What two things do military police entities possess?






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






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






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






7. Where are the vast majority of cases heard?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. Who is in charge of staffing - calender - budget - and other material needs of the court room?






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






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






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






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






20. The power of the U.S. Supreme Court to interpret what the constitution says and means - via case law - is known as what?






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






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






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






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






25. What is another term for informal probation?






26. What are the branches of federal law enforcement?






27. What is meant by inferior courts?






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






29. What are the three duties of Deputy Probation officers in the court room?






30. What was the original staffing of the U.S. Supreme Court?






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






32. What is a trial where there is no jury and the verdict is given by the judge?






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






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






35. When there is a supposed legal error or discrepancy with a case - what type of hearing does it go to?






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






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






38. Both felonies are misdemeanors are first filed as what?






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






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






41. What 1770 shooting incident heightened tensions between Boston colonists and newly arrived British soldiers?






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






43. What constitutes the major difference between a crime and illegal behavior?






44. What are the two types of defense attorneys?






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






46. What penal code section is used to waive time lines during a trial?






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






48. Who was the Supreme Court's third chief justice - credited with making the court more proactive - effective - and powerful?






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






50. What is ultimate goal at all early hearings?