Facultad de Lenguas - U.N.C. ~ English Language I ~ Unit 8: Crime and Punishment 3 Handout of Extra Reading and Language Pi Prof. Julia I. Martinez bod + Introduction 1, Complete the form with your own ideas: This unit is about Examples of relevant vocabulary are 2. In pairs, read the following quotations and say whether you agree with or not, Compare your results with the rest of the class. ‘+ “Society prepares the crime; the criminal commits it.” Henry Thomas Buckle. + “Responsibility prevents crimes.” Edmund Burke, © “He who does not prevent crime when he can, encourages it.” Seneca. © “There is no such crime as a crime of thought; there are only crimes of action.” Clarence S. Darrow. © “Poverty may be the mother of crime, but lack of good sense is the father.” Jean de la Bruyere. I + “There's a simple way to solve the crime problem: obey the law; punish those who do not.” Rush Limbaugh.Facultad de Lenguas - U.N.C. - English Language II - Unit 8: Crime and Punishment 4 Handout of Extra Reading and Language Practice - 2010" Prof. Julia I. Martinez Reading / Speaking - The legal system in the US, the UK and Argentina 3. The following websites offer an overview and some more detailed information about the legal'system in the United States, the United Kingdom and Argentina. You will work in small groups and each group will be in charge of one country. Explore the websites, look for specific information about the following points and prepare a summary (you can draw charts, tables, mind maps etc, whatever works best for you). Be ready to share your summary with the rest of the class: 1. Characterisation of the legal system 2. Constitution, if any 3. The Court System 4. Government Websites to consult: a. The United States legal system: http://www. lectlaw.com/files/env02,htm http://liby ‘indlaw.com/1‘ 1/241487.html http://public.findlaw.com/library/legal-system/ b. The United Kingdom legal system: http://www.ilex.org.uk/about_legal_executives/the uk legal_system.aspx https, lIrx, cor rt 2.ht http://www.leeds.ac.uk/law/hamlyn/toc.htmFacultad de Lenguas - U.N.C. ~ English Language II - Unit 8: Crime and Punishment 5 Handout of Extra Reading and Language Practice - 2010 Prof, Julia L, Martinez c. Argentina's legal system: http://faculty.cua, edu/fischer/ComparativeLaw2002/bauersachs/ArgentinaMain WebPage. html http://www nyulawglobal.org/globalex/Argentina.htm Vocabulary building 4, Based on the following key words, build vocabulary networks. You can add more bubbles, as necessary. The legal system.Facultad de Lenguas ~ U.N.C. ~ English Language I - Unit 8: Crime and Punishment Handout of Extra Reading and Language Practice ~ 2010 Prof. Julia I. Martinez Crime prevention punishmentFacultad de Lenguas - U.N.C. - English Language I - Unit 8: Crime and Punishment 7 Handout of Extra Reading and Language Practice - 2010 Prof. Julia I, Martinez Reading - Murders in Edinburgh 5. Scan the following text and answer the questions: Murder for Money Edinburgh, in the 1820s, was a famous centre for medical research. Doctors needed bodies to cut open for their own work and for that of their students, but it was illegal to use bodies for this purpose. Body snatching, o the stealing and selling of dead bodies, therefore became quite common as some doctors were prepared to pay about £10 for them, quite a lot of money in those days. pv Stocky Living at « boarding house for the poor at this time were two men called Burke and Hare. William Burke was,a short, thick-set Irishman. William Hare was a tall, thin Scot who was friendly with Maggie Laird, the woman who ran the boarding house. When a resident called ‘Old Donald? died in his room owing rent, they took his body out of the coffin, filled the coffin with tree bark and sold the body to a Dr Knox for 7 pounds, ten shillings (7.50) and made a profit of “£4 once they had paid the rent. Then ‘Joe the Mumper, ‘another tenant, fell ill with a fever. Nobody would rent a room at Maggie’s boarding house as they were scared of catching the illness so Burke and Hare helped out by killing him. They put a pillow over his face and then sold the body to Dr Knox for £10 in gold. The killing had begun. In February 1828, Burke and Hare invited Abigail Simpson, a gipsy, to the house, gave her whisky to drink and then killed her by putting a pillow over her face. Dr Knox asked no questions and gave them another £10. Maty Haldane, Mary Peterson and an Englishman with “jaundice were the next victims. Then Mary Haldane’s daughter enquired about her mother. Butke and Hare offered to take her to see her and she, too, ended up at Dr Knox’s laboratory in Surgeon’s Square. ‘An Isish beggar and her dumb grandson were the next victims but, by this time, the strain ‘was beginning to show. Burke and Hare splitup, but each continued to murder for money. Burke ' was the first to make a mistake. He persuaded one of the well-known characters of Edinburgh, ‘Daft Jamie’ to come back to his house with him. Apparently, Jamie put up quite a fight and, when Dr Knox and his students started to work on the body, all their worst suspicions were confirmed. The students went to see Dr Knox about it, but he preferred to close his eyes to the matter. ‘The last murder took place on 31st October 1828. A beggar couple, the Greys, found the body of a widow called Mrs Docherty and eventually told the police. Old clothes and blood were found on the premises although the body had already gone. Burke confessed and was sentenced to death. Hare tuned King’s Evidence, that is to say he helped the police to convict Burke and ‘S was never put on srial himself. Dr Knox did not even have to attend the case. Nobody is quite sure what happened to Hare. At the case, he seemed so delighted with the crimes he and Burke had committed that people had to be stopped from attacking him. After that, he moved away from Edinburgh. There is a story that he was blinded by fellow workers when they found out who he was. He died, a blind beggar, in London. PeetFacultad de Lenguas ~ U.N.C. - English Language II ~ Unit 8: Crime and Punishment 8 Handout of Extra Reading and Language Practice ~ 2010 Prof. Julla I. Martinez 1. Is this a real case or a fictional one? here and when does the story take place? Was there one murder or several? 6. Read the text again and do the following exercises. A. Choose the answer which you think fits best. 1. In the 1820s, body-snatching was common because a, doctors did not have enough bodies for their own research and that of their students. (b)most doctors were prepared to pay a lot of money for dead bodies. _o& €. the use of bodies for medical research was against the law. d. Edinburgh was famous for medical research. 2. When Dr Knox bought the body of old Donald, Burke and Hare a) gave some of the money to Maggie Laird and kept the rest. b. kept all the money themselves, c. gave all the money to Maggie Laird. d, divided the profit with the landlady. 3. Mary Haldane’s daughter a. saved her mother from the killers. (b)was murdered, like her mother, by Burke and Hare. ¢. reported,her suspicions to Dr Knox. d, helped the police to bring the killers to trial 4. Dr Knox knew where the bodies came from a. and told the police. b. and was tried along with Burke and Hare. ¢}but said nothing. d.and refused to accept any further bodies. 5. At the trial, Hare a. was attacked by members of the public. b) was blinded by people who attacked him. . appeared to be pleased with himself. d. seemed to be sorry for what he had done.Facultad de Lenguas - U.N.C. ~ English Language II - Unit 8: Crime and Punishment 9 Handout of Extra Reading and Language Practice - 2010 "prof, Julia I, Martinez B. Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence: 1. The use of bodies for medical research was in the 1820s, (ajillegal__ b. illegitimate c.illicit — d. unjustified 2. By the time Burke and Hare spli a.murders b. killed / up eight people had become their... ctims d.dead 3. Daft Jamie's body confirmed the students’... /a) suspicions b. suspects c. guesses d, speculations 4. Finally, Burke was brought to agaol (b)Trial ~~ c. prison d. law 5. Hare had helped the police 10 ou. Burke a.condemn, b.accuse. ¢. process (d)convict 6. At the trial, Burke to the crime. (a)onfessed b. admitted c. confided d. told 7. Then, the judge... him to death, a. sent b. hanged (¢. sentenced d, hung 7. Vocabulary A. Find the odd one out in each of the word sets below. Explain why. a.assassin murderer _ killer terrorists manslaughter b.fraud murder robbery —_pickpocket burglary c. detective investigator Sergeant constable inspector B. In small groups, write down as many words as you can think of under these headings: justice, crime, murder. Compare your lists to those of another group. (Adapted from The Key to Cambridge First Certificate, by Alan Pulverness and Mathew Farthing. Singapore: Longman Singapore Publishers. 1990)Facultad de Lenguas ~ U.N.C. ~ English Language II - Unit'8: Crime and Punishment 10 Handout of Extra Reading and Language Practice - 2010 Prof. Julia I. Martinez Reading / Writing - Home Detention Curfew 8, Read the following text and answer the questions: ‘lave my electronic ball and chain’ ‘Two weeks ago, Mia's home was a prison. Today she is sitting in her living room. ‘The siim, grey band encircling her left ankle holds the key to her freedom, Mina is one of 1,500 prisoners who are currently being monitored under the Government's Home Detention Curfew (HDC). Under the system, offenders are placed under a home curfew and are filted with an electronic tag which sends signals to monitoring equipment installed in their homes. If the conditions are broken, the signal will alert the authorities. HDC aims to provide ‘a managed transition between prison and living in the community.” ‘The curfew times and boundaries are prearranged with the prison governor and can be tailored ‘o individual needs. Mina must be indoors from 7 pm to 7 am but has a special extension to g0 to night classes once a week. Around 60,000 prisoners will be eligible for HDC, and it is estimated that half tha: number will pass the risk assessment necessary fo take part in the scheme, This will result in around 4,000 of the 65,000 prison population being tagged at any one time. ('% /Sicalesyy ‘Mina claims she had to fight tooth and nail for her freedom, and now shes free Mina is a fan of the system. ‘It is wonderful to be back in my home again —I don’t miss going out in the evenings. I have the freedom to look for work, run my house and iook after my dog.’,, secv/e ‘The Home Office insists that the scheme is tamper- c-proof DIT tere have been cates of offenders slipping their tags. “Girls in prison used to boast that they wotild it their tags off when they go outside, that’s really stupid. It would be a shame if it was ruined for everybody else.” | Although Mina has.no intention of breaking her curfew, accidents can happen. ‘One evening Td allowed myself two hours to drive back from. Central London but the traffic. was \to bumper. I had to break the speed limit to get back. I flung myself through the door —tagged ankle first- and made it with 30 seconds to spare.” ‘The Home Office says the system is designed to.cope with emergencies and the occasional mishap, but repeated violations of the curfew would result in the offender returning to jail. Mina says that she does not feel particularly stigmatised by the tag. ‘It's nobody's business but mine, although I don’t advertise the fact that I’m wearing it.” ic RetowFacultad de Lenguas - U.N.C. ~ English Language II - Unit 8: Crime and Punishment 11 Handout of Extra Reading and Language Practice - 2010 Prof. Julia I. Martinez Where on her body does Mina wear her tag? | . How many prisoners are being monitored? “> 0 . Is Mina positive about the scheme? \/* . What is Mina worried about? Why? ). How does the Home Office say the system will manage violations? A ankle ORwONe 9. Discussion What are the advantages of HDC? . Do you think it is right to let prisoners out on a scheme like this? . Do you think prison is a place for punishment, rehabilitation, or both? . How would you feel about Mina if you saw her with her tag on the street? How do you think you would fee! wearing one of these tags? . What is the attitude of your society to prison? Do you agree with it? . Do you think more people should be imprisoned for their crimes, or should more alternatives like HDC be found? Nogpwone 10. Writing There are other ways that governments could try to reduce overcrowding. For example, in England there is a prison ship moored off Dorset. Write an essay about possible ways of tackling overcrowding in prisons. (Adapted from Ideas and Issues Advanced, by Martin Hunt. London: Chancerel Publishers Limited. 2000) Reading / Listening - A robbery 11, Read the text and answer the following questionsFacultad de Lenguas ~ U.N.C. ~ English Language II - Unit 8: Crime and Punishment 12 Handout of Extra Reading and Language Practice - 2010 Prof. Julia 1. Martinez Do you know this robber? | JI Police are searching for a man who is-wanted for questioning about a string of burglaries in the Manchester area, which they suspect may be connected. 2 In the first of the two recent incidents, a man tied up a woman in her own house in the early hours of the morning and escaped with good valued at around £2,000. They included items of jewellery, a stereo, a video recorder and a colour TV set. She managed to free herself, unhurt, after he fled. She described him as white, around 5’ 8”, in his late twenties, well built, clean-shaven, with a pointed nose and wavy dark hair. ‘Two days later a man wearing a stocking mask broke into a factory in the same area and got away with £3,000. A man fitting the description above was later seen driving away from the scene in an old blue Escort van. Police warn that this man could be armed and therefore dangerous. They have issued the photofit picture above and ask the public to contact them immediately if they have any information. Why are the police'looking for the man in the picture? Who gave the police the description? How old is the man? What was he wearing when he broke into the factory? Why could the man be dangerous? gaene Have you ever been involved in any kind of robbery? What different kinds of robberies do you know o “Image taken from http://wwu.bbc,co.uk/blogs/opensecrets/2008/04/peter_hain_and_dirty_tricFacultad de Lenguas ~ U.N.C. ~ English Language II - Unit 8: Crime and Punishment 13 Handout of Extra Reading and Language Practice - 2010 Prof. Julia I. Martinez 12. Listening a. Listen to Tony talking about an experience he had, and answer the following questions: 1, What kind of robbery was it? 2. Was it a successful robbery? 3. How did Tony feel during it? And after it? b. Listen again and complete the chart with the appropriate information. Tw Where was the bank? r ‘How many customers were init? | What was Tony doing when the robbers arrived? How many robbers were there? | eee as What were they wearing? | | What were they carrying? ‘What did they say? | What did people do: fw What did they say when they left? [When did did the the police arrive orrive? ‘How did the robbers get the cash?