Exercise 3. Sentences 1—5 below are incomplete. Choose one of the words in brackets, that best completes the sentence

1. How would you (punish / punishment)somebody for stealing?

2. The support the idea of capital punishment (abolish/ abolition)in their country.

3. I don't believe that the death penalty deters from (commit| committing)violent crimes.

4. The criminal was sentenced to one year's (imprisonment/ imprison).

5. Some countries don't carry out (executions/ execute).

Text II. Read and translate in writing the newspaper article devoted to family violence.

It is impossible to calculate how much of the crime and imprisonment in this country is caused, directly or indirectly, by family violence.

About 80 per cent of women in prison have been victims of child abuse, sexual abuse, or domestic violence.

When do women take action?

The turning point may come when a woman can no longer hide the scars and bruises. Or when her own financial resources improve, when the kids grow up — or when she begins to fear for their safety. Sometimes, neighbors hear screaming and call police — or a doctor challenges a woman's made up story about how she got those broken ribs.

To tell the truth cops hate domestic calls — in part because they are so unpredictable. A neighbor may simply report a disturbance and cops have no idea what they will find on the scene. The parties may have cooled down

and be sitting in stony silence. Or one may be holding the other hostage, or the kids. Sometimes, warring spouses even turn on cops — which is why many police forces send them in pairs and tell them to maintain eye contact with each other at all times. But many cops still don't see such calls as real police work.

Many cities have started training programs to make police take domestic-violence calls more sensitively — and seriously.

Women are scared and want the violence to stop. Ten days later when they get the subpoena to appear in court, the situation has changed. The idea of putting someone you live with in jail becomes impossible. Pressing charges is just the first stop. The victim is faced with a range of potential legal remedies: orders of protection, criminal prosecution, family-court prosecution, divorce, a child-custody agreement. Each step is complex and time-consuming, requiring frequent court appearances by the victim — and the abuser.

But those in the field say the question is whether the justice system can solve a highly complex social problem. We need to rethink what we're doing. Prosecution isn't a panacea. We put it on when there is an emergency and we keep it on as long as necessary. But the question is, then what?

(From: Newsweek. — July 4, 1994)

Vocabulary

abuse(n) — 1) оскорбление, брань; 2) плохое обращение

abuse (v) — оскорблять

abuser (n) — человек, нанесший оскорбление

turning point— поворотный пункт, перелом, кризис

hide(v) — прятать, скрывать

bruise(n) — синяк

resources(n) — средства

improve(n) — улучшать(ся)

grow up(v) — взрослеть, вырастать

safety(n) — безопасность