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30 Cards in this Set
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What is a wergild?
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The compensation to be paid for taking the life of a man (determined by status of victim)
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What’s the word for a severe lawgiver?
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Draconian
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First five books of Hebrew bible?
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Torah or Pentateuch
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What were the earliest Anglo Saxon laws called?
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Dooms
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What was the criminal justice profession that started in England before the Norman invasion?
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Shire reeve or sheriff
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Who was the English king to start separate church courts?
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King William in 1066
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Name of document called the “First Charter of Liberties” founded by English common people?
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Magna Carta
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What region had low crime rate for 300 years?
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In New England
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Where was the Town Constable common in the US?
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In New England and more urban reaches with higher population
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Where did prison reform start in America?
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Prior to the American Revolution in Pennsylvania
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What does “Tarleton’s Quarter” mean? (from battle of cowper in Revolutionary War)
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No quarter or take no prisoners
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What event was the first threat to the laws of the US Constitution?
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The laws set forth by the U.S. Constitution received their first test in the fall of 1794, when farmers, distillers, and artisans in southwestern Pennsylvania protested a federal excise tax on whiskey through armed demonstrations.
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What trial was the birth of American justice?
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Boston Massacre Trial in 1770
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Former Vice-President Aaron Burr went on trial for what?
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Treason
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What is “Marbury vs. Madison”?
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It was a case that established the principle that the Supreme Court has the final word over whether an act of Congress or a state legislature violated the U.S. Constitution. This opinion laid down the doctrine of judicial review, which to this day remains the cornerstone of constitutional law.
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What immigrant group was attacked in 1830’s and 40’s in the US?
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Irish-Catholics
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In the New York --- Peacekeeper story, what did they not have?
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salary
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What US city started police night forces?
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Boston
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Name of area in NYC that gave birth to all our criminals
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Five points
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What was first example of federal policing?
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U.S. Marshals Service
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When did morphine addiction occur? Before, after, or during the Civil War?
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During the Civil War
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Who uncovered a plot to kill Lincoln?
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Allan Pinkerton
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Jay Hawkers and Red Legs were for or against the confederacy?
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Against the confederacy
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What US city passed the nation’s first anti-drug law?
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San Francisco
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What was Weeks vs. US about?
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Case where the United States Supreme Court held unanimously that the illegal seizure of items from a private residence constitutes a violation of the Fourth Amendment. It also set forth the exclusionary rule that prohibits admission of illegally obtained evidence in federal courts.
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What is the Black Hand?
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Gang of Sicilian extortionists who preyed on fellow immigrants
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As late as 1950, what percent of women made up US police force
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1 percent
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What was the Mann act?
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Prohibited the interstate transportation of women for immoral purposes
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What couple was executed for spying for the Russians?
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Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
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What case said the states had to provide a defense attorney?
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Gideon v. Wainwright
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