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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
Instructions:
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1. What kind of system is our criminal justice system based upon?






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






3. What hearing comes after a misdemeanor arraignment?






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






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






6. Where are the vast majority of cases heard?






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 is the name of our criminal justice system that is made up of both federal and state levels?






9. What are the two main functions of criminal courts?

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






11. The average local law enforcement agency will often employ how many officers and serve what size population?






12. In what year and state was the country's first dedicated juvenile justice system and court legally established?






13. What type of 'law' evolved and became a predictable and anticipated set of laws to the English people circa 1000 A.D.?






14. What do bills of attainer relate to?






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






16. What is the best system to compile crime statistics and can stand completely on its own?






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






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






19. What are the five levels of force among agencies?






20. What percent of the time are deals makes and cases do not go to trial?






21. State Troopers are what level of law enforcement?






22. What word represents the ability of criminal justice players to make independent decisions?






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






24. What penal code states that a felony must go to trial within 60 days of the second arrangement unless time lines are waived?






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






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






27. What was the missing component of those persons working with in the Birth of Probation Model circa 1841?






28. Where does a felony case begin?






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






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






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






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






33. What is the legal term for fundamental fairness?






34. What does an aggravating factor make the report?






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






36. The Federal Court system was created through what?






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






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






39. What are the branches of federal law enforcement?






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






41. What amendment discusses the right to a speedy trial?






42. Which California code section gives police and corrections their 'peace officer powers'?






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






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






45. Who were the country's first president and vice president?






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






47. What were minors who disobeyed orders of the Kings Chancery Court system called?






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






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






50. What are the two conflicting philosophies which talk of a desire for individual freedom and a crime free society?