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Here are the words which are used in the process of catching criminals, the trial which decides if criminals are guilty or innocent and the words connected to punishment.
The Law - finding criminals, the trial and prison.
1. Finding criminals.
After a crime has taken place the police are called and they look for the people responsible. Here are some of the words which are used in connection with finding the people who have committed crimes.
After a crime has been committed it is
reported to the police.A
detective is usually the type of policeman who tries to solve difficult crimes.When a criminal is found, he or she is
arrested.After someone is arrested they are
questioned by the police.A
search warrant is needed before police can enter and look through people's houses.The police have to have
evidence to show and prove who has committed a crime.If the police do not know who has committed a crime, they need to find
clues.Forensic evidence
for crimes is evidence such as footprints, hair, and fingerprints.Police often look for criminals'
fingerprints in crimes such as burglary.Police use
DNA analysis on hair or skin found at crime scenes.In some countries police use
lie-detectors to try to find out if criminals are telling the truth.The person who has a crime done to him / her is the
victim of the crime.Police look for
motives for crimes. A motive is the reason for committing the crime.If a possible criminal has an
alibi, the alibi shows the police that the suspected criminal was not at the crime scene.After talking to a possible criminal about a crime the police take a
statement.The person who police think committed a crime is their
suspect.When someone says that they have committed the crime, they
confess to doing it.A
witness is a person who has seen the crime take place.An
identity parade happens at a police station. A witness will look at six different people and pick out the person who they saw commit a crime.If there is a death, a doctor will perform a
post-mortem. A post-mortem involves cutting up a dead body to try to find out how the person died.When the police think that someone has committed a crime they are
charged with doing it.
2. The law.
The
law is the set of rules which every country has. If the laws are broken, then a crime is committed. Here are the words for things which are connected to the legal system when a crime has been committed.A criminal has a
trial to decide if he / she is the person who committed the crime.The trial takes place in a
court or a courtroom.People who are thought to have committed a crime have to
stand trial.At a trial they are
accused of committing the crime.The
judge is the most important person in a trial. He or she is in charge of the trial.If the trial says a person committed the crime he / she is
guilty. If he / she did not commit the crime, they are innocent.The person standing trial has to
plead guilty or innocent. This means they have to say if they committed the crime or not.The
jury are the people who decide if a person is guilty or innocent. The jury are members of the public.The decision of the jury is called the
verdict.A criminal employs a
solicitor to help him / her with the trial. A solicitor is an expert in the law.The legal people who argue that a person is guilty of a crime are the
prosecution. Those who argue that the person is innocent are the defence.When a person is found guilty, they are
convicted of the crime.People who have been found guilty can
appeal. An appeal is to ask for another trial.
3. If you are guilty, you go to prison.
If a person is found guilty of a serious crime, then they will go to prison. If the crime is less serious, they will get other types of punishments. Here are the words for things which are connected to prison.
The place where people, who have been convicted of very serious crimes go has three words! These are
jail or gaol or prison.An informal word for prison is the
nick.A person in prison is a
prisoner or a convict.The people who look after prisoners are
prison officers.An
open prison is a type of prison which has prisoners in it who will not try to escape and who are not dangerous.When there is a
prison riot many prisoners do not behave well and they cause many problems in the prison.The length of time a person has to go to prison for is their
prison sentence.Prisoners sleep in
cells.Prisoners will sometimes try to
break out of prison. This means they try to escape from it.One aim of prison is to try to
rehabilitate prisoners. This means try to help them so that they do not commit more crimes when they leave prison.A sentence of
life imprisonment means that someone will be in prison for all of their life. This is used in the UK for murderers.Capital punishment
is used in America. This means that a person is killed for their crime.Different methods of capital punishment are
hanging, electric chair and lethal injection.Read these sentences about a jewellery robbery. Put these sentences into the order in which they happened. Drag the correct number next to each sentence.
5. The police knew who had committed the crime from
the fingerprints and arrested Peter Little.
10. The judge sentenced him to 10 years in prison.
8. At his trial Peter Little pleaded not guilty.
2. A customer reported the robbery to the police on
her mobile phone.
3. The police visited the shop and interviewed the
witnesses.
7. So he was charged with the robbery.
4. Fingerprints were found on the door to the shop.
6. The witnesses picked Peter Little out of an identity
parade.
1. A jewellery shop in Oxford Street was robbed.
9. The jury however decided that he was guilty.
Who are these people? Read these sentences about people in the legal system and click on the person who would do these things.
Members of the public who attend a trial and at the end of it they decide if the criminal is guilty or innocent.
witnesses jury judges
They might use a lie-detector to help them with their job.
judges solicitors police
A person who speaks for a criminal in a trial.
judge solicitor prosecution
This person's room is called a cell.
prisoner witness victim
One of their jobs is to arrest people.
police criminal solicitor
The person who performs a post-mortem on dead bodies.
detective doctor alibi
His or her job is to look after people in prison.
police prisoner prison officer
This person decides what the punishment should be for guilty people at the end of a trial.
judge solicitor jury
This person takes a statement from people who might have committed crimes.
detective prison officer witness
This person might try to break out or riot.
alibi judge convict
Read this article about a bank robbery and the trial which followed it. Type in the missing words.
Bank robber gets eleven year prison sentence.
By Sandy Brown
On-line Criminal News Writer
A London man has been found guilty of an armed robbery at the Chelsea High Street Bank on Town Road and been sentenced to eleven years in prison. John Oates, 39, was sentenced by the judge at the London High Court yesterday for his part in the robbery. He had originally pleaded not guilty at the start of the trial.
Police said that on the morning of June 25th 2001, a man with a scarf wrapped around his mouth and face went into the bank with a gun and demanded money. Witnesses described what had happened to the police. They said that after the cashier had given the bank notes to the robber the suspect ran out of the bank and drove off down Kensington Road at high speed in a car which was parked outside.
The jury heard during the trial that £30,000 was stolen and that police had recovered only £5000 during their investigation. Oates was arrested in October 2001 after police with a search warrant raided his house. They found several clues including the scarf which they produced in court as evidence. Oates had also left his fingerprints on the bank counter during the robbery. He originally confessed to the crime but later changed his mind. The jury reached a guilty verdict after considering the case for three days.
armed
(adj)if a person is armed, they have a weapon such as a gun.
considering
(v)when people consider something they think about it for a short period of time.
counter
(n)the part of bank or shop which is like a shelf and is next to the assistant.
demanded
(v)if people demand something, they say you must do it.
expert
(n)is a person who knows a lot about a specific subject.
investigation
(n)an investigation is the process of trying to find out about something.
originally
(adj)here, at the start.
prove
(v)when you prove something you show how it is done and use things to demonstrate this.
raided
(v)when a bank is raided, it is attacked.
recovered
(v)here, found.
responsible
(adj)here, means the person who did something.
scarf
(n)is a piece of clothing which you put around your neck in the winter.
solve
(v)to find the answer to a problem.
suspected
(v)if a person is suspected of doing something, police believe they did it.
taken place
(phrasal verb)when an event takes place, it happens.
truth
(n)the opposite of a lie.
wrapped
(v)to wrap something means to cover it.
