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Part II Chapter 6 Our Chief Law Enforces – the Police

Vocabulary List

  1. enforce (laws, judgments) – обеспечивать исполнение (законов, судебных решений)

  2. be concerned with – заниматься чем-л.

  3. acquit smb. of smth./doing smth. – оправдать (по делу), признать невиновным кого-л. в совершении преступления

  4. afflict – беспокоить, тревожить

  5. infringe – нарушать

  6. inflict – налагать (наказание upon)

syn.: impose (on)

  1. fight smth. – бороться с чем-л.

fight (against smth.) – борьба с чем-л.

  1. blame smb. for smth. – обвинять кого-либо в чем-л.

  2. search – обыскивать

  3. exceed – превышать

  4. wrong – причинить вред

  5. discipline – налагать дисциплинарное взыскание

  6. prosecute – преследовать в судебном порядке, поддерживать обвинение

  7. administer – отправлять (правосудие)

  8. prevent – предотвратить

  9. maintain – поддерживать, сохранять

  10. go out on duty – выходить на дежурство

  11. discriminate (against smb.) – дискриминировать, ставить кого-л. в худшие условия

  12. be guilty of smth. – быть виновным в чем-л.

  13. innocence – невиновность

  14. evidence – доказательство, улика, свидетельские показания против кого-л. (against smb.) / в пользу кого-л. (for smb.)

  15. harassment – беспокойство, домогательство

  16. violence –насилие

violent – насильственный

  1. fingerprints – отпечатки пальцев

  2. shoe-prints – отпечатки следов обуви

  3. casting – снятие отпечатков

  4. be addicted to – пристраститься к чему-л.

  5. investigation – расследование, следствие

  6. abuse – злоупотребление; оскорбление, нападки

  7. be subject to – подвергаться чему-л.

  8. action – иск, судебное дело

  9. confession – признание

  10. confess – признаваться, сознаваться

syn.: admit smth./to smth./doing smth. –

  1. complaint against smb. – жалоба на кого-л.

  2. Code of Practice – процессуальный кодекс

  3. commit a crime (an offence) – совершить преступление (правонарушение)

  4. disorder – беспорядок

  5. suspect (n) – подозреваемый

suspect (v) smb. of smth. – подозревать кого-л. в чем-л.

  1. oppress – притеснять, угнетать

oppression – притеснение

  1. supervise – осуществлять надзор

Reading Comprehension

Exercises

  1. Scanning

Put the following statements in the order in which they occurred in the text.

  1. The new police force was created by the Metropolitan Police Act 1829.

  2. One of the sensational arrests was that of Dr Crippen in 1910.

  3. One of the Fielding brothers left behind a plan for the first professional police.

  4. The job of the police is to enforce the law.

  5. There were criminals who helped the police to bring other criminals to trial.

  6. Police officers are highly trained experts working for specialist branches of the force.

  7. The job of different agencies and departments is to make sure that the laws relating to their particular responsibilities are enforced.

  8. In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries towns were roamed by criminals.

  9. Officers of Criminal Investigation Department specialise in detective work.

  10. The Metropolitan Police Force made a poor start.

  11. If the police officers exceed their powers, they may be disciplined and even prosecuted.

  12. Complaints against the police are carefully investigated by an independent body.

  13. Criminal Evidence Act provides numerous laws to protect people interviewed by the police.

  14. Now there are many rules relating to police interviews making sure that the interviews are conducted fairly.

  15. Special constables assisted the police in their work.

  16. Intensive training involves learning basic policing skills and studying the law relating to the police.

  1. Skimming

  1. Look through the part of the chapter about the arrest of Dr Crippen and decide what this arrest was famous for:

a. the arrest was sensational

b. the arrest captured the imagination

c. the arrest in which radio was first used

d. the arrest resulted in massive publicity

  1. Look through the part of the chapter dealing with complaints against the police and decide which of the following complaints are mentioned in the text:

a. making a false complaint

b. catching the wrong people

c. carrying out their duties

d. denying civil liberties

e. enforcing the law

f. failing to catch criminals

g. oppressing suspects

h. discriminating against members of ethnic minorities

i. protecting the mentally handicapped

j. breaking the law

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