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Criminal Justice 101

Subject : law
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1. What is the legal term for fundamental fairness?






2. What type of hearing does a felony case go to after arrangement?






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






4. What two things do military police entities possess?






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






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






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






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






9. What 1838 Ohio State Supreme Court Case established the concept of Parens Patriae and no need for due process in juvenile matters?






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






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






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






13. What does a mitigating factor make the report?






14. How is a jury panel selected?






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






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






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






18. What amendment discusses cruel and unusual punishment?






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






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






21. What does a preliminary hearing determine?






22. Jail time - restitution - contact restrictions - drug testing - searches and seizures - employment verification - and counseling can be terms of what?






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






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


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






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






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






28. What does O.R. mean?






29. What are the branches of federal law enforcement?






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






31. In 1789 which London magistrate stressed the need for a 'centralized' law enforcement agency?






32. The Federal Court system was authorized through what?






33. Generally speaking - what type of attorney is a prosecuting attorney?






34. What 1865 federal law enforcement agency was initially responsible for excessive counterfeiting following the civil war?






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






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






37. What Latin term means great paper?






38. 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?






39. What level of law enforcement generally provides services to the local court system?






40. What is a local law enforcement agency's head administrator?






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






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






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






44. State Troopers are what level of law enforcement?






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






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






47. In Orange County - what is the misdemeanor Pretrial Hearing called?






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






49. What amendment discuses issues if incorporation - citizenship - and due process?






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