Types of punishment

Punishment (example offence)

Definition

traffic ticket (speeding, parking)

leaves marks on driving record/involves paying a fine

license suspension (drunk driving)

driving rights are removed for a certain period of time

fine (hunting out of season)

pay money as punishment for minor/petty crime

house arrest (a young offender who is waiting to go to court)

remain in one's home for a certain period of time

community service (a youth that steals a car for the first time)

do volunteer work such as teaching children about crime or cleaning up garbage

jail time (man who assaults his wife)

spend a certain amount of months or years locked away from society

life in prison (a woman who commits homicide)

spend the rest of one's life in prison with no chance of going back into society

shoplifter

imprisonment

verdict

plead

case

appeal

sentence

sue

jury

escape

assault

felony

fraud

wanted

convict

assault

witness

speeding ticket

pickpocket

hijacking

evidence