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Criminal Justice 101

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






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






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






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






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






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






7. Under English Common Law what was the general cut off age in distinguishing between those who could charged with felonies?






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






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






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






11. What two things do military police entities possess?






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






13. What is the legal term for fundamental fairness?






14. What are the three duties of Deputy Probation officers in the court room?






15. What Latin term means great paper?






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

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






18. What does O.R. mean?






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






20. When a court has control or authority over certain matters/issues - what is it called?






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






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






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






24. How many states have State Courts of Appeals?






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






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






27. In which two locations did the actual shooting war begin between British soldiers and Colonial militia men?






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






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






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






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






32. What is the point of a second preliminary hearing?






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






34. Both Trial Courts fall under what 'umbrella' Court System?






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






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






37. What concept deals with corrections or judicial personal determining how much incarceration a person will serve?






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






39. What amendment discusses protection from self incrimination?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. The Federal Court system was authorized through what?






48. What are the two types of defense attorneys?






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






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