Crime

& Punishment

If someone commits a crime, and is caught, then they will receive a punishment.

Here are some kinds of punishment. Fill the gaps to explain what the punishment means.

WordBox

bond,

court,

death,

driving,

imprisonment,

job,

money,

physical,

prison,

probation,

promise

If you have a Bindover you have to sign a bond to ___________________ promise good behaviour for a set time. If you break the promise, you pay the amount shown in the ___________________ . Capital punishment is the ___________________ death penalty. Community service is when someone is made to do a ___________________ job which is useful to other people in the community. Corporal punishment is using ___________________ physical punishment, such as the birch. Disqualification from ___________________ driving is sometimes given to people who have seriously broken laws to do with driving. Fine is a way of punishing people by making them pay a sum of money to the ___________________ court. Compensation is making someone pay ___________________ money to a person they have committed a crime against. Imprisonment is putting someone in ___________________ prison. Probation order is making someone see a ___________________ probation officer regularly, to help them with their behaviour. Suspended sentence is when a punishment of ___________________ imprisonment is given, but only comes into force if the person breaks the law again in certain time.

Draw cartoons to illustrate each of these punishments.

Here are some cases which come before a court.

Read about each case carefully, then fill in the court report.

Case 1 `Doris``has been caught shoplifting. She had stolen items even though she had enough money in her purse to buy them. The court is told that her husband died three months ago.`	Case 2 `Fred, 40, married with two children, accidentally ran over and killed a pedestrian. He has been drinking and is found to be over the limit.`	Case 3 `Sarah is caught breaking into a house. It is discovered she has burgled several houses. She admits that she steals items and sells them to pay for her drug-taking.`
Punishment	Punishment	Punishment
Reason	Reason	Reason
Case 4 `Stephen, who is 17, mugged an old lady and stole her pension. She was shaken, but not injured.`	Case 5 `Jim is accused of murder. He return home from work early one day and found his wife in bed with another man. He stabbed the man with a kitchen knife and killed him`.	Case 6 `Darren is accused of GBH. He and three friends attacked a rival supporter outside a football ground. The supporter was in hospital for several weeks. All four of them were drunk at the time.`
Punishment	Punishment	Punishment
Reason	Reason	Reason