Criminal Justice Trivia
From probation to prison break buzz, prove you've got the savvy smarts to navigate the wild world of criminal justice.
EXAMPLE QUESTIONS
What facility, typically run by counties or cities, holds pretrial detainees and people serving sentences under one year?
Jail
In police radio ten-code lingo, what does “10-4” mean?
Understood
What term refers to the constitutional prohibition against being prosecuted twice for the same offense?
Double jeopardy
Which alias did the FBI and media popularize for the 1971 hijacker who parachuted from a Boeing 727 with $200,000 in ransom?
D.B. Cooper
What is a U.S. life sentence called that specifies a minimum and maximum term (for example, “15 years to life”) and allows parole eligibility?
Indeterminate