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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
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1. The second federal inferior court of authority is known as what?






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






3. What criminal statistical agency or method was created in 1987 as a supplement to UCRS?






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






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






6. What is a legal system that pits two opposing parties against one another with a third neutral party applying the rules?






7. What is meant by inferior courts?






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






9. What does the U.S. Supreme Court have regarding what cases to hear?






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






11. What English king circa 1154 A.D. sent representatives out to the eight English 'regions' in order to organize some type of common law?






12. The third federal inferior court of authority is known as what?






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






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






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






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






17. Which California code section gives police and corrections their 'peace officer powers'?






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






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






20. Where are the vast majority of cases heard?






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






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






23. Who were the country's first president and vice president?






24. What does a preliminary hearing determine?






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






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






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






28. The B.I.A. and the F.B.I. often provide support and assistance to what level of law enforcement agencies?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. Who runs the N.C.I.C.?






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






38. After the Bill of Rights was ratified - how many more times was the U.S. Constitution amended?






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






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






41. How many states have State Courts of Appeals?






42. What amendment discusses protection from unreasonable searches?






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






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






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






46. Who was the Supreme Court's third chief justice - credited with making the court more proactive - effective - and powerful?






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






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






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






50. What crimes is the death penalty used for?