Check your ideas in the key
12. At what stage or stages of the criminal process is the person involved called:
1) the defendant
2) the offender
3) the suspect
4) the convict
5) the criminal
6) the accused
Choose from the box below:
| a) at any time after conviction b) before being arrested and charged c) (as a general term) at any time after committing a crime; (as a law term) after conviction d)after being charged and during the trial e) after conviction and especially during the period of punishment f) after being charged with an offence and especially during the trial |
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THE SHOPLIFTER
Mark Diamond was a thief. He had been to prison several times. Last time he was sentenced to ten months in prison for shoplifting when he tried to steal a silver necklace for his girlfriend Jane.
On the day he left prison, first he had a good meal in a cafe, then went to the cinema. He enjoyed being free again. He took a long walk in town looking at the windows. He had a few dollars and wanted to buy a present for his girlfriend Jane. He saw a pretty silk dress in one window but he didn’t like colour, he saw a green cotton blouse in another shop window but he didn’t like the cut of the blouse.
He looked at a fur coat in another shop but it was too expensive. Then he saw a nice leather bag and first he thought that Jane would also like it. He was just going to buy it but he changed his mind and thought it would make a poor present.
Then he went into a jeweller’s shop. There he saw a nice gold bracelet on the counter. He always wanted a present like that. He had a quick look around and saw nobody was watching him. The assistant was showing a diamond engagement ring to a customer. The next minute the gold bracelet was in Mark’s pocket and he started for the door.
At that moment, he felt a hand on his shoulder. “Young man”, said the owner of the shop, “I saw you steal a bracelet. I’ll have to call the police”. Mark went pale. “Oh, no. Don’t do that. I’ll pay for the bracelet. Yes, I’ll pay for it”.
The owner of the shop took a look at the gold bracelet and said, “All right. It’ll be £600”.
“Well”, said Mark, “Couldn’t you show me anything cheaper? I really don’t want to spend that much”.
Choose the best answer:
1. Mark Diamond was
a) an honest man
b) a crook (ошуканець, шахрай)
c) a hard-working man
2. He had spent a few months in prison because
a) he had wanted to buy a present for his girlfriend
b) he had been caught shoplifting
c) he had no money to buy a silver necklace
3. When he left prison
a) he felt very happy
b) he decided to steal again
c) he forgot about his girlfriend
4. At a jeweller’s
a) he was shown a diamond ring
b) he saw a nice ring
c) he saw a gold bracelet on the counter
5. Nobody was looking at him, so
a) he left the shop
b) he decided to steal a bracelet
c) he asked the assistant to show him a bracelet
6. As Joe was afraid of being arrested
a) he ran out of the shop
b) he offered to pay the price of the bracelet
c) he asked the jeweller to take a look at the bracelet
7. When Joe heard how much the bracelet cost
a) he asked for some less expensive
b) he went pale
c) he promised to pay £600.
Translate this text into Ukrainian.
Write a list of measures that a store-owner should take to prevent shoplifting.
SHOPLIFTING
In many of Britain’s larger stores, customers are intended to serve themselves. The open shelves and attractive goods mean that people sometimes tiy to shoplift. This is a major problem. To stop this, many shops have security cameras, electronic stock control and store detectives.
In some shops there may be notices like this:
Shoplifters will be prosecuted.
And people who shoplift and are caught are usually taken to court. When the person is a foreign visitor with a lot of money, there is usually a lot of bad publicity. Theft in the high street is a major problem, which makes goods more expensive. Shop owners tiy their best to stop shoplifting but it seems more goods are taken by people who work in the shops than by shoplifters.
15. Work in pairs. Imagine you are a store-detective. Tell a journalist about the problem of shoplifting in your department-store. Use the following words and expressions:
- I’m rather worried about...
- I’ve got a lot of problems.
- That’s too bad.
- To my mind ...
- I think,...
HAVE A REST
IS THAT A FACT?
* Millions of pounds worth of goods are stolen from shops every year. Guess who ends up paying? The customer! Shops have to put up their prices to recover the money they lose from shoplifting.
* Many shops now use hidden security systems to help them catch shoplifters.
* In 1991 there were over 1,219,469 burglaries in England and Wales. In 3 out of 10 cases, the burglar didn’t even have to use force to get in.
* 23% of all reported crime is burglary.
* Over the last 10 years, the cost of Criminal Legal Aid has trebled. The number of criminal prosecutions has fallen by 10%.
HUNT THE WORDS
The words below are all hidden in this puzzle. Draw a ring around as many as you can find. The words are written straight across, downwards, diagonally, and some are written backwards.
Punish Penalty Legal Lawyer Rob Criminal Offence Fraud Fine Theft Drug Guilty Judge Victim Crime Mob Bobby Court Civil
WHO HAS DONE IT?
Johny, Micky and Sonny have each been accused of a different crime.
The three charges are murder, armed robbery and theft.
Study the facts and find the solution to the problem!
The problem
Who was charged with which crime?
Who was convicted?
Which of the three did not go to prison?
The facts
The murdererwas sentenced to life imprisonment.
Johnywas charged with a crime of violence.
The man charged with theft was convicted.
Mickywas not tried for murder.
The man who was not sentenced to imprisonment was not convicted.
Sonny was not accused of theft or armed robbery.
The man who was not tried for a crime of violence was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment.
The solutions
Johny
Micky
Sonny
? did not go to prison.
* * *
The motorist was charged with driving his car while under the influence of liquer, a traffic policeman was giving evidence.
«When I came upon the scene, Your Worship,» he said, «I found the accused arguing, with the Minister of Transport about the condition of the road».
«Well», commented the magistrate, «that proves nothing does it?»
«No», admitted the witness, «only, you see, the Minister of Transport wasn’t there».
* * *
A beautiful blonde walked into a Chicago police station and gave the desk sergeant a detailed description of a man who had dragged her by the hair down three flights of stairs, threatened to choke her to death and finally beat her up.
“With this description we’ll have him arrested in no time”, said the desk sergeant.
“But I don’t want him arrested», the young woman protested. “Just find him for me. He promised to marry me”.
Surrey has set up a new cheque squad to combat fraud in the country. Officers in the financial investigation unit have begun a systematic investigation of every stolen cheque and credit card using computers, intelligence and forensic science.
* Officers from South Wales arrested six men and women during an operation targeting drug dealers in the Rhondda. Drugs (amphetamines and cannabis) were recovered along with weapons including hatchets and daggers.
* Essex Police is setting up a shop to help burglary victims identify stolen jewellery. The five-day roadshow will be held in an empty shop from September 19. It has been prompted by Operation Sapphire to investigate burglaries in the country. Four people have been charged.
* Surrey Police have uncovered cannabis factories - including one with 200 plants - during a series of early morning drug raids. Operation Scorpion resulted in 12 arrests. About 100 officers worked on the operation for two days and 24 properties were searched.
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