VOCABULARY REVISION WORD FORMATION Complete the following chart VERB to offend to suspect to vandalize to steal to burgle to start

a fire deliberately to accuse to mug to commit a crime to imprison to pickpocket to convict NOUN PERSON an offender a suspect a vandal a burglar arson the accused mugging crime a prisoner pickpocketing a convict

theft

Complete the gaps with the correct form of the word given at the end of each sentence. 1 She will go on ______________________ for fraud. TRY 2 She agreed without the slightest ___________________________ . HESITATE 3 Jurors thought that the defence s arguments were very _____________________ . CONVINCE 4 It s _____________________ to sell tobacco to someone under 16. LEGAL 5 A capital _____________________ is a crime for which death is the punishment. OFFEND 6 Cheating and foul play should be severely ________________________ . PENALTY 7 I think that the judge s ___________________ was fully _________________________ . DECIDE/JUST 8 She was acting totally __________________________ . RESPONSIBLE 9 Lawyers are trying to prove their client s __________________________ . INNOCENT 10 She died in _________________________ circumstances. SUSPECT 11 His ______________________ record includes ______________________ for assault and CRIME/CONVICT and dangerous driving. 12 After ______________________ the manager with a knife, he stole $500 and ran off. THREAT 13 Two students were ___________________ very differently for the same offence. PENALTY 14 His enemies have made false _______________________ against him. ACCUSE

Structural cloze
Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only ONE word in each space. (STRUCTURAL CLOSE checks your vocabulary and grammar).

THE USE OF DNA TESTING DNA is _______ chemical in the cells of plants and animals _________ carries inherited characteristics , or genetic information. DNA testing _________ be used to identify each person as a ___________ individual on the basis of that genetic information. It is __________ called genetic fingerprinting. The results of DNA testing are now widely accepted ____________ evidence in cases where it is ___________ that the wrong person may have been convicted ___________ a crime. In ______________ years, more than seventy people have ___________ shown to be innocent through DNA testing. Many of ___________ people had been sentenced to life in prison. In one case, a man was ____________ after nineteen years in prison. DNA testing ________ also been used in some murder __________ that would never have been solved without __________ .

Find all the examples of passive verb forms and identify the tenses. COLLOCATIONS Verb+noun collocations : look at the list of verbs given in the box below and decide which verb goes with (collocates with which noun/noun phrase.
file play receive report interrogate get away with give serve exceed make return take act suffer commit reduce demand confess witness weigh up cause face gather let sb off do try pass

__________________ ransom __________________ a verdict __________________ a sentence __________________ a major felony __________________ a decision __________________ sb for murder __________________ for divorce _________________ the speed limit __________________ injuries __________________ compensation __________________ the suspect charge of rape __________________ evidence with only a caution/warning __________________ ssentence community service

__________________ the crime rate __________________ your son missing _________________ responsibility _________________ to stealing the money _________________ evidence in court __________________ an important role __________________ as a deterrent __________________ an accident __________________ a point __________________ the pros and cons __________________ a ___________________ __________________

Phrasal Verbs - Crime

1. To get into a building or car using force is to _______________________. a. break out b. break down c. break in 2. Stealing money from a bank by using force is a ____________________. a. hold in b. hold down c. hold- up 3. To steal or take something without asking is to ____________________. a. run off with b. do without c. do over 4. To hurt someone badly by hitting or kicking is to __________________. a. pull them over b. beat them up c. put one over 5. To kill someone in informal English is to ______________ with them. a. do away b. have away c. stay away 6. To destroy something with a bomb is to _____________________________. a. beat it up b. blow it up c. knock it over 7. To take a criminal to the police is to ____________________________________.

a. turn them over b. turn them in c. turn them down 8. To put someone in prison is to __________________________. a. lock them up b. do them in c. blow them up 9. To not punish someone for their crime is to _________________________. a. give them over b. let them off c. put them away 10. To succeed in not being punished for a crime is to _________________ it. a. get away with b. make off with c. pick through
Translate. 1 Optuen je za zloin koji nije poinio. ___________________________________________ 2 Proglaen je krivim i poslan na doivotnu robiju. __________________________________________ 3 Silovatelje bi trebalo puno stroe kazniti. __________________________________________ 4 Marko je dobio uvjetnu kaznu. __________________________________________ 5 Zakone treba potivati. __________________________________________ 6 Ta banka je ve trei put opljakana . _________________________________________ 7 Ispitivali su ga satima prije nego su ga pustili . ___________________________________________ 11 Uskoro e ga pustiti iz zatvora. ___________________________________________

CRIME VOCABULARY
S T E A L I N G
THEFT SHOPLIFTING PICKPOCKETING MUGGING BURGLARY ROBBERY EMBEZZLEMNT stealing sth from a person or place stealing from a shop stealing from other people' s pockets,bags , especially in crowded places stealing from people in a crowded place ,using violence or threats stealing from people' s houses after breaking in (entering by force) (housebreaking) stealing money or goods from a bank, shop, person, using violence/arms /HOLD-UP/ stealing money that you are responsible for or from your emoployer

A N T I - S O C I A L
DRINK-DRIVING SPEEDING BULLYING VANDALISM driving a vehicle under the influence of alcohol driving beyond the legal speed limit

B E H A V I O U R

using your strength or power to frighten or hurt weaker people destroying or damaging public property deliberately and for no good reason (an act of vandalism) /a vandal extremely noisy or violent behaviour in public, usually in a group /gangs of thugs/ violent behaviour between family members (child abuse , physical abuse); physical assault that occurs (happens) within the home (e.g. injuring a child on purpose) forcing sb to have sex with you, especially using violence / a rapist the condition of being sexually attracted to children; the crime of harming a child (child abuse) the crime of killing sb intentionally (deliberately) (premeditated) the crime of killing sb illegally but not deliberately

HOOLIGANISM DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RAPE PEDOPHILIA

MURDER/HOMICIDE MANSLAUGHTER

O T H E R
HACKING FRAUD DRUG-TRAFFICKING BLACKMAIL KIDNAPPING / HIJACKING

C R I M E S

breaking into sb else' s computer system to look at secret data deceiving sb in order to make money or obtain goods illegally( a fraudster) illegal trade in drugs (buying & selling) demanding money from sb by threatening to tell sb a secret about them taking sb away by force and demanding money (a ransom) for their release using violence or threats to take control of a plane (holding people in transit hostage)

The Irreversibility of the Death Penalty

No Way to Say, 'Oops, Sorry!' From Oliver Hauss I write to you in reaction to your article "Death Penalty: The Only Justice for killers?" Having lived in Texas for several years while being a native German, I think I have some perspective both on the current status of the debate as well as some historical perspective. I'd like to make some comments: I think an important con-argument is missing or not stressed enough: The irreversibility of the death penalty. As you note, several people have been released from death row. However, we have no idea how many people have not been released, but executed, because exonerating evidence was not found in their lifetime. A person with a life sentence can always be released and compensated. Once a prisoner has been executed, however, there is no way to say "Oops, sorry" anymore. What's worse, there is a tendency to file the case away and forget about it, rather than further verifying possible exonerating factors, thus even preventing posthumous rehabilitation. As an added point, you write "It is the opinion of proponents of the death penalty that administering justice is the foundation of any society's criminal policy." While that may be the true opinion of proponents, one would have to ask if it is not presumptuous to tell other societies what they should base their criminal policy on. As it stands, the majority of developed countries do NOT found their criminal policy on that principle -in fact, they also do not see the "victim view" as important. I think an argument such as this should be put into an international perspective. Thanks for an interesting article.
Glossary: perspective (on sth): a way of thinking about something, a viewpoint; a sensible way of judging and comparing situations the irreversibililty (of the death penalty) : the impossibility to change it, to go back (on) death row: the part of a prison where those who will be executed are kept exonerating evidence (to exonerate sb form/of sth, e.g. charges of corruption/ child abuse): officialy stating that sb who has been blamed for sth is not guilty a tendency: a general change or development in a particular direction (There is a tendency to ) to administer justice/ the law/punishment : to make sure that sth is done fairly and in the correct way; to organize sth officialy as part of your job proponent: those who support sth, advocates presumptuous: too confident, in a way that shows a lack of respect for other people