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A: a) crimes against people; b) crimes involving things or property.
B: a) violent crimes; b) non-violent crimes.
C: a) white-collar crimes and financial wrongdoing; b) computer crimes.
Explain your choice. Which of them are most serious/less serious? Why do you think so?
2 How many different types of crime can you think of? Match the crimes given below with their definitions and then classify each crime as violent (V) or non-violent (NV).
| Violent/ non-violent | Name of crime | Definition of crime |
| forgery | betraying your country or government | |
| treason | being in possession of stolen objects | |
| handling stolen goods | offering something, esp. money, to persuade someone to do sth. for you | |
| bribery | setting fire to something intentionally | |
| laundering money | violent or forced sex | |
| drug trafficking | sending money to a foreign bank so that it cannot be traced | |
| rape | buying and selling illegal drugs | |
| arson | illegally copying money, documents etc. | |
| insider dealing | using privileged information about a business for personal profit | |
| assault | a generic term for the killing of another person | |
| homicide | any instance in which one party deceives or takes unfair advantage of another | |
| murder | attempt to use illegal force on another person | |
| battery | attempt to use illegal force on another person in the absence of consent to sexual relations | |
| manslaughter | driving a vehicle in excess of the permitted limit | |
| fraud | leaving one's vehicle in an area or for a duration in contravention of the law | |
| armed robbery | taking the property of another without right or permission | |
| sexual assault | the actual use of illegal force on another person | |
| burglary | the crime of breaking into a private home with the intention of committing a felony | |
| theft | the unlawful killing of a person with intent | |
| parking | the unlawful killing of a person without malicious intent and therefore without premeditation | |
| speeding | the unlawful taking of another's property using a dangerous weapon |
3 Which crimes are being described in the following situations? Fill the gaps with the words from the list.
| rioting arson mugging vandalism kidnapping shoplifting robbery hacking burglary domestic violence stalking murder drug-trafficking blackmail theft pickpocketing hijacking looting hooliganism fraud |
1 People broke into our house and stole our video camera.
2 Youths attacked her in the street and ran off with her handbag.
3 The pilot was forced to take the plane to Teheran.
4 She killed him by poisoning his coffee.
5 Why do middle class women steal food from supermarkets?
6 Having made no profit that year, he set fire to his own factory.
7 Crowds of protestors broke shop windows and stole goods.
8 They ran around smashing things and fighting other drunken youths.
9 He threatened to tell the newspapers unless he got a thousand pounds.
10 Someone has stolen my purse from my desk.
11 The clerk handed over the money when they threatened to shoot him.
12 The business used deception to obtain money.
13 They were accused of deliberately smashing the phone box.
14 The boy would be harmed unless his parents paid the money.
15 The woman was often seen with bruises on her face.
16 His wallet was stolen from his back pocket.
17 Trained dogs found the packages stuffed into the seats of the lorry.
18 The filmstar had been followed by the same man for months.
19 They accessed the information from government computer systems.
20 Hundreds of policemen in helmets broke up the angry crowds.
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