The most effective sorts of evidence to analyse will be decided in each case. That cannot happen unless the right scenes are attended and the best evidence collected.

			Vocabulary notes:
burglar		n	[‘bə:glə]	зломщик
assess		v	[ə`ses]	(тут) оцінювати ситуацію
communicate v			[kə`mju:nikeit]	сповіщати‚ передавати
look for		v	[luk]	шукати
fibre n			[`faibə]	волокнo
force		v	[fɔ:s]	застосовувати силу,
				зламувати
screwdriver n			[`skru:,draiv ə]	викрутка
chisel	n		[`tʃizl]	долото; зубило; стамеска
advise	v		[əd`vaiz]	(тут) повідомляти
debris n			[`debri:]	уламки
Scene of crime				eксперт - криміналіст
officer (SOCO)

1.What are your first steps in starting the investigation?

2.What should you look for first?

3.What instruments are often used?

4.What is the most strong evidence?

5.Why is it difficult to investigate burglaries ?

GRAMMAR EXERCISES

Grammar: 1. The Gerund

2. The Verbal Noun

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Ex. 1. Underline the words with –ing form. Define Gerund, Participle I and Verbal Noun. Translate them:

Driving is his favourite occupation (Gerund).

Керування автомобілем – його найулюбленіше заняття.

1.Reading English books is very useful for improving your knowledge of the language.

2.Punishment by hanging was abolished by law in England in 1969.

3.The police investigating the case are looking for three men.

4.Research is the gathering of ideas.

5.Planning is the step in which you take all the information you’ve gathered.

6.Start by placing your ideas into group.

7.Drafting is an important step.

8.“Forensic science” is the term used to describe the special methods for investigating crimes.

9.As no two people on earth have the same fingerprints (not even identical twins), fingerprints soon become a vital methods of identifying criminals.

10.Scientists can tell a person’s blood group by examining even the tiniest drop of blood or stain left at the scene of a crime.

11.The Metropolitan Police Force has an electronic facial identification technique computer, which is used by photo-fit officers when drawing up pictures of suspects.

Ex. 2. Translate, paying attention to gerundive forms:

a)He likes reading. Йому подобається читати. He likes

being read to.

Йому подобається, коли йому читають.

1.He likes telling such stories. He likes being told such stories.

2.Captain Denysenko likes investigating such cases. Captain Denysenko likes such cases being investigated.

3.I do not like interrupting people when they speak. I do not like being interrupted when I speak.

4.I am against helping him. I am against being helped in my work. I can do it myself.

5.She does not insist (наполягати) on asking him about it. She insists on being asked at the next seminar.

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b)	I heard of his being helped.	Я чув, що йому
	допомагають.
	I heard of his having been helped. Я чув, що йому
	допомогли.

1.I am surprised at his being asked at the seminar every week. I am surprised at his having been asked about it.

2.I know of your being sent on mission very often. I know of your having been sent to London not long ago.

3.We object (заперечувати) to her being given so much work. We heard of her having been given interesting work.

c)	I remember having asked...	Я пам‘ятаю, що я
		запитав…
	I remember having been asked...	Я пам‘ятаю, що мене
		запитали...

1.I have heard of our cadet having been decorated with a medal.

2.They remember having been helped at that time.

3.They remember having helped us.

4.We remember having seen him before.

5.I remember having been invited there.

d)Your making such mistakes is unpardonable.

Те, що Ви робите такі помилки, неприпустимо. Your having made so many mistakes in the test is unpardonable.

Те, що Ви зробили так багато помилок в контрольній роботi, неприпустимо.

1.Your having arrived at such an early hour was unexpected. Your coming to the office some minutes after nine is undesirable.

2.His taking part in this work is surprising. His having taken part in this work was strange.

Ex. 3. Paraphrase the sentences using gerundive complexes:

Do you mind if I open the window?

Do you mind my opening the window?

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1.Do you mind if I smoke here?

2.There is a little hope that she will arrive so soon (of).

3.We have heard that you work on this problem (of).

4.I insist that she should go to the doctor (on).

5.There is no chance they will come to see us tonight (of).

6.There is a probability that he will be sent to London (of).

Ex. 4. Underline ing - form, translate the sententences. Define Gerund (g), Participle I (p), Verbal Noun (v.n.).

Speeding is a major cause of accidents (g) Пеpевищення швидкості є основною причиною аварій

1.We think of going to New York next year.

2.Swimming in such weather is very pleasant.

3.Everybody was surprised at seeing this accident.

4.Seeing this accident he was surprised.

5.Slowing down the traffic in residential areas improves road safety, reducing the number of accidents.

6.They publish annual reports covering the whole range of police matters.

7.“Why are you checking me?”, the driver asked the officer.

8.Drink and drive offenders risk to lose their driving licence.

9.Having finished his work he left the office.

10.The scientists have a wide range of experience in fire scene examination, including fatal fires in domestic premises, large industrial fires and vehicle fires.

11.The service provides assistance to overseas police forces in investigation of many crimes, particularly fires where arson is suspected, cases involving DNA profiling and offences involving the use of firearms.

12.Recognizing that the use of DNA analysis has become a powerful tool in the investigation of crime, the Government has extended police powers to take body samples from suspects.

13.The FSS provides advice on firearms and related matters and assistance in investigation of shooting incidents.

14.They have access to a world-famous reference collection and computer-based information systems relating to thousands of firearms.

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15.The FSS handles more than 18 000 cases a year, ranging from theft to terrorism.

16.If the agreement had been translated by the beginning of the week the chief superintendent would have been able to give a copy of it to newspaper personally.

17.Working together with the FSS Metropolitan Police laboratory has been at forefront in negotiating a European standard on DNA technology and in building computer based DNA indices.

18.In February 1995 the Government announced that the FSS would merge with the Metropolitan Police Forensic Science Laboratory with effect from April 1996 to form a single agency serving all police forces in England and Wales through seven regional operational laboratories.

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