Comprehension. 1. Are the following statements true or false.

1. Are the following statements true or false.

1) A person who, at the time of the commission of a crime, is non-compos mentis is criminally responsible.

2) A person who has reached the age of 14 before the commission of a crime is criminally responsible.

3) Objects of crimes are human life, the state, collective or personal property, public law and order.

4) If an act does not constitute a danger to society, it is not regarded as a crime.

5) Criminal law does not regard as a crime an act or omission which is not dangerous to society.

6) The subject of a crime is any person who commits a crime.

2. Read the text in detail to answer the questions.

1. What are the elements of corpus delicti?

2. What is an object of a crime?

3. What is an immediate object of a crime?

4. Who is a subject of a crime?

5. At what age do persons committing crimes become criminally responsible?

6. In what cases are persons committing crimes not criminally responsible?

Language focus

1. Complete the sentences. Use the words.

Social system, state system, property, system of economy; the purpose of criminal act, the form of criminal action, method of a criminal action; the! subject of crime, non-compos mentis, commission of a crime, criminally; responsible.

1) A crime is a socially dangerous act directed against...

2) Corpus delicti of a crime is the sum of elements which characterize...

3) A person who commits a crime and is responsible for it is...

4) A person who is... at the time of... is not liable to punishment.

5) People who have attained a certain age and are compos mentis are...

2. Match English words and phrases with their Russian equivalents.

a) a specific crime 1. социально опасный характер

b) a socially dangerous act 2. уголовный процесс

c) a socially dangerous nature 3. данное преступление

d) omission 4.возраст уголовной ответственности

e) criminal proceeding 5. социально опасное деяние

f) property rights 6. обвиняемый

g) the accused 7. правопорядок

h) age limit 8. бездействие, невыполнение

i) law and order 9. имущественные права

j) material element 10. отдельный элемент

k) state property 11. по причине

1) on account of 12. по решению суда

m)individual element 13. материальный элемент

n) by order of the court 14. государственное имущество

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