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Criminal Justice 101
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Criminal Justice 101
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25 Questions

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

2. What amendment discusses protection from self incrimination?

3. What is the most important thing that a probation officer does in the presentence court report?

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

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

6. What percent of the time are deals makes and cases do not go to trial?

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

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

9. How many states use the death penalty?

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

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

12. What is the system that puts two conflicting parties against each other with a third neutral part overseeing the process?

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

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

15. What is a crime publishable by six months to one yer in jail - fines - or probation?

16. What is another term for informal probation?

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

18. State Troopers are what level of law enforcement?

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

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

21. What word represents the ability of criminal justice players to make independent decisions?

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

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

24. In which two locations did the actual shooting war begin between British soldiers and Colonial militia men?

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