Detective plain clothes jury warders coroner

Verdict solicitor trial inquest death penalty

(a) If you want legal advice in Britain, you go to a.

(b) At the end of the, the judge ordered the twelve men and women of

the_____________ to retire and consider their, guilty or not guilty.

(c) Men or women who look after prisoners in prison are called prison officers or _________.

(d) If a person dies in unusual circumstances, an _________is held at a special court, and the 'judge' is called a___________.

(e) A policeman who investigates serious crime is called a. He wears _______, not uniform.

(f) In some countries murderers are executed but other countries have abolished
the.

III. Put one of the following words in each space in the sentences below.

Before in to of with

(a) He's being kept____custody.

(b) He was sentenced ____five years.

(c) She got a sentence ____six months.

(d) He was accused _____murder.

(e) She's been charged _____theft.

(f) He appeared court _____handcuffs.

(g) They were brought _____the judge.

(h) The jury reached a verdict ______guilty.

 

IV. Match each person on the left with the correct definition on the right.

(a) an arsonist attacks and robs people, often in the street

(b) a shoplifter sets fire to property illegally

(c) a mugger is anyone who breaks the law

(d) an offender breaks into houses or other buildings to steal

(e) a vandal steals from shops while acting as an ordinary customer

(f) a burglar kills someone

(g) a murderer deliberately causes damage to property

(h) a kidnapper steals things from people's pockets in crowded places

(i) a pickpocket gets secret information from another country

(j) an accomplice buys and sells drugs illegally

(k) a drug dealer takes away people by force, demanding money for their return (l) a spy helps a criminal in a criminal act

(m) a terrorist uses violence for political reasons

 

V. Instructions as above.

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

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

(c) a stowaway takes control of a plane by force & makes the pilot change course

(d) a thief murders for political reasons or a reward

(e) a hijacker is someone who steals

(f) a forger makes counterfeit (false) money or signatures

(g) a robber is a member of a criminal group

(h) a smuggler steals money etc. by force from people or places

(i) a traitor marries illegally, being married already

(j) a gangster is a soldier who runs away from the army

(k) a deserter brings goods into a country illegally without paying tax

(l) a bigamist betrays his or her country to another state

 

VI.

1) Choose one of the following that is not a synonym for prison
A Sing Sing

В The Slammer

С The Big House

D The Stone

2) When someone says that "he'll sing like a canary" that means that:
A he'll tell the police everything

В cry out from punishment

С he's not very logical

D he's got a high voice

3) What is the difference between Jailbait and a jailbird?

A the first one is prison food and the second is another name for pigeon

В the former is a girl under the age of consent and the latter is a frequent prisoner.

С jailbait is a fishing tool and jailbird is a type of dog

D the first is a prison tattoo and the second is a prison escape plan

4) A stakeout is:

A a lockout В surveillance С a scam D street savvy

5) "Cheese it" or "Scram" means

A fraud В sell it at a loss С leave in a rush D an eating frenzy

6) To tail someone means

A to follow them whereever they go

В comfort them

С to kick them in the butt

D to do a police sketch of them

7) "A.K.A." means

A a fraternal police organization

В also known as

С alias

D a type of assault rifle

8) AK-9 squad is

A a group of specially trained and heavily armed policemen that intervene in crisis situations

В police that investigate crimes and irregularities committed by the police

С detectives that work on crimes related to prostitution and drugs

D a policeman or policemen who work with dogs

9) Which of these criminals would normally be classified as nonviolent
A rapist В murder С cat burglar D mugger

10) A Hit man does what to earn his daily bread?

A sings В kills С punches D launders money

VII. What do we call….

aperson appointed to make legal decisions in a court of law?

a group of twelve citizens who are sworn to decide whether someone is guilty or innocent on the basis of evidence given in a court of law?

a person who sees something happen or is present when something happens?

a person who is accused of doing something illegal?

a person who is attacked or who is in an accident?

a qualified lawyer who gives advice to members of the public and acts for them in legal matters?

a person who commits an offence against the law?

a lawyer who can present a case in court?

an expression used to describe someone who obeys the law?

VIII.

Read the text below and look carefully at each line. Some of the lines are correct, and some have a word which should not be there. If a line is correct, put a tick (v) in the space by the number. If a line has a word which should not be there, write the word in the space. There are two examples at the beginning (0 and 00).

A SURVEY

0 to…A recent survey found that the majority of teenagers tell to their parents

00 v …most things about their lives, but not everything. Parents are often heard

1 ……to say that as well their teenage children become more independent, so they

2 … tend to become less communicative. If the survey is it to be believed, this

3 …. seems to be true. When asked about why they kept some things from

4 their parents, many teenagers explained us they were afraid their parents

5 would not understand. This is because adolescence is said a time when

6 young people are experimenting and searching for their individual identities.

7 As a result, they often turn to friends when they are in have need of advice

8 and support, but rather than to parents. Privacy is often a big issue with

9 …teenagers, and some parents may ask too many questions, giving up the

10 ……impression that they want trying to control their child's life. In an attempt to

11 ……be helpful, some parents may suggest to doing things that would not

12 be acceptable in the teenage social group. Other parents not only avoid

13 asking questions, but may also keep off them certain embarrassing topics

14 of conversation altogether. In this way, they do not have got to accept the fact

15 …that their child is fast turning into an adult, with all the problems that brings.

IX. Read the text and decide which answer (А, В, С or D) best fits each space.

Ask most people for their Top Ten fears, and you'll be sure to find being burgled fairly high on the (1) …An informal survey I (2) …among friends at a party last week revealed that eight of them had had their homes broken into more than twice, and two had been burgled five times. To put the record (3) …, none of my friends owns valuable paintings or a sideboard full of family silverware. Three of them are students, (4) …The most typical burglary, it seems, (5) … the theft of easily transportable items – the television, the video, even food from the freezer. This may have something to do with the fact that the (6) … burglar is in his (or her) late teens, and probably wouldn't know what to do with a Picasso, (7) … selling a walkman or a vacuum cleaner is a much easier (8) …They are perhaps not so much professional criminals, as hard-up young people who need a few pounds and some excitement. Not that this makes having your house (9) … upside down and your favourite things stolen any easier to (10) …In most (11) …, the police have no luck (12) … any of the stolen goods. Unless there is definite evidence, they are probably unable to do anything at all. And alarms or special locks don't (13) …to help either. The only advice my friends could (14) … was 'Never live on the ground floor' and 'Keep two or three very fierce dogs', which reminded me of a case I read about, where the burglars' (15) … included the family's pet poodle.

 

	А	rank	В	rating	С	Grade	D	list
	А	called up	В	held with	С	set about	D	carried out
	А	straight	В	right	С	Correct	D	steady
	А	As well	В	however	С	in fact	D	at any rate
	А	means	В	involves	С	Affects	D	covers
	А	common	В	medium	С	Average	D	middle
	А	whereas	В	as yet	С	much as	D	as soon as
	А	concern	В	event	С	Situation	D	matter
	А	put	В	turned	С	Stood	D	pulled
	А	submit	В	receive	С	Accept	D	admit
	А	examples	В	cases	С	Items	D	occasions
	А	taking	В	making	С	Tracking	D	recovering
	А	sound	В	look	С	Show	D	seem
	А	come up with	В	make do with	С	go through with	D	get off with
	А	takings	В	profit	С	Loot	D	Receipts

X. Complete each space in the text with a word formed from the word in capitals.

One of the most (1) … crime statistics in Europe is rise in juvenile	WORRY
crime. Often the root cause is … to drugs, an expensive habit which often (2)…young	ADDICT
(3) … into a life of petty crime parents, unable to cope with their children's addiction have them out of home, forcing them to live	OFFENCE
the lives of (4)… 'Kate' (not her real name) is one such	BEG
n. (5) … since she was 18, Kate has had us brushes with the law,	HOME
most recently for (6)…, in order to raise cash to fuel a heroin. As a	SHOP
result of that transgression, Kate spent two months ison, rubbing shoulders with (7) … criminals murderers. Kate accepts that she	HARD
acted (8) … saling computer equipment, and doesn't bear any grudges	LEGAL
rds the police. 'It's their job to (9) … the I understand that. And I'm	FORCE
trying to come to terms with my ction.' Kate has come good. Helped by the social services, she i't touched any drugs for the best part of a year. But, sadly, very Kate there are ten young people for whom prison is no (10)… at all.	DETER

 

XI. Underline the most appropriate word in each sentence.

a) The police arrested Jack and took him into custody/ detention/prison

b) In most countries, the capital/death/execution penalty has been abolished.

c) A man is said to be helping the police with their arrests/detection/inquiries.

d) The judge in the court was wearing a hairpiece/head-dress/wig.

e) Two football fans were later charged with aggression/assault/attack.

f) Less serious cases are dealt with in the criminal/juvenile/magistrate's court.

g) I was given a light sentence because it was my first case/charge/offence.

h) A patrol car stopped me because I was racing/running/speeding in a built-up area.

i) The court case was dismissed for lack of evidence/a jury/defence.

j) 'Members of the jury, what is your answer/summary/verdict?'

 

XII. In most lines of this text, there is either a spelling or punctuation error. Write the correctly spelled word, or show the correct punctuation. Indicate correct lines with a tick.

After drinking a bottle of vodka, Alan and Richard Potter both 15, decided	Potter,
to go out and do some joyriding. The car they broke into belonged to a	Ö
Mrs McDiarmad. Having drivern the car at high speeds along country lanes,	drivers
They abandonned it in a layby, and thumbed a lift home. Mercifully, no
other drivers were hurt, although several had to swirve dangerously to
avoid the Potter boys. In an experiment which is proveing to be remarkably
sucessful, the two teenagers were obliged to meet the victim of their crime
in person. Mrs McDiarmad told them in no uncertain terms that 20 years
Earlier she had lost a nephew in a car accident caused by a drinken driver
The Potters ended up in tears, and the younger, Alan, has since visited Mrs
McDiarmad on two occassions to apologise for his actions. The scheme
Alan and Richard took part in is known, as 'Face up to it'. It brings together
Young offenders' with those they have wronged. Naturally, the victim must
agree to participate, and many find themselves simply unable to coperate.
The scheme is being operated on a tryal basis in several major cities, and
has the aproval of the social services. Early results suggest that young
People who take part are considarably less likely to commit any further
offences. It is to be hoped that this is indeed, the case with Alan and Richard Potter.

XIII.

The following groups of sentences describe the legal process which follows a crime. However, with the exception of the first sentence, the sentences in each group are in the wrong order. Put them into the correct order, using the key words in bold to help you.

Part 1

A. One night, Jim Smith committed a serious crime.

B. Jim asked the officer for a solicitor to help him.

С At the same time, the police arranged for a barrister to prosecute him.

D. They took him to the police station and formally charged him with the crime.

E. When the trial began and he appeared in court for the first time, he pleaded his innocence.

F. The next morning the police arrested him.

Part 2

A. His barrister also said he was innocent and asked the court to acquit him.

B. While he was in prison, he applied for parole.

С As a result, the judge sentenced him to two years in prison.

D. Hewas released after 18 months.

E. However, there were several witnesses, and the evidence against him was overwhelming.

F. Having all the proof they needed, the jury returned a guilty verdict.

Part 3

A. Unfortunately, prison failed to rehabilitate him and after his release he continued with his misdeeds, attacking an old woman in the street.

B. Jim promised to reform and the pensioner withdrew her call for more severe retribution.

С. With this in mind, instead of passing a custodial sentence, he fined him a lot of money and ordered him to do community service.

D. He was rearrested and returned to court.

E. His new victim, a pensioner, thought that the judge was being too lenient on Jim and called for the re-instatement of corporal punishment and capital punishment!

F. At his second trial the judge agreed that prison was not a deterrent for Jim.

 

XIV. Now look at this extract from a politician's speech and complete the gaps with one of the words or expressions from Exercise 8. In some cases, more than one answer may be possible. You may need to change the form of some of the words.

 

Are you worried about crime? I am. We read it every day in the papers. A terrible crime has been 1_________, the police have 2__________ someone, he has appeared in front of a jury in 3____________, he has 4 __________ his innocence but has been found 5 _____________of his crime and he has been 6 _____________ to ten years in prison. We are all very relieved that the criminal is being punished for his 7 ___________, and 8____________citizens like you and me can sleep more safely at night.

But what happens next? We all hope, don't we, that the prisoner will benefit from society's 9 ___________, that a spell in prison will 10 ____________ him and make him a better person. We all hope that he will 11 ________________ and become like us. We all hope that when he is eventually 12 ________________ and let loose on the streets, he will be a good character, the threat of another spell in jail being a suitable 13______________which will stop him from breaking the law again. Oh yes. But let's face it. The reality is usually very different. The prisoner may be released on 14 ______________, before the end of his sentence. He will try to re-enter society. But then he often becomes a 15 _______________himself, unable to find work and rejected by society. It isn't long before he's back in prison again.

So what alternatives are there, I hear you say. What can we do to the

16 _______ to make sure he doesn't commit another crime? There are alternatives to in prison such as 17 _____________ can pay a large 18 ____________ punishment, including 19 _____________ consider ourselves civilized, and the idea of beating or executing someone is repellent to us. Oh yes.

The answer, of course, is far simpler. We need to be tough not on the criminal, but on the cause of the crime. We should spend less of the taxpayer's money funding the 21 _____________and 22 _________________and all the other people who work for the legal system, and put the money instead into supporting deprived areas which are the breeding grounds for crime. We in the ConLab Party believe that everybody needs a good chance in life, and this is a good step forward. Vote for us now!

 

XV.