Exercise 21. Listen to the news report and fill in the gaps.

 

Yesterday morning Gregory Briggs appeared in Shellsby Crown Court 1) ……… of robbery. The judge 2) ……….. him to ten years in prison.

Briggs was 3) ……….. last May as he was trying to rob Lloyds Bank in Shellsby. One 4) ……… told report­ers that Briggs had run into the bank holding a 5) …….. and threatened to shoot everyone unless the manager gave him all the money in the safe. Fortunately 6) ………… Gary Thomas, who happened to be in the bank at the time, was able to grab Briggs’ 7) ……… before he had a chance to hurt anyone.

As Briggs walked into the 8) ……. yesterday morning with his lawyer he 9) ……….. having broken the 10) ……… and told reporters that he was 11) ……….. However, after hearing the witnesses and seeing the 12) ……. supplied by the bank’s security cameras, the jury quickly came to the conclusion that Briggs was 13) ……...

Last night Police Chief John Brown praised Thomas for his brave 14) ……. of the violent 15) ………. and for 16) ………. what might have turned into a tragedy.

 

Exercise 22. Listen to Chief Inspector Ronald Lewis advisingpeople on how to protect themselves from certain types of crime and fill in the table below.

mugging	· carrying a personal …………. · attend …………..classes
kidnapping	· teach children …………. · if approached by strangers, they should ……… · if you can afford it, hire a …………
car theft	· fit in …………system · park in an …………… car park · make sure your car is securely ………….

Exercise 23. Courts can be distinguished with regard to the type of cases they hear. Match each of the following types of court (1-9) with the explanation of what happens there (a-i).

1. appellate court (or court of appeals, appeals court)

2. crown court

3. high court

4. juvenile court

5. lower court (or court of first instance)

6. magistrates’ court

7. moot court

8. small-claims court

9. tribunal

 

a. This is where a person under the age of 18 would be tried.

b. This is the court of primary jurisdiction, where a case is heard for the first time.

c. This is where small crimes are tried in the UK.

d. This is where law students argue hypothetical cases.

e. This is where a case is reviewed which has already been heard in a lower court.

f. This is where cases involving a limited amount of money are handled.

g. This is where serious criminal cases are heard by a judge and a jury in the UK.

h. This is where a group of specially chosen people examine legal problems of a particular type, such as employment disputes.

i. This is usually the highest court in a jurisdiction, the court of last resort.

 

Unit 3. Classifications of crimes.

Exercise 24. Translate and learn this table by heart.

Crimes and criminals

Crime	Criminal	Criminal act
arson	arsonist	to set fire to smth; to set smth on fire
shoplifting	shoplifter	to shoplift
mugging	mugger	to mug
offence	offender	to offend
vandalism	vandal	to vandalize
burglary or house-breaking	burglar	to burgle; to break into
murder	murderer	to murder
manslaughter	manslayer	to kill someone but not deliber­ately
kidnapping	kidnapper	to kidnap
pickpocketing	pickpocket	to pick smb’s pocket
complicity	accomplice	to be the accomplice
abetting	abettor	to abet
aiding	aider	to aid and abet
drug trafficking /drug sale/ drug trade	drug dealer/ drug trafficker	to trade in drugs / to sell and buy drugs
spy/espionage	spy	to spy
terrorism	terrorist	to terrorize
assassination	assassin	to assassinate
hooliganism	hooligan	to behave in a noisy and violent way in a public place
ticketless travel/fraudulent travel	stowaway	to stow away
theft	thief	to thieve/to steal
hijacking	hijacker	to hijack
carjacking	carjacker	to carjack
forgery	forger	to forge
robbery	robber	to rob
larceny	larcener	to commit larceny
smuggling	smuggler	to smuggle
treason	traitor	to betray
gangsterism	gangster	to be a member of a criminal group
desertion	deserter	to desert
bigamy	bigamist	to commit bigamy
speeding	speeder	to speed
rape	rapist	to rape
blasphemy	blasphemer	to commit blasphemy/to blaspheme
perjury	perjurer	to perjure
fraud	swindler	to swindle
bribery/bribe-taking	bribetaker	to give a bribe; to take a bribe
blackmail	blackmailer	to blackmail
extortion	extortionist	to extort
embezzlement	embezzler	to embezzle
tax evasion	tax evader	to evade taxes
counterfeiting	counterfeiter	to counterfeit
drug abuse	drug addict	to abuse drugs
trespass	trespasser	to tresspass
pilferage	pilferer	to pilfer
piracy	pirate	to commit piracy
money laundering	money launderer	to launder money
infringement of copyright	copyright infringer	to infringe a copyright
assault	assailant	to assault
aggravated assault	assailant	to assault with aggravating circumstance
child abuse	a person who abuses a child	to abuse a child
joyriding	joyrider	to joyride
defamation	defamer	to defame
slander	slanderer	to slander
libel	libeller	to libel
conversion	a person who converts	to convert