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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
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1. Where does a felony case begin?






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






3. 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?






4. What amendment discusses cruel and unusual punishment?






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. What is the State Court System's court of last resort?






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






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






14. What is the legal term for fundamental fairness?






15. What is the main criteria which determines whether a mater goes to a federal or state court?






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






17. The Federal Court system was authorized through what?






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






19. What does a judge order the probation department to write in order to find more about an individual before sentencing?






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






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






22. What level of law enforcement generally runs local detention facilities for adults?






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






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






25. What English king was responsible for generating the concept of the Magna Carta?






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






27. The three federal courts are known as what?






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






29. What is a local law enforcement agency's head administrator?






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






31. What amendment discusses protection from self incrimination?






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. What are state Courts of Appeals also called?






39. Who runs the N.C.I.C.?






40. What amendment discusses protection from unreasonable searches?






41. What is meant by inferior courts?






42. The B.I.A. and the F.B.I. often provide support and assistance to what level of law enforcement agencies?






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






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






45. What two types of employees do law enforcement agencies employ?






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






47. What is the name for a felony complaint?






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






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






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