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8. Match the words with their definitions:

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for by police.

7. Chief Constables g) are the heads of the UK police forces.

COMPREHENSION

9. Say if the following statements are true or false. Comment on the true statements and correct the false ones:

1.There are 43 police forces in the UK.

2.The police forces never cooperate with each other.

3.There are about 150, 000 policemen and women in Britain.

4.Women make up about twenty percent of the police force.

5.The British policemen do not carry guns.

6.Each separate police force is headed by the Chief inspector.

7.The founder of the police force in London is Theodore Roosevelt.

8.The police are not responsible for controlling offences like speeding, careless driving.

9.The London police are called the State Police.

10.Choose the correct alternative in each case to complete the sentence:

1)There are about _______ policemen and women in Britain.

a)150000

b)100000

c)50000

d)15000

e)45000

2)The ________ has the overall responsibility for the police force.

a)Chief Constable

b)Queen

c)Home Secretary

d)Prime Minister

e)Commissioner of Police

3)There are ________ police forces in the UK. a) 53

b) 52 c) 62 d) 43 e) 56

4)The Metropolitan Police were established by act of Parliament in

_________by Sir Robert Peel.

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a)1849

b)1829

c)1769

d)1789

e)1879

5)Each separate police force is headed by the _____________. a) Chief Constable

b) Chief Inspector

c) Chief Superintendent d) Chief Detective

e) Home Secretary

6)The lowest police rank in the British police is a __________. a) detective

b) sergeant c) lieutenant d) inspector e) constable

DISCUSSION

11. Answer the following questions:

1.How many police services are there in the UK?

2.Who provides payments to all these police services?

3.Are police services interdependent?

4.Do they usually cooperate?

5.How is the London police force called?

6.Is it controlled by the local authority?

7.What are the other police forces which protect the security of the territories and properties of public authorities?

8.When was the Metropolitan Police founded? Who founded it?

9.What are the main duties of the police officers?

12. Combine the whole information of the previous lessons and make a topic about the UK police forces.

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dog, for example, can search a warehouse in ten minutes, whereas the same search would take six men an hour.

There is also the River Police, or Thames Division, which has its own crime investigation officers who handle all crimes occurring within its river boundaries.

There are two other departments of Scotland Yard – the Witness Room (known as the RШРЮОЬ’ Gallery) where a photographic record of known or suspected criminals is kept, and Museum, which contains murder relics, forgery exhibits and coining moulds.

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) is known for its extensive investigative techniques and activities. Its fingerprint division was the prototype of similar system used by the USA Federal Bureau of Investigation and by many other modern police forces. In addition, the Yard maintains a criminal record office, forensic laboratories, a detective training school, a criminal intelligence department, an antiterrorist unit, and fraud and drug squads. The CID is often called in to help police in solving complex cases.

3.to track down –

4.confidence –

5.helmet –

6.trusty –

7.Embankment –

8.to extend –

9.exception –

14.Vehicles Recovered Map –

15.Mounted Branch –

16.to stable –

17.to suit –

19.warehouse –

20.Rogues’ Gallery –

21.relic –

22.forgery exhibits –

23.coining moulds –

24.fraud –

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VOCABULARY WORK

3. Find in the text the English equivalents for the following Russian wordcombinations given below:

4. Find synonyms for the following words:

5. Match the words to make word-combinations:

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COMPREHENSION

6. Say if the following statements are true or false. Comment on the true statements and correct the false ones:

1.The name «Scotland Yard» dates back to the 14th century.

2.Scotland Yard is situated on the Thames Embankment close to Buckingham Palace.

3.The City of London possesses its own separate police force.

4.An interesting branch of Scotland Yard is the branch of Police dogs, first used as an experiment in 1938.

5.One police dog can search a warehouse in a day, whereas the same search would take six men an hour.

6.The River Police unfortunately does not have its own crime investigation

officers.

7.The Rogues’ Gallery is where a photographic record of distinguished Scotland Yard officers is kept.

8.The Criminal Investigation Department is known for its extensive investigative techniques and activities.

DISCUSSION

7.Answer the following questions:

1.Where does the name «Scotland Yard» originate from?

2.What is within the New Scotland Yard jurisdiction?

3.What are the specialized units of Scotland Yard? What do they deal with?

4.What do they refer to as the «999 system»?

5.What is the Map Room famous for?

6.Do animals serve in any of Scotland Yard sections?

7.What is the River Police responsible for?

8.What is the purpose of the Museum as a department of NSY?

8.Combine the whole information of the previous lessons and make a topic about Scotland Yard.

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example, define felony as crime that is punishable by term of one year or more in state or federal prison. Person who commits misdemeanour may be punished by fine or jail term of less than one year.

Courts decide both criminal and civil cases. Civil cases stem from disputed claims to something of value. Disputes arise from accidents, contractual obligations, and divorce, for example.

Most countries make a clear distinction between civil and criminal procedures. For example, an English criminal court may force a defendant to pay a fine as a punishment for his crime, and he may sometimes have to pay the legal costs of the prosecution.

Criminal procedure, also called the criminal process, is the mechanism through which crimes are investigated. It includes the police, prosecutors, defense attorneys, and courts, the practices and procedures observed by them, and legal rules that govern them.

Criminal and civil procedures are different. Although some

systems, including the English, allow a private citizen to bring a criminal prosecution against another citizen, criminal actions are nearly always started by the state. Civil actions, on the other hand, are usually started by individuals.

Some courts, such as the English Magistrates Courts, deal with exclusively with both civil and criminal matters. Others, such as the English Crown Court, deal exclusively with one or the other.

In Anglo-American law the party bringing a criminal action is called the prosecution, but the party bringing a civil action is the plaintiff. In both kinds of action the other party is known as the defendant.

Vocabulary notes:

1.to violate –

2.punishable –

3.arson –

4.bigamy –

12.victim –

13.to comprise –

14.corpus delicti –

15.relation –

16.immediate –

17.property –

18.responsible –

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19.common law –

20.felony –

21.misdemeanour –

22.life imprisonment –

23.penalty –

24.prison –

25.jail –

27.value –

28.contractual obligations –

29.divorce –

30.distinction –

31.costs –

32.to deal (with) –

VOCABULARY WORK

3. Find in the text the English equivalents for the following Russian wordcombinations given below:

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

11.

12.

13.

14.

15.

4. Match the words on the left with the definitions on the right:

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