Check your ideas in the key.

12. At what stage or stages of the criminal process is the person involved called:

1) the defendant

2) the offender

3) the suspect

4) the convict

5) the criminal

6) the accused

Choose from the box below:

a) at any time after conviction b) before being arrested and charged c) (as a general term) at any time after committing a crime; (as a law term) after conviction d)after being charged and during the trial e) after conviction and especially during the period of punishment f) after being charged with an offence and especially during the trial

Read the text.

THE SHOPLIFTER

Mark Diamond was a thief. He had been to prison several times. Last time he was sentenced to ten months in prison for shoplifting when he tried to steal a silver necklace for his girlfriend Jane.

On the day he left prison, first he had a good meal in a cafe, then went to the cinema. He enjoyed being free again. He took a long walk in town looking at the windows. He had a few dollars and wanted to buy a present for his girlfriend Jane. He saw a pretty silk dress in one window but he didn’t like colour, he saw a green cotton blouse in another shop window but he didn’t like the cut of the blouse.

He looked at a fur coat in another shop but it was too expensive. Then he saw a nice leather bag and first he thought that Jane would also like it. He was just going to buy it but he changed his mind and thought it would make a poor present.

Then he went into a jeweller’s shop. There he saw a nice gold bracelet on the counter. He always wanted a present like that. He had a quick look around and saw nobody was watching him. The assistant was showing a diamond engagement ring to a customer. The next minute the gold bracelet was in Mark’s pocket and he started for the door.

At that moment, he felt a hand on his shoulder. “Young man”, said the owner of the shop, “I saw you steal a bracelet. I’ll have to call the police”. Mark went pale. “Oh, no. Don’t do that. I’ll pay for the bracelet. Yes, I’ll pay for it”.

The owner of the shop took a look at the gold bracelet and said, “All right. It’ll be £600”.

“Well”, said Mark, “Couldn’t you show me anything cheaper? I really don’t want to spend that much”.

Choose the best answer:

1. Mark Diamond was

a) an honest man

b) a crook (ошуканець, шахрай)

c) a hard-working man

2. He had spent a few months in prison because

a) he had wanted to buy a present for his girlfriend

b) he had been caught shoplifting

c) he had no money to buy a silver necklace

3. When he left prison

a) he felt very happy

b) he decided to steal again

c) he forgot about his girlfriend

4. At a jeweller’s

a) he was shown a diamond ring

b) he saw a nice ring

c) he saw a gold bracelet on the counter

5. Nobody was looking at him, so

a) he left the shop

b) he decided to steal a bracelet

c) he asked the assistant to show him a bracelet

6. As Joe was afraid of being arrested

a) he ran out of the shop

b) he offered to pay the price of the bracelet

c) he asked the jeweller to take a look at the bracelet

7. When Joe heard how much the bracelet cost

a) he asked for some less expensive

b) he went pale

c) he promised to pay £600.

Translate this text into Ukrainian.

Write a list of measures that a store-owner should take to prevent shoplifting.

SHOPLIFTING

In many of Britain’s larger stores, customers are intended to serve themselves. The open shelves and attractive goods mean that people sometimes tiy to shoplift. This is a major problem. To stop this, many shops have security cameras, electronic stock control and store de­tectives.

In some shops there may be notices like this:

Shoplifters will be prosecuted.

And people who shoplift and are caught are usually taken to court. When the person is a foreign visitor with a lot of money, there is usually a lot of bad publicity. Theft in the high street is a major prob­lem, which makes goods more expensive. Shop owners tiy their best to stop shoplifting but it seems more goods are taken by people who work in the shops than by shoplifters.

15. Work in pairs. Imagine you are a store-detective. Tell a journalist about the problem of shoplifting in your department-store. Use the following words and expressions:

- I’m rather worried about...

- I’ve got a lot of problems.

- That’s too bad.

- To my mind...

- I think,...

HAVE A REST

IS THAT A FACT?

* Millions of pounds worth of goods are stolen from shops every year. Guess who ends up paying? The customer! Shops have to put up their prices to recover the money they lose from shoplifting.

* Many shops now use hidden security systems to help them catch shoplifters.

* In 1991 there were over 1,219,469 burglaries in England and Wales. In 3 out of 10 cases, the burglar didn’t even have to use force to get in.

* 23% of all reported crime is burglary.

* Over the last 10 years, the cost of Criminal Legal Aid has trebled. The number of criminal prosecutions has fallen by 10%.

HUNT THE WORDS

The words below are all hidden in this puzzle. Draw a ring around as many as you can find. The words are written straight across, downwards, diagonally, and some are written backwards.

Punish Penalty Legal Lawyer Rob Criminal Offence Fraud Fine Theft Drug Guilty Judge Victim Crime Mob Bobby Court Civil

WHO HAS DONE IT?

Johny, Micky and Sonny have each been accused of a different crime.

The three charges are murder, armed robbery and theft.

Study the facts and find the solution to the problem!

The problem

Who was charged with which crime?

Who was convicted?

Which of the three did not go to prison?

The facts

The murderer was sentenced to life imprisonment.

Johny was charged with a crime of violence.

The man charged with theft was convicted.

Micky was not tried for murder.

The man who was not sentenced to imprisonment was not con­victed.

Sonny was not accused of theft or armed robbery.

The man who was not tried for a crime of violence was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment.

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