Vocabulary tasks

A Match the following English words and phrases with their Russian equivalents.

1	civil court	a	наказать преступника
2	inhabitants	b	заставляют осознавать
3	encourage support	c	сохранять мир
4	legal code	d	гражданский суд
5	make aware of	e	иметь дело с
6	make efforts	f	доверять полиции
7	armed	g	правовой кодекс
8	punish the guilty	h	поддерживать
9	common law	i	подозревать
10	trust the police force	j	независимая судебная власть
11	concern with	k	вооружённый
12	keep the peace	l	жители
13	suspect	m	приложить усилия
14	independent judiciary	n	общее право

B Match the words from columns in order to make logical expressions.

I
	a sentence	committed by	a court
	a law	imposed by	(a) citizen(s)
	a person	enforced upon (by)	a crime
	a fine	suspected of	the police
	an offence	passed by	a government
II
	citizens	dealing with crimes
	police	having wide powers
		obeying the law
		breaking the law
		imposing a fine
		committing a crime
		enforcing the law
		catching criminals

C Complete the following text with the words and phrases from the box.

powers enforcement investigations consists responsible for police force order unarmed

court prosecution crime (2) public order guardians

Police is the agency of a community or government that is 1) _____ maintaining 2) _____ and preventing and detecting 3) _____. The basic police mission – preserving 4) _____ by enforcing rules of conduct or laws – was the same in ancient societies as it is in the contemporary sophisticated urban environments.

The conception of the 5) _____ as a protective and law enforcement organization developed from the use of military bodies as 6) _____ of the peace.

Police officers are usually 7) _____ and there are strict limits to police 8) _____ of arrest and detention. The police service is taking part in international cooperation against 9) _____.

The police service in England 10) _____ of 52 independent forces usually working together with the local authorities and each responsible for law 11) _____ in its own territory.

Most 12) _____ are initiated by the police but in Scotland the police make the preliminary 13) _____. As soon as anyone is arrested he or she must be brought before a 14) _____ with a minimum delay.

Over to you

Which of actions can be performed by a POLICE OFFICER? Sort out the odd words. Explain your choice.

• to apprehend

• to defend in court

• to convict

• to detain

• to imprison

• to investigate

• to lock up

• to safeguard

• to plead guilty

• to search

• to seize

• to sentence

• to take into custody