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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
Instructions:
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1. What level of law enforcement generally runs local detention facilities for adults?






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






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






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






5. What kind of system is our criminal justice system based upon?






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






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






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






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

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10. What are the three main players in the Criminal Justice system known as?






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






12. What is the Latin term that means an act being wrong because of customs - morals - practices - regulation - or law?






13. What is an offense that consists of illegal conduct but no jail time?






14. What are the three branches of government enchanced or created by the U.S. Constitution?






15. The Texas Rangers are the oldest law enforcement agency in this country at what level?






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






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






18. Is the Federal or State court system older?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. What are the two types of defense attorneys?






28. What are the three Terms of Imprisonment?






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






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






31. According to Hammurabi - what age was considered as the cut off between juveniles and adults?






32. The California state highway patrol is an example of what type of law enforcement agency?






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






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






35. What has disappeared among law enforcement agencies is this country?






36. Where does a misdemeanors case begin?






37. This country's criminal justice system is based on the desire for what kind of system?






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






39. What is ultimate goal at all early hearings?






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

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






42. How many states use the death penalty?






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






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






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






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






47. What crimes is the death penalty used for?






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






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






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