7.3 Caught and Then - Text and Questions

7.3 Caught…. And then?
Off to the station

Marion was arrested and had to join the police officer to the police station. “I
had to wait for a very long time. After that, I was interrogated for an hour. It was
nerve racking because I had stolen more often. Eventually I told the police
officer everything, every single time I had stolen something. I was afraid they
would otherwise find the stuff I stole in my room. After the interview I was
allowed to go home. My mother was furious. But we talked it out. Two weeks
after that, I went to Halt.”
Investigation
When a crime is committed the police investigate the case. They investigate the
criminal act and what had happened. They also investigate who saw or heard
something: they talk to eye witnesses. And they try to figure out who did it. You are a
suspect when the police think you did something illegal. In Marion’s case the
security guard saw she put the sweater in her bag.
What is the police allowed to do?

The police isn’t allowed to arrest you without reasonable cause. Only if you are
actually a suspect, are they allowed to do certain things:
- The police is allowed to frisk you. The police investigate your body and your
clothes.
- The police is allowed to arrest you. You will have to follow the police to the
station and they interrogate you, they ask questions and they can keep you in
a cell. Sometimes a suspect can be held up to three months.
- The police is allowed to search your house. They do need a special permit to
do so.
After the police finish their investigation, they construct a police report. That is a
special report in which all information concerning the criminal act is gathered.
To Halt
If you are between the age of 12 and 18, you are sent to Halt for minor offences. In
most cases you will have to pay for the damage and work for free in your spare time:
do community service.
The public prosecutor

When the police finishes their report, they send it to the public prosecutor. He or
she decides what happens to the criminal case. In some cases it is destroyed due to
a lack of evidence. In other cases the public prosecutor can give out a fine. The
harshest decision is when the public prosecutor decides to go to court.
Notes & Important words
Before answering the following questions, make sure to read and understand the text
and the most important words.
1. Finish the following questions.
a. Asocial behaviour is when you…
b. Punishable behaviour is when you…
2. Which three differences are there between felonies and violations?
1.
2.
3.
3. Punishable by law or not?

Cross off which of the following behaviourisms are punishable by law or not.
Ye No
s
You buy a stolen bike.
A 15 year old rides a scooter in his own yard.
A 16 year old drinks 10 beers each day.
A 19 year old smokes a joint in the train.
You refuse to get up in the bus for an old lady.
You go to school without your ID card or passport.
You swim in the deep end of the pool without a swimming diploma.
You buy a Canada Goose- jacket for just €60,- from your cousin.
You have sex while you are underaged.
4. News flash
Read the following text and answer the two questions below.
Engel arrested
Willem Engel was arrested by the police for sedition (opruiing) Sedition is
when you convince others to become violent towards the police for instance.
“He posted messages on social media which made other people commit
punishable acts”, said the Public Prosecutor (Openbaar Ministerie). The
maximum punishment for sedition is a 5 year jail sentence and a substantial
fine. Willem Engel is known for his protests against the corona measures.
According to Engel these measures are taking away peoples freedom.
a. Sedition is ASOCIAL / PUNISHABLE / BOTH ASOCIAL AND

PUNISHABLE behaviour, because…
b. Is sedition a felony or a violation? Argue your answer.
5. Rutger’s story
Use the following words to complete his story:
POLICE OFFICER – FINE – POLICE CAR – DAMAGE – CAUGHT – AMOUNT
“In our village we really have a tight knit group of friends. In the weekend we always
chill at someone’s place. This time we went to Simon’s place. We had a great
evening and had some drinks. On the way back we kicked down some fences.
We were in bad luck, because across from where we destroyed the fence a
____________________ had just awoken. We tried to get away, but I was the only
one that got ____________________.
A ____________________ also passed by real quickly after that. My friends had to

call their parents. Eventually we were allowed to go home. The next day we had to
tell the people that we were the ones that destroyed their fences.
The ____________________ was a few hundred euros. We paid the whole

____________________ together. And all of us received a ____________________.
6. Felony or violation?
Are the following cases a felony or a violation? WARNING! There are three
felonies and five violations.
Felony Violation
Driving 50 km/h on a souped-up (opgevoerde) scooter.
Causing a heavy accident because you didn’t give right of way.
Driving 85 km/h on your scooter.
Causing an accident while drunk on your scooter.
Driving your scooter when you are 15 years of age.
Driving your scooter drunk.
Using your phone while driving your scooter.
Driving your scooter without an insurance.
7. Youths and crime
a. Does the source concern

felonies or violations? Explain
your answer.
b. With which of the mentioned

crimes have you been
involved? This can be as a
perpetrator or as a victim.
8. To punish, or not to punish

Collision with a drone
A drone caused an extremely dangerous situation on the A28. The flying
object had almost hit a car passing by. The car could hardly avoid causing a
massive accident on the highway. At this moment, the police hasn’t let loose
any information on a possible punishment for the owner of the drone: “We
believe this to be the first accident with a drone in the Netherlands.”
As long as there are no rules in criminal law concerning collisions with drones
on the highway, can we still speak of a crime in those cases? Explain your
answer.
Summary paragraph 7.1

Use the following words to complete the summary:
ASOCIAL – FELONY – VIOLATION – CRIMINAL RECORD – PUNISHABLE –
SUSPECT
If someone crosses the boundaries of rules of conduct (fatsoensregels), we call

that ____________________ behaviour. When you break a law, that is
____________________ behaviour. Not stopping for a red light is an example of a
____________________. The police can give you a fine for that. Theft is an
example of a ____________________. The ____________________ can be
sentenced to court. If you are found guilty, the judge can give you a punishment.
Then you receive a ____________________.

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7.3 Caught…. And then?

Off to the station

What is the police allowed to do?

The public prosecutor

b. Punishable behaviour is when you…

2. Which three differences are there between felonies and violations?

3. Punishable by law or not?

a. Sedition is ASOCIAL / PUNISHABLE / BOTH ASOCIAL AND

b. Is sedition a felony or a violation? Argue your answer.

A ____________________ also passed by real quickly after that. My friends had to

The ____________________ was a few hundred euros. We paid the whole

7. Youths and crime

a. Does the source concern

b. With which of the mentioned

8. To punish, or not to punish

Summary paragraph 7.1

If someone crosses the boundaries of rules of conduct (fatsoensregels), we call

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