11. A. Say which of the crimes and offences could involve the following:

stealing things from shop	thievery (thieving)
taking a person away illegally	heroin using
stealing money from a bank	taking bribes
taking money from somebody's pocket	finding out state secrets
killing someone	attacking someone violently
taking control of a plane illegally	contraband
threatening some person	using alcohol
deceiving some person	making illegal copies

B. Say which of the crimes and offences given below you find very serious /less serious. Why?

drug abuse	embezzlement	robbery	smuggling	hijacking
bribery	murder	kidnapping	swindle	burglary
blackmail	fraud	shoplifting	espionage	perjury

C. Say which of the following crimes can be called white-collar crimes. Why?

bribery and corruption	hijacking	forgery
armed robbery	tax fraud	embezzlement
smuggling	kidnapping	shoplifting

12. Say what detective film you have seen (what detective book you have read) recently / what sort of crime /offence is described in it/if the crime may be called unspeakable / horrible /cruel /hideous / brutal /grisly / violent /petty ... /how the criminal(s) has (have) been portrayed in the film (in the book) /if the criminal(s) has (have) been punished or not.

13. A. Cut 5-6 short articles out of an English /American / Ukrainian newspaper which deal with some crime and offences. Take the clippings (cuttings) to the University.

B. Work in pairs. Sort out the articles according to the topic they can be related to: “homicide”, “drug abuse”, “theft”, “bribery and corruption” etc.

C. Say what crimes are becoming more common and why.

14. Work in pairs. What kind of offences can you name? Write a list of them and add the entries suggested by the other students in your class. Then read the text below and match the names of the crimes in the text with their descriptions below.

The most serious crimes are felonies, which carry a potential penalty of im­prisonment for more than one year in a penal institution and fines. A capital offence is a felony for which death is a potential penalty. Misdemeanors carry the maximum potential penalty of imprisonment for maximum a year, or a fine, or both. Imprison­ment for misdemeanor is in a local facility, a county jail, or municipal workhouse or jail. Imprisonment for a felony may be served in an approved local facility and imprisonment for consecutive misdemeanors - in a state penal institution. There are nine degrees of felony, the most serious one is aggravated murder. Then goes murder, followed by aggravated felonies of the 1^st, 2d, and 3d degrees, and felonies of the first, second, third, and fourth degrees. Misdemeanors are divided into misdemean­ors of the 1^st, 2d, 3d and 4^th degrees, and minor misdemeanors. The list of some of serious offences proscribed by law includes: homicide, assault, menacing threats; kidnapping, abduction, false imprisonment, extortion, coercion; patient abuse; rape, prostitution, obscenity, arson; robbery, burglary, safecracking, trespass; theft, credit card offenses, forgery, fraud; gambling; inciting to violence; false alarms; domestic violence; bribery, perjury, resisting arrest, harboring criminals, escape, graft, conflict of interest, dereliction of public duty, violation of civil rights; conspiracy, attempt, complicity; weapons and explosives control; racketeering, corrupt activity; drug abuse; miscellaneous offenses.

1. taking a person by force and demanding money for his/her return

2. illegal copying of docu­ments, paintings, or paper money

3. taking a person by force without demanding money for his/her return

4. illegally giving money or a gift to persuade an official to do something

5. stealing

6. secret illegal planning

7. sexual attack

8. pushing to unrest

9. risking money on the result of a card game etc.

10. earning money by having sex with people

11. opposing being taken into custody by the police

12. making a person do something by force

13. putting a person to jail illegally

14. bad treatment of sick people

15. blackmail

16. illegal arms possession

17. going onto one's land without his/her permission

18. narcotics misuse

19. physical attack

20. murder

21. intimidation

22. fake warning of danger

23. lying under oath

24. trying to kill someone

25. brutality in the family

26. using sexually offen­sive words or actions

27. stealing from a bank, shop etc by using violence

28. failure to do what one should do as part of his job

29. illegal opening of spe­cial locks with valuables

30. getting into a building to steal things

31. illegal getting away from a prison etc.

32. dishonesty and fraud of public officials

33. denying people what they are entitled to

34. manipulations with credit cards

35. hiding criminal offend­ers

36. deliberately setting fire, especially to a building

37. deceiving people to get their money or goods

38. getting money or ad­vantage by the dishonest use of influence or power

39. intimidating business people to get money from them

40. involvement in a crime, together with others

41. not doing a job fairly as it'll have a negative impact on your business etc.