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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
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1. How many states have State Courts of Appeals?






2. What Latin term means - 'father or parent of the country?'






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






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






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






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






7. What is an offense that consists of illegal conduct but no jail time?






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






9. Which 1760s British tax law placed tax quotes on all paper based products imported into the colonies?






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






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






12. What are the branches of federal law enforcement?






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






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






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






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






17. What is another term for informal probation?






18. What type of hearing does a felony case go to after arrangement?






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






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






21. The Federal Court system was authorized through what?






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






23. How many law enforcement agencies exist in this country?






24. Stare Decisis has evolved into what concept?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. What are the two parts of the Constitution called?






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






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






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






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






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






40. What is a legal system that pits two opposing parties against one another with a third neutral party applying the rules?






41. Is the Federal or State court system older?






42. What is the name for a juvenile complaint?






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






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






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






46. What are the three Terms of Imprisonment?






47. What hearing comes after a misdemeanor arraignment?






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






49. What is the average budget of a local law enforcement agency?






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