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Criminal Justice 101

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1. What are the five levels of law enforcement in this country?






2. During the Revolutionary War what major document helped to guide the colonies in fighting their war against Britain?






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






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






5. Where are the vast majority of cases heard?






6. The three federal courts are known as what?






7. What current U.S. law enforcement position/title had its origins with the English legal system circa 1000 A.D.?






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






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






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






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






12. What document was eventually created in order to replace the Articles of Confederation?






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






14. What does a preliminary hearing determine?






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






16. What does a mitigating factor make the report?






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






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






19. What is the first hearing or court appearance for all cases?






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






21. What two things do military police entities possess?






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






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






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






25. What criteria does the judge use when setting bail?






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






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






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






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






30. Stare Decisis has evolved into what concept?






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






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






33. In the wild west what were the people called who banded together to protect each other?






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






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






36. What is the legal term for fundamental fairness?






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






38. When there is a supposed legal error or discrepancy with a case - what type of hearing does it go to?






39. Which 1760s British tax law placed tax quotes on all paper based products imported into the colonies?






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






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






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






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






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






45. The power of the U.S. Supreme Court to interpret what the constitution says and means - via case law - is known as what?






46. What amendment discusses protection from unreasonable searches?






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






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






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






50. What two types of employees do law enforcement agencies employ?







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