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Criminal Justice 101

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






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






3. What Latin term means great paper?






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






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






6. The three federal courts are known as what?






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






8. What two additional sentences can come from a Formal Felony Sentencing Hearing different from a misdemeanor?






9. What are the two general characteristics evident among most law enforcement agencies?






10. What do bills of attainer relate to?






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






12. What is the name for a felony complaint?






13. What two factors does a probation officer consider when writing the presentence report?






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






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






16. Why does someone plea nolo contendre?






17. What does O.R. mean?






18. What amendment discusses protection from self incrimination?






19. What does a mitigating factor make the report?






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






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






22. In 1829 which English government employee pushed a new law which followed the ideas of Patrick Colquhoun?






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






24. When court systems or levels disagree or question if rules are properly applied - what type of court is used?






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






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






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






28. What are the oldest law enforcement agencies in the country?

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29. What is ultimate goal at all early hearings?






30. What crimes is the death penalty used for?






31. What percent of the time will a judge go with what a presentence court report says?






32. What was the name of the article which encouraged law enforcement not just to focus on crime - but the social factors of crime?






33. What is the legal term for fundamental fairness?






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






35. What are the two types of defense attorneys?






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






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






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






39. What was the name of the group of people who went to Philadelphia in 1774 in order to discuss their unhappiness with Britain and its taxes?






40. What is meant by inferior courts?






41. Where are the vast majority of cases heard?






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






43. The second federal inferior court of authority is known as what?






44. What is another term for informal probation?






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






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






47. What major 1803 U.S. Supreme Court case established that the court would begin to interpret what the constitution was all about?






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






49. The Reintegration Model - circa 1960s - failed due to community concern over leniency toward criminals and what two major social events?






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