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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
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1. What was created in order to convince several of the new states to agree to the Constitution?






2. What does a preliminary hearing determine?






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






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






5. What Latin term means 'you have the body'?






6. Local California courts which handle misdemeanors - minor civil matters - and traffic violations are called what?






7. What is the legal term for fundamental fairness?






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






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






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






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






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






13. What is the name for a juvenile complaint?






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






15. What does the U.S. Supreme Court have regarding what cases to hear?






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






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






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






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






20. What English Common Law court system could arguably be seen as the world's first dedicated juvenile court?

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21. Is the Federal or State court system older?






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






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






24. What two things do military police entities possess?






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






26. Where are the vast majority of cases heard?






27. What is another term for informal probation?






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






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






30. What amendment discuses issues if incorporation - citizenship - and due process?






31. What does a mitigating factor make the report?






32. Where does a misdemeanors case begin?






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






34. What is the Latin term for the plea of the no contest?






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






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






37. What English king circa 1154 A.D. sent representatives out to the eight English 'regions' in order to organize some type of common law?






38. What legal model first attempted the concept of rehabilitation and resocialization?






39. Why does someone plea nolo contendre?






40. What west coast supreme court case in 1876 further established the philosophy of Parens Patriae and no due process for juveniles?






41. Who said - 'The police are the public and the public are the police'?






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






43. What is a county law enforcement agency's head administrator?






44. What are the three Terms of Imprisonment?






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






46. What crimes is the death penalty used for?






47. What kind of powers do corrections and probation officers have?






48. What document was eventually created in order to replace the Articles of Confederation?






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






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