Crime and punishment PPT for maturita exam

A PPT that should help students prepare for maturita exam

1. Crime and Punishment.

2. Crime = action against the law,
illegal activity
Punishment = the consequence/penalty
given to someone who commits a crime

3. Crime – can it be stopped?
How?
•NO, because crime has always been there.
•NO, because there will always be people who
commit crimes.
•NO, because people are envious and evil and
want more for themselves.

4. What kinds of crime do you know?
hijacking
murder
shoplifting
burglary
smuggling
kidnapping
drug-
trafficking
forgery
pick-
pocketing
mugging
terrorism
blackmail
crime

5. 1)blackmail threatening to make a dark secret public in order to
get money
2) terrorism using violence for political ends
3) mugging attacking someone in the street to get money
4) pickpocketing stealing from someone’s pocket or handbag
5) forgery to try to pass off a copy as the real thing
6) Drug dealing buying and selling drugs
7) kidnapping taking a person hostage in exchange for money or
other favors.
8) smuggling taking something illegally into another country
9) burglary stealing something from someone’s home
10) shoplifting stealing something from a shop
11) murder killing someone
12) hijacking the robbing of a plane for political or other reasons

6. Murder/Assasination
Blackmail
Hijacking
Kidnapping
Rape
Terrorism
Arson
Traffic offence
Vandalism
Drug dealing
Racism
(Cyber)Bully

7. •Where is she? What is she doing?
•Who do you think the man is?
•Why is he watching her?

8. What makes people commit
crimes?
•lack of money
•unemployment
•drugs and alcohol
•economic crisis
•mental issues
•gambling
•revenge
•envy
•problems at school, work
•bad political system
•family problems
•"bad" friends

9.  Do you think young people
get involved in crime more
than they used to?
Why? Why not?
•influence of "bad" friends
•need for money (drugs, alcohol)
•they want to be heroes in their friends' eyes
•boredom
•bad upbringing

10. what are the typical teenager
crimes / crime-related issues?
mugging, fighting, underage alcohol
drinking, drug abuse, shopliftig, gambling

11. What can be done to stop
crime from increasing?
•Education
•talking about drugs and alcohol issues
•more hobbies and duties in people's
freetime
•harder punishment

12. •What punishment should they get?
a) A 10 year-old child who has committed 8 burglaries in six months.
community service and therapy
b) A thirteen-year-old girl who has been caught shoplifting. She stole a jumper.
financial penalty and hanging her photo in the shop.
c) A fifteen-year-old boy who drove his dad‘s car and killed an innocent
pedestrian.
he should be sent to a remand home (do vazby).
d) An eighteen-year-old boy who mugged an eighty year old woman.
community service; help her with housekeeping

13. How do we call a person who:
•conducts a trial and passes the sentence?
•has a first-hand knowledge of the event and gives evidence under
oath (pod přísahou) in court?
•helps in a crime or who keeps a crime secret?
•who acts for the state in prosecuting criminals?
•
who breaks laws?
•who is believed to commit a crime and brought before the court?
•who suffers from an offence? - oběť

14. Right answers.
• conducts a trial and passes the sentence? (the judge)
•has a first-hand knowledge of the event and gives evidence under
oath in court? (the witness)
•helps in a crime or who keeps a crime secret? (the accomplice)
•who breaks laws?(the criminal/ the accused)
•who is believed to commit a crime and brought before the court?
(the suspect)
•who suffers from an offence? (the victim)

15. Answer the questions.
•1) How many different kinds of crime can you name?
•2) Have you or anyone you know ever been the victim of
crime?
•3) What do you think would be the worst thing about
being in prison?
•4) What makes people commit crimes?
•5) Can the crimes be prevented? If yes, how?
•6) Can private detectives help us? In what cases?
•7) Are you for or against the death penalty?
•8) Do you think that life-term imprisoning is fair for cruel
criminals?