Unit 3.

Task 1.

1.No 2.No 3.No 4.Yes 5.Yes 6.Yes 7.Yes 8.No

Task 2.

1. punishable

2. punitive

3. a deterrent

4. Corporal punishment: he / she is physically beaten with a stick or a whip. Capital punishment: he /she is judicially killed / executed

5. He may be given a caution or a warning by the police to slow down. Alternatively he might be fined (police often issue on-the-spot fines, which you have to pay immediately) and / or be given points on his licence (if you receive too many points within a certain time period, your licence will be temporarily withdrawn).

6. He will almost certainly be banned / disqualified from driving for at least a year, and will probably be fined. If he causes an accident as a result of being drunk in charge of a vehicle, he might also be sent to prison.

7. A custodial sentence involves sending someone to prison. A suspended sentence is a sentence of imprisonment which a court orders shall not take effect unless the offender commits another crime. Probation is often a feature of a suspended sentence: the individual (the probationer) must behave in a certain way, under the supervision of a probation officer.

8. He is not allowed to go in that bar again, and might also be banned from other bars / public places in the area.

9. In Britain, an ASBO (pronounced as one word) is an Antisocial Behaviour Order. This is an order which is applied for by the police against any individual over the age of 10 years old who is causing someone distress, harm or harassment, in order to restrict their behaviour. If an ASBO is breached, the individual can expect to be punished. An ABC is an Acceptable Behaviour Contract. This is a formal written agreement which an individual signs to say he will not act in an antisocial manner in the future.

10. A young person (in Britain, under 18) who has committed a crime

11. Life imprisonment

12. imprison

13. True

14. Six months: concurrent sentences take place at the same time as each other.

15. False. He / she is sentenced to do unpaid work in the local community (the abbreviation is CSO).

16. They will have to pay money to the other company: a bond is a document in which a company or individual promises to pay money if something happens (for example, if they breach a contract)

17. injunction

18. compensation

19. He would be unhappy: his assets have been frozen, which means that he cannot take them out of the country

Task 3.

1.c) 2.f) 3.h) 4.e) 5.i) 6.b) 7.a) 8.g) 9.j) 10.d)

Task 4.

1.b) 2.c) 3.b) 4.d) 5.b) 6.c) 7.b) 8.b) 9.a)

Task 5.

1 T 2 T 3 T 4 F 5 F 6 F 7 T

Task 6.

Across	10. capital	17. probation	5. confinement	14. custodial
2. compensation	11. forfeiture	18. fine	6. corporal
3. community	12. remand	19. electrocution	8. suspended
4. execution	15. custody	Down	9. bail
7. Borstal	16. warning	1. seizure	13. detention