Crime 1: Crime categories Actime is an illegal act which may result in prosecution and punishment by the state if the accused (= the person or people charged with a crime) is / are convicted (= found guilty in a court of law). Generally, in order to be convicted of a crime, the accused must be shown to have committed an illegal (= unlawful) act with a criminal state of mind. Look at the list of crimes in the box, then look at the categories below. Decide which category each one comes under, and write the crime in the appropriate space in the table. Some crimes can be listed under more than one category. One of the words / expressions in the list is not a crime. 1. abduction 2. actual bodily harm 3. aiding and abetting (= assisting) an offender 4. arson 5. assault 6. battery 7. being equipped to steal 8. bigamy 9. blackmail 10. breach of the Official Secrets Act. 11. breaking andentering 12. bribery 13. burglary 13. careless or reckless driving 14. committing a breach of the peace 15. conspiracy 16. contempt of court 17. criminal damage (vandalism, and sometimes also hooliganism) 18. deception or fraud in order to obtain property, services or pecuniary advantage 19, driving without a licence or insurance 20. drug dealing 21. drunk in charge / drink driving 22. embezzlement 23. espionage 24. forgery 25. grievous bodily harm 26. handling stolen goods 27. indecency 28. indecent assault 29. infanticide 30. manslaughter 31. misuse of drugs 32. money laundering 33. murder 34. obscenity 35. obstruction of the police 36. paedophilia 37. perjury 38. perverting the course of justice 39. piracy 40. possessing something with intent to damage or destroy property 41. possessing weapons 42. racialabuse 43. rape 44. robbery 45. sedition 46. suicide 47. terrorism 48, theft 49. treason 50. unlawful assembly 51. wounding Crimes against Ul ‘Crimes against property Road traffic offences Sexual offences Political offencesCrime 2: Name the offence Look at these situations, then decide which crime has been, or is being, committed in each case. These crimes can all be found in Crime 1 on page 29, but try to do this exercise first without referring back. In some cases, more than one option is possible. (Note that you do not need to use all of the crimes from page 29). TV Newsreader: Police believe the fire was started deliberately at around 2 o'clock this morning ‘when burning paper was pushed through the letterbox. They are appealing for witnesses to the event. Crown Prosecutor: Tell us in your own words exactly what happened. Witness: We were in the bar when a man walked up to the victim, pointed a gun at his head and said "You're a dead man. Then he pulled the trigger three times. Police constable: You were going in excess of 60, and this is a 30 zone, Man in car: | think you're mistaken, constable. | was well within the speed lit. Woman: When | got home, | discovered that rry back door had been broken open. Police officer: Had anything been stolen? Woman: Yes, my new laptop, £200 in cash and my pet parrot. Police officer: 'm sorry sir, but | have to report your actions to the proper authorities. Man: Look, officer, here's £50. Let's just pretend this didn’t happen, eh? Extract from a newspaper article: The two men were arrested and detained after police checks revealed that they had been distributing pornographic material over the Intemet. Interviewing detective: Allright, Dagsy. We know you didn't do the Commarket Street bank job yourself, but we know that you were involved somehow. Police suspect: | was just driving the car Mr Regan, honest. And | didn't know what the others ‘were up to until they came back with bags of cash. TV newsreader: The car bomb went off in a busy marketplace, injuring several shoppers. Radio newsreader. The police raided a house in New Street this morning and recovered 250 illegal ‘copies of the latest Harry Potter film, along with professional film copying equipment. Man reading newspaper: | don't believe it. The Foreign Minister has been caught giving government secrets to another country! Political agitator: Now is the time to tise up and overthrow the running dogs that call themselves ‘our government. Death to the Prime Minister and his cronies! Death to the Royal Family! Death to ‘the system that bleeds us dry and abandons us! Unwashed anarchist hordes: Hooray! ‘Shop assistant: | can't accept this £20 note, madam. It's a fake. Customer: What? You mean it's counterfeit? ‘Shop assistant: I'm afraid so. Do you have any other means of payment? Extract from a newspaper article: The investigation into the rail accident confirmed that it occurred because the rail company had failed to maintain the tracks properly over a five-year period. Eight people died when the train left the tracks and hit an embankment,14. 15. 16. 7. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. Police officer: Take your time and tell me what happened, dear. Pensioner: The man who came to ry door said he had come to read the electric meter, 50 | et him in. I went to the kitchen to make hirn a cup of tea. When | returned he had gone, and so had my television. TV newsreader: A journalist working in the city disappeared this moming, Police later received a note from a militant faction claiming that they had taken hirn and were holding him hostage. Woman: The graffiti around here is getting really bad. Last week somebody wrote ‘Chelsea are rubbish’ on our garden wall ‘Man: That's not good. it should say ‘Chelsea are complete rubbish’. ‘Man: Look at this note, Cheri, It arrived in the post today. It says ‘Leave £10,000 in cash in the bin by the bus stop, or Ill tell everyone your dirty secret’. Woman: Don't worry about it, Tony. It's probably another little joke from him next door. Prosecuting lawyer: Tell us again what happened on the night of the incident, Mr Williams. And let me remind you that you are still under oath. Defendant: Like | told you, | was at home asleep, so I have no idea what happened. Prosecuting lawyer: Don't lie, Mr Williarns. We have video evidence that you were in the nightclub until 3am. And you were seen by several witnesses. Defendant: | don't recognise this court. This trial shouldn't be taking place. Judge: Sit down, Mr Dowling. You are out of order. Defendant: Oh shut up, you silly old worran. Go back home and do sore washing up or something. Accountant: We've audited these accounts very carefully, and they just don't add up. Office manager: What exactly are you saying? Accountant: '"n saying that someone in your office has been secretly helping themselves to company money. TV presenter: Jimmy Bond, a former government intelligence agent, has just published a book about the Intelligence Service called ‘Lifting the Lid. In it, he gives us a revealing insight into the life of a secret agent. The government have strongly condernned the book, claiming it contains lassified information that should not be in the public dornain. Magistrate: Constable, could you explain what happened? Police constable: | was proceeding down Newland Street at approximately 8 o'clock last night when | heard a lot of shouting coming from The Newlands inn public house. On entering, | saw the accused in a state of undress and dancing on a table. Magistrate: You mean he was naked? Police constable: Yes. As the day he was born. Radio newsreader: The judge in the trial of notorious gangster Joe ‘Pinko’ Pallino adjourned the court today after it was revealed that several members of the jury had been offered bribes and other incentives to pass a verdict of ‘not guilty’ on Mr Pallino. TV presenter: A bank account was opened in a false narne in the Bahamas, and the cash deposited there, The funds were then sent by telegraphic transfer to another account in Switzerland, and the Bahamas account was closed. It was at this stage that the Metropolitan Police called in Interpol.Crime 1: Categories (page 25) ‘mes against the person: abduction; actual bodily harms, assault battery, grievous bodly har; indecent assault infantiade, manslaughter, murder; paedophilia (also called unlavvful sex); racial abuse; rape; wounding, Note that ‘some crimes against the person, such as murder and paedophilia, are also considered to be crimes against society Crimes against property: arson; being equipped to steal; blackmail; breaking and entering; burglary (ifthe burglar is Sime Ths scaled epevavated burglDS” ehrinal dammége: “deception or raw, enbersoment “forgery hating Stolen goods, money laundering, piracy (specifically intellectual property. Note that piracy can also refer to the attacking Of ships at sea in order to commit a robbery): possessing something with intent to damage or destroy property: robbery {if the robbers armed, this is called armed robbery, thelt Public order offences: committing a breach of the peace; drug dealing (the moving of drugs trom one country to another iscaledcrug trafficking; misuse of crugs; obscenity, obstruction ofthe polce; possessing weapons; unawful assem Road traffic offences: careles or reckles driving: driving without a licence or insurance: drunk in charge bigamy; indecency; paedophilia; rape Poltcal offences: breach of the Official Secrets Act; "bribery (especially if the person being bribed is a Member of Parliament); espionage; sedition; terrorism; "treason Offences against justice: aiding and abetting an offender; bribery (especialy ifthe person being bribed is, for example, a police officer or a juror); conspiracy; contempt of court; perjury: perverting the course of justice Suicide, or attempted suicide, is not a crime, although it isa crime to help someone kill themselves, even in cases of ‘euthanasia (mercy killings) Note thatthe word crime can refer to one o more specific act There as been a 50% rise in crimes of violence) or it can refer to illegal acts in general (‘There has been a 50% rise in violent crime’) ‘Crime 2: Name the offence (pages 26-27) 1. arson. 2. murder (or attempted murder, ifthe victim survived) 3. careless or reckless driving (specifically, speeding) 4. breaking and entering / burglary /thett (not robbery, as the crime took place in a private residence) 5. bribe 6. obscenity 7. aiding and abetting an offender 8. terrorism / wounding 9. (video) piracy 10. espionage (if the ‘country is at war, the minister might also be accused of treason) 11. sedition (he might also be committing a breach of the Peace aan nail assembly, ac is adres to the crowd might result in vandal and hooligans) 12 forgery the nk note the customer is trying to use has been forged) _ 13. manslaughter (specifically corporéte manslaughter) 14, deception o fraud the man who wert tothe wotran's hous pretended to be someone he wasn't: ne deceived et) theft 15, abduction (we canals say Kchapping)16.ciminal damage 17, blackmal_ 18. peur the detendants peluring Fimselfin cour) 19. contempt of courk 20-embezzlement. 21, breach ofthe Oita Secrets Act (= an Act of the British Pariarnent which governs the publication of secret information relating to the state) 22. (public) indecency (specifically indecent exposure) 23. perverting the course of justice 24. money laundering