Crime and Punishment

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Crime and Punishment

Vocabulary
 crime – (noun) serious offence against the law; serious law breaking
 victim – (noun) a person who has been hurt or suffered from a crime, accident, war, etc.
 witness – (noun) a person who has seen an event and is able to describe it
 jury – (noun) a group of people chosen to make a decision in a court of law
 fine – (noun) money paid as a punishment for breaking the law
 traffic violation – (noun) breaking a law related to driving
 capital punishment – (noun) death penalty; punishment of death
 criminal – (noun) person who commits a crime or breaks a serious law
 sentence – (noun) punishment given to a criminal by a judge
 (verb) to say what the punishment is
 deter – (verb) try to prevent something from happening
 rehabilitate – (verb) bring back to good condition or better situation
 charge (with a crime) – (verb) officially state that a person has broken the law
 bail – (noun) money that is demanded by the court, paid by a person who has been charged with a crime,
 as a security that the person will return for his/her trial
 civil law – (noun) law dealing with the private rights of citizens, not with crime
 sue – (verb) make a legal claim against; take to court and ask for compensation for damages or suffering
 judge – (noun) the person in charge of a court of law
 custody – (noun) guarding, imprisonment
 take into custody – seize by the police; arrest
 try – (verb) examine information in a court of law and make a decision
 trial – (noun) whole process of examining information in a court of law and making a decision
Tell us about your or somebody’s you
know story connected with a crime
How many different kinds of crime
can you name?
What makes people commit
crimes?
Are you for or against the death
penalty (capital punishment)?
What kinds of crime do you know?
blackmail
hijacking terrorism
murder mugging
pick-
shoplifting crime pocketing
burglary forgery
drug-
smuggling trafficking
kidnapping
Match the word with its definition.
1) blackmail a) stealing something from someone’s
home
2) terrorism b) taking a person hostage in exchange for
money or other favors
3) mugging c) killing someone
4) pickpocketing d) buying and selling drugs
5) forgery e) taking something illegally into another
country
6) drug-trafficking f) threatening to make a dark secret public in
order to get money
7) kidnapping g) stealing something from a shop
8) smuggling h) the robbing of a plane for political or
other reasons
9) burglary i) using violence for political ends
10) shoplifting j) to try to pass off a copy as the real thing
11) murder k) attacking someone in the street to get
money
12) hijacking l) stealing from someone’s pocket or
handbag
A Burglar
A blackmailer
A mugger
A hijacker
A kidnapper
A pickpocket
A shoplifter
A smuggler
A Killer
You’re The Judge! What’s the
Sentence?
Case #1
Donald Corrigan is 42 years old and happily married with two children. Mr. Corrigan has a good job as an
accountant and makes a good income. However, Mr. Corrigan is an alcoholic and has lost his license twice in
the past ten years for drunk driving. Mr. Corrigan has tried several times to quit drinking, but on New Years
Eve, he went to a party and got quite drunk. When he was driving home, he hit a 15 year old boy who was
crossing the street. The boy died three days later. Mr. Corrigan was terribly upset about the accident and has
promised never to drink again. He has written a letter of apology to the family of the boy who died and has
offered to put money into a scholarship in the boy’s memory. The jury found Mr. Corrigan guilty of
manslaughter.
You’re The Judge! What’s the
Sentence?
Case #2
Joan Mathews is 40 years old. She was married when she was 21 and has three children, ages 14, 12, and 8.
For the past 15 years, Mr. Mathews had been assaulting his wife and she was taken to the hospital numerous
times for her injuries. Mrs. Mathews had called the police many times to report the abuse, but each time,
Mr. Mathews promised never to hurt her again, and she allowed him to continue living with the family. On
April 20, Mrs. Mathews called 911. When the police arrived, they found Mr. Mathews lying on the floor dead.
There was a gun on the table and Mrs. Mathews was sobbing. She told the police that she had shot her
husband
because he was beating her again. The jury found Mrs. Mathews guilty of second degree murder.
Thank you for attention!

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