A) Custodial

Forms of Punishment in Great Britain

Task 5. Use the information given in the text to answer the following questions. Discuss your answers with other members of the group.

1. Is a criminal punishment only a retribution for the offence committed?

2. What should be taken into consideration before court decides on the most appropriate sentence?

3. What is the most common punishment in civil cases?

4. What is the purpose of punishment?

5. What is the main aim of punishment nowadays? Why?

6. Do you agree that crime is not always prevented or reduced by severity of punishment? Prove your opinion.

7. In what cases can prison sentences be suspended?

Task 6. Make a ‘forms of punishment’ list. Compare your list to your partner’s & then present it to the group.

Task 7. Find the words that correspond to the following definitions & translate them into Ukrainian.

1. a rule or law that limits or controls what people can do; 2. when something bad is stopped from happening; 3. officially allow someone to leave somewhere; 4. the lack of something that you need in order to be healthy, comfortable or happy; 5. to prevent someone from having something, especially something that they need or should have; 6. severe punishment for something very serious; 7. to change your behaviour and become a better person, or to make someone to do this; 8. something that makes someone less likely to do something by making them realize it will be difficult or have bad results.

a) reform;   b) deprive;   c) discharge;   d) prevention;     e) deterrence;     f) deprivation;   g) restriction;     h) retribution.

Task 8. Explain the meaning of the words & expressions.

wrongdoer, misdeeds, deterrent, retribution, death penalty, corporal punishment, reform, barbaric, law-abiding, humane, crime doesn’t pay

Task 9. Read & translate the text.

The kinds of punishment may be classified as (a) custodial; (b) semi-custodial; and (c) other (non-custodial) forms.

Imprisonment. An adult offender is committed to one of H.M.¹ prisons of which there are various kinds, some “open” and some “closed” prisons. Broadmoor Mental Hospital is allocated for those suffering from insanity to be detained during H.M. pleasure. “Penal servitude”, “Imprisonment with hard labour”, and flogging have been abolished.

Most statutes lay down maximum punishments for particular offences. Robbery (Theft Act, 1968) and arson (Criminal Damage Act, 1971) are punishable by imprisonment for life. A Crown Court may award any sentence imposable by law from imprisonment to absolute discharge. A Magistrates’ Court may not sentence a person to more than 6 months’ imprisonment for any offence.

Hospital Order. This order may be made by a court where it is found the offender is suffering from mental illness or severe abnormality without first convicting him, if the court is satisfied that the accused did the act charged. The purpose of the order is to enable the offender to be compulsorily detained, or placed under guardianship, for as long as it is necessary in his and the public interest (Mental Health Act, 1959).

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