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Test your basic knowledge |

Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. What does O.R. mean?






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






3. What was name of the era which was distinguished by the Kansas City Patrol Experiment and Flint - Michigan Patrol Program?






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






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






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






7. What is the name for a juvenile complaint?






8. How many states use the death penalty?






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






10. Where does a felony case begin?






11. Law enforcement has been traditionally very resistant to what?






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






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






14. How is a jury panel selected?






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






16. During the Revolutionary War what major document helped to guide the colonies in fighting their war against Britain?






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






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






19. What is the first hearing or court appearance for all cases?






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






21. What are the three Terms of Imprisonment?






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






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






24. What does the U.S. Court of Appeals not have regarding what cases to hear?






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






26. In 1789 which London magistrate stressed the need for a 'centralized' law enforcement agency?






27. What is the name for a felony complaint?






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






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






30. What does a mitigating factor make the report?






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






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






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






34. What is the legal term for fundamental fairness?






35. What types of law enforcement agency is influenced by federal and territorial sovereignty?






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






37. The Federal Court system was authorized through what?






38. What concept did the 1800 Babylonian King Hammurabi create that said juveniles could be considered for lessor penalties?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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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