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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
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1. What does the U.S. Supreme Court have regarding what cases to hear?






2. What does an aggravating factor make the report?






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






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






5. What Latin term means great paper?






6. When pleading guilty at a felony arrangement - what does the judge generally do for sentencing?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. Local California courts which handle felonies and major civil matters are called what?






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






16. What 1770 shooting incident heightened tensions between Boston colonists and newly arrived British soldiers?






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 are the five levels of force among agencies?






20. Where are the vast majority of cases heard?






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






22. Who is referred to as the father of probation?






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






24. The three federal courts are known as what?






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






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






27. What hearing comes after a misdemeanor arraignment?






28. Our criminal justice system tries to maintain a balance between which two conflicting models/ideologies?






29. The Kansas City Patrol Experiment and Flint - Michigan Patrol Program motivated police to try what new procedures?






30. What federal law enforcement agency delegated peace officer powers to citizens during the era of the wild west?


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






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






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






34. The Federal Court system was authorized through what?






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






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


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






38. What are the four Cs of the criminal justice system?






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






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






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






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






43. What are the branches of federal law enforcement?






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






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






46. Indeterminate sentencing was a mainstay within the California juvenile justice system until what year?






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






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






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






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