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Types of punishment

Punishment (example offence)

Definition

Translation

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

  1. Complete the second table which gives the name of the crime, its definition, criminal and verb which is used to describe it. The first is done for you.

Crime

definition

criminal

verb

murder

Killing someone

murderer

murder

Stealing something from a shop

burglar

smuggle

Arson

kidnap

Theft

forgery

Drug-trafficker

assault

4. Complete the sentences below with the following words or expressions.

guilty • falsified • smuggled • sentenced • tried • innocent • arrested

mugged • break • vandalized • stole • robbed • trafficking • charged

Richard Mann has been committing crimes since he was a boy.

  1. When he was only 15 he _____________ telephone boxes and public toilets.

  2. As he grew older, he _____________ old ladies in the street and stole their money.

  3. He also _____________ banks, post offices and jewellery shops.

  4. On one occasion, he _____________ almost £20,000 from a post office.

  5. In his late twenties, he _____________ cigarettes and alcohol from one country to another.

  6. During his only proper job in an office, he _____________ the accounts and pocketed thousands of pounds.

  7. He then started _____________ drugs.

  8. The police finally _____________ him last year.

  9. They _____________ him with almost thirty crimes.

  10. He was _____________ at a Crown Court.

  11. He said he was _____________, but the jury decided he was _____________.

  12. The judge _____________ him to 15 years in prison.

  13. He won't _____________ the law again for a long time.

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