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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
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1. According to Hammurabi - what age was considered as the cut off between juveniles and adults?






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






3. What does a mitigating factor make the report?






4. The Federal Court system was created through what?






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






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






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






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






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






10. What amendment discusses protection from self incrimination?






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






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






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






14. 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?






15. How many chief justice and associate justices currently make up the U.S. Supreme Court?






16. What was the name of the article which encouraged law enforcement not just to focus on crime - but the social factors of crime?






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






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






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






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






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






22. What concept discusses 'an eye for an eye'?






23. In what year did California pass its juvenile justice system act known as Juvenile Court Act?






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






25. What hearing determines in an individual receives the death penalty?






26. What are state Courts of Appeals also called?






27. What is the highest attorney at the federal level?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. What law further defined the role and make up of the U.S. Supreme court?






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






38. What were minors who disobeyed orders of the Kings Chancery Court system called?






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






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






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






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






44. What do the majority of cases going into the U.S. District Court involve?






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






46. What are small law enforcement agencies often made up of?






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






48. What Penal Code section states that the court may refer to probation for a report?






49. What level of law enforcement generally provides services to the local court system?






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