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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
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1. What word represents the ability of criminal justice players to make independent decisions?






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






3. What is a crime punishable by jail - fines or prison?






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






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






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






7. Does a county law enforcement agency head administrator generally require law enforcement experience?






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






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






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






11. Local law enforcement generally display shields on their badges. What do county law enforcement badges appear as?






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






13. Where does a felony case begin?






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






15. If you plea guilty at a misdemeanor arraignment - when can a judge sentence you?






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






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






18. What amendment discusses protection from unreasonable searches?






19. How many states have State Courts of Appeals?






20. What are the three Terms of Imprisonment?






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






22. Where does the U.S. Supreme Court hear cases from?






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






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






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






26. How many chief justice and associate justices currently make up the U.S. Supreme Court?






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






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






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






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






31. Which of the five major phases in the criminal justice system since 1965 produced major case law?






32. What concepts attempts to protect society by isolating others?






33. What court system was the same up until the period of the Civil War?






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






35. Railroad Police - Port/Harbor Police - Campus Police - and Mass Transit Police are examples of what?






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






37. What types of law enforcement agency is influenced by federal and territorial sovereignty?






38. What are the branches of federal law enforcement?






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






40. State Troopers are what level of law enforcement?






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






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






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






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






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






46. What are state Courts of Appeals also called?






47. What constitutional amendments were alluded to in Miranda versus Arizona?






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






49. What is the name for a juvenile complaint?






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