A/ The basics of criminality
1. Name the actors involved in a crime scene. Have a look!
2. List all the crimes you can think of. Let’s help ourselves with:
3. List verbs that define a way to kill someone.
4. Which specific term refers to the reason why a criminal commits a crime?
5. Which noun is used to prove the suspect cannot be the criminal?
6. Once arrested, where is the suspect driven to be questioned?
7. How do you call the members of the police? Give as many possibilities as you can.
8. Who are the different characters you find in a court?
9. List the names of weapons you know.
10. Which reasons to commit a crime could you mention?
11. How do authorities punish crime?
B/ Crime matching exercise
C/ Document 1
1. How do criminal law cases and civil law cases differ in the way they are initiated?
2. Name the four most common categories of criminal offences. Gives examples of crimes for each of them.
3. In what way is the standard of proof different for criminal and civil cases?
4. What is the difference between a felony and a misdemeanour?
5. Pick out the different types of punishments criminals can be sentenced to.
6. Recap on the vocabulary: match the verbs with their complements: