Crime. Put each of the following words and phrases into its correct place in the passage below

Here are some words connected with law and crime. If necessary, use a dictionary to help you check that you understand what they all mean. Then divide them into three groups, in what seems to you to be the most logical way.

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Law Breakers. Find in the text the word and decide from the context what this word could mean, then choose the appropriate definition. Match each word on the left with the correct definition on the right.

(a) an arsonist 1. sets fire to property illegally

(b) a shoplifter 2. is anyone who breaks the law

(c) an offender 3. breaks into houses or other buildings to steal

(d) a vandal 4. steals from shops while acting as an ordinary customer

(f) a murderer 5. kills someone

(g) a kidnapper 6. causes damage to property

(h) a pickpocket 7. steals things from people’s pockets in crowded places

(i) an accomplice 8. gets secret information from another country

(j) a drug dealer 9. buys and sells drugs illegally

(k) a spy 10. takes away people by force and demands money for

(l) a terrorist their return

11. helps a criminal in a criminal act

12. uses violence for political reasons

(a) an assassin 1. causes damage or disturbance in public places

(b) a hooligan 2. hides on a ship or plane to get a free journey

(c) a stowaway 3. takes control of a plane by force and makes

(d) a thief 4. the pilot change course

(e) a hijacker 5. murders for political reasons or a reward

(f) a forger 6. is someone who steals

(g) a robber 7. makes false money or signatures

(h) a smuggler 8. is a member of a criminal group

(i) a traitor 9. steals money etc by force from people or places

(j) a gangster 10. marries illegally, being married already

(k) a deserter 11. is a soldier who runs away from the army

(l) a bigamist 12. brings goods into a country illegally without paying

tax

13. betrays his or her country to another state

5. PREPOSITIONS. Choose the right preposition in brackets according to the contents of the sentences (by, from, in, on, to, for).

1) The Crown Prosecutor, who works for the Director of Public Prosecutions, is responsible … prosecuting criminals based on evidence presented by the police.

2) The definition of some legal terms varies... one legal system to another.

3) The judge sentenced my neighbour to punishment... the crime which he hadn't committed.

4) The State of Louisiana has a Roman civil form of law which derives... its days as a French colony.

5) This decision was repealed... the Constitutional Court.

6) One of the two accused men was tried... an offense at yesterday's trial.

7) In Ukraine... the last eight years the movement of law reform has made considerable progress.

8) The judicial decision was based... the Criminal Code of the country.

9) The judge sentenced the other accused man... two years in prison.

theft member of a jury judge statute

juvenile delinquency sentencing rehabilitation bribery

investigator terrorism omission arson

probation detective death penalty code

drunken driving traffic warden aggravated assault rape

malfeasance lawyer conspiracy precedent

treason burglary smuggling fine

bigamy

countries

fine

misdemeanour

prison

civil

crimes

forgery

offences

state

classes

criminal law

laws

punishment

term

community

felony

life imprisonment

person

treason

Crime

Crime violates the laws of a community, ….. or nation. It is punishable in accordance with these …... “The definition of crime varies according to time and place, but the laws of most ….. consider as crimes such ….. as arson, ….., burglary, ….., murder, and …..”. |

Not all offences against the law are…... The laws that set down the punishments for crimes form the …...This law defines as crimes those offences considered most harmful to the …... On the other hand, a ….. may wrong someone else in some other way that offends the ….. law.

The common law recognizes three ….. of crime: treason, ….., and misdemeanour. Death or ….. is the usual ….. for treason. Laws in the United

States, for example, define a felony as a crime that is punishable by a ….. of one year or more in a state or federal …...A person who commits a ….. may be punished by a ….. or a jail term of less than one year.

8. Make a plan of the text in the form of questions and ask your friends to answer them.

Pre-reading tasks____________________________________________________

9. Here are some more crimes. Complete the table if necessary consult the dictionary.

crime	criminal	verb	definition
terrorism blackmail drug-trafficking forgery assault pickpocketing mugging	…………………... …………………... …………………... …………………... …………………… …………………… ……………………	…………………... …………………… …………………… …………………… …………………… …………………… ……………………	………………….. ………………….. ………………….. ………………….. ………………….. ………………….. …………………..

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