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«РОСТОВСКИЙ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЙ УНИВЕРСИТЕТ»

Н.В. Елисеева, т.А. Шкуратова crime and criminal actions part I

Методические указания

по практике устной и письменной речи английского языка

(специальность – романо-германская филология)

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Методические указания обсуждены и утверждены на заседании кафедры английской филологии факультета филологии и журналистики Ростовского государственного университета

Протокол: № 2 от 14 сентября 2006 г.

Составитель: ст. преп. Елисеева Н.В., доц., к. ф. н. Шкуратова Т.А.

Рецензент и ответственный редактор: доц., д. ф. н. Николаев С.Г.

Учебно-методический материал по теме «Преступность в современном мире» представлен серией методических указаний, а именно, «Преступления: виды преступлений и уголовных правонарушений», «Преступление и наказание», «Суды и системы судопроизводства», которые предназначены для студентов 4 курса отделения романской и германской филологии факультета филологии и журналистики РГУ.

Данные методические указания - первая часть учебно-методической разработки по разделу «Преступления: виды преступлений и уголовных правонарушений», при работе с которой основной упор делается на освоение новой лексики (Vocabulary), а также навыков письма (Writing) и восприятия английской речи на слух (Listening). Вторая часть раздела «Преступления: виды преступлений и уголовных правонарушений» является логическим продолжением первой, но ориентированной на совершенствование навыков чтения (Reading) и говорения (Speaking), с последующим обсуждением в группе ряда вопросов по проблеме.

Методические указания состоят из четырех частей, каждая из которых имеет свое методическое назначение и относится к различным видам работы над новой лексикой. В каждую часть включены упражнения и задания разной языковой сложности. Это дает возможность преподавателю использовать материал выборочно в зависимости от индивидуальных особенностей аудитории и степени подготовленности студентов.

Основная цель методических указаний - расширение словарного запаса студентов с учетом коммуникативных потребностей в их будущей профессиональной деятельности, совершенствование навыков и умений по переводу и интерпретации текстов юридической тематики, по передаче информации с использованием необходимого лексического материала, что, в конечном счете, способствует стимулированию устной монологической и диалогической речи, а также грамотности и точности при письме.

К данным методическим указаниям имеется звуковое приложение.

Crime and criminal actions part one study the vocabulary on the topic

crime against people crime involving things or property

violent crime non-violent crime

white-collar crime financial wrongdoing

computer crime criminal law

to punish to consider guilty of a crime

to commit a crime suspect

offence petty offence

felony to commit a felony

disorderly conduct contempt of court

driving without due care and attention drunken driving

to break the law abuse of power

a considered crime suicide

slander libel

blasphemy obscenity

conspiracy/ to foil a conspiracy to acknowledge/recognize as a crime

countefeit (money) euthanasia (Greek)/ mercy-killing

stalking witness

subpoena to show evidence of innocence

misdemeanour to prove smb's guilt

to be detailed in statutes to appropriate property

act of violence criminal state of mind

actus reus (Latin) mens rea (Latin)

malice aforethought intention

firearms/ guns handguns - pistols and revolvers

accusation accused

advocacy allege

appeal acquit

affidavit assassinate

assassin code

burden of proof convict of

pre-trial cross-examine

evidence (direct, circumstantial, relevant, expert, inadmissable)

hearsay rebuttal

circumstances (aggravating, extenuating) enforce a law

find smb. guilty plead smb. guilty

jurisdiction (original, appelate) juvenile court

delinquent dependent young people

litigate litigant

to overturn matrimonial matters

pass a sentence proceedings

recover debt, money to sue

violent death impeach, impeachment

impeachment of a witness judicial (branch, power, review)

Judiciary violate (a law, an oath, a treaty)

in violation of claim/ counterclaim

damages indictment

objection overrule

peremptory challenge polling the jury

preponderance of evidence unreasonable search and seizure

search warrant inmates

cell tort

perpetraitor culprit

suspect detain in custody

keep in custody preventive detection

execute fingerprints

photofit handcuffs

private detective/inquire agent serve a sentence

sustain a sentence traffic warden

murder/ to murder/ murderer/ homicide (Am.) -killing someone intentionally is murder, often referred to in law, especially in the United States, as homicide

manslaughter - killing a person unlawfully,without malicious intent, killing a person without premeditation

slaughter/ massacre - killing of a large number of people at the same time in a violent and cruel way

assassination - a murder of someone important as a political act

treason - to betray your country or government

a traitor

state secrets

espionage – spying/ (industrial/military) espionage

drug trafficking/dealing/ peddling – possessind and trading in illegal substances

illegal drugs

smuggling/ smuggler - taking something or someone illegally from one country to another

rape/sexual assault – forcing smb. to have sex, usually by violence or threats of violence

violent sex

forced sex

consent to sexual relations

in the absence of consent to smth.

domestic violence

violence in a family

violence from a husband to his wife

baby- or wife-battering

bullying

child abuse

bigamy/ bigamist - the crime of marrying a person when you are already married to someone else

assault/battery/mugging - an attempt to use illegal force on another person

to attack sb in the street

to run off with sb’s property

assault causing grievous bodily harm

knifing/ stabbing/ shooting - sticking a knife into someone. To stab is to strike forcefully into someone with the point of sth. sharp, e.g. a knife. Victims may die as the result of a knifing or stabbing, where a knife is used, or a shooting, when a gun is used.

pack a piece (infml.): being armed with a handgun is known, very informally, as packing a piece

Saturday Night Special - cheap, easily available handguns, even if people do not always use them at that time of the week

kidnapping/ kidnapper - taking a person hostage in exchange for money or other favours, etc: threatening to harm someone unless money is paid

theft/ larceny/ robbery - taking someone’s property without right, without permission, stealing money from shops, banks, trains and so on, and about stealing artworks from museums

armed robbery - taking another person’s property unlawfully, using a dangerous weapon; in armed robbery victims are threatened with a gun

hold-up/ to hold up

hold-up is a robbery where a gun or other weapon is used; holdups happen at gunpoint, or at knifepoint

bullion robbery - stealing gold bars

street robbery/ mugging - taking someone's money in the street with threats of violence

spectacular robbery: words for a spectacular robbery include heist - a robbery, especially a burglary-and raid/ ram-raid, which involves breaking through the front of a building by driving into it with a car, and then stealing things in the building

smash-and-grab: a smash-and-grab raid involves breaking a shop window or a showcase to steal things and running or driving away with them very fast

looting/ haul/ loot - breaking shop windows and steal goods; the money or property robbers have stolen

minor theft/petty theft: in minor theft the things stolen are not very valuable

serious theft: in serious theft the things stolen are valuable

art theft: in art theft works of art are stolen

arms theft: in arms theft guns are stolen in a robbery, not used in a robbery

vehicle theft/auto theft (Am.) - a car theft

joyriding/joy-riding - stealing a car for the pleasure of driving it, often at very high speeds

getaway/ get away/ making a getaway/ making one’s escape: after a robbery the criminals try to escape usually intheir getaway car

make off: robbers may make off with money or property they have stolen

to foil a robbery - to prevent the thief from succeeding in his plan

flee empty-handed: if a robbery is foiled, the robbers do not get what they came for, and they may flee empty-handed: they get away, but with no loot

having a go/ have-a-go hero/ have-a-go boy(journalistic): a go is an attempt to do something. In British English, journalists may refer to passers-by who try to stop thieves making their getaway as having a go

hijacking - taking control of a plane or boat by force, forcing the pilot to take the plane to some place

carjacking/car-jacking - stealing a car, sometimes at gunpoint, when its driver is in it

pickpocketing - taking/ stealing wallets/ purses/ money from someone's pocket or bag in a public place

shoplifting/handling stolen goods/ to shoplift/ shoplifter - stealing something from a shop, from the shelves of shops

a store detective

arson/ arsonist - setting fire to something in a criminal way

discrimination/ to discriminate against

unfair treatment on grounds of sex, race or nationality

harassment/ to harass - making a person feel anxious and unhappy (sometimes for sexual reasons, sometimes to get, say, a debt repaid)

blackmail/ blackmailer - the action of threatening to reveal a secret about someone, unless they do smth. you tell them to do, such as giving you money

perjury/ to commit perjury/ perjurer

lying when under oath

trespassing - going onto someone else's land without permission

fraud/ to commit fraud

swindle

to deceive

to gain money by deception

to use deception to obtain money

to take unfair advantage of smb.

fraudulent (bankruptcy)

con man

forgery/ to forge/ forger - making illegal copies of paintings, documents etc.; copying money/documents illegally

hacking - accessing the information from a computer system illegally

burglary/ to burgle/ burglar/ housebreaking - breaking into a private home, houses or other buildings, entering them by force, in order to steal things in a break-in

speeding - driving a vehicle in excess of the permitted limit

rioting - breaking up the angry crowds

hooliganism - running around smashing things, sometimes fighting other drunken youths

vandalism - smashing public property deliberately; damaging other people's property

drive-by shooting/drive-by: where people are shot from a moving car, they are victims of a drive-by shooting, or a drive-by