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Crime 1: Crime categories
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A crime is an illegal act which may
result in prosecution and punishment by the state if the accused (= the
person or people charged with a crime) is / are convicted (= found guilty in
a court of law). Generally, in order to be convicted of a crime, the accused
must be shown to have committed an illegal (= unlawful) act with a criminal
state of mind.
Look at the list of crimes in the box,
then look at the categories below. Decide which category each one comes
under, and write the crime in the appropriate space in the table. Some crimes
can be listed under more than one category. One of the words / expressions in
the list is not a crime.
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1. abduction
2. actual bodily harm
3. aiding and abetting (=
assisting) an offender
4. arson
5. assault
6. battery
7. being equipped to steal
8. bigamy
9. blackmail
10. breach of the Official
Secrets Act
11. breaking and entering
12. bribery
13. burglary
13. careless or reckless
driving
14. committing a breach of the
peace
15. conspiracy
16. contempt of court
17. criminal damage
(vandalism, and sometimes also hooliganism)
18. deception or fraud in
order to obtain property, services or pecuniary advantage
19. driving without a licence
or insurance
20. drug dealing
21. drunk in charge / drink
driving
22. embezzlement
23. espionage
24. forgery
25. grievous bodily harm
26. handling stolen goods
27. indecency
28. indecent assault
29. infanticide
30. manslaughter
31. misuse of drugs
32. money laundering
33. murder
34. obscenity
35. obstruction of the police
36. paedophilia
37. perjury
38. perverting the course of
justice
39. piracy
40. possessing something with
intent to damage or destroy property
41. possessing weapons
42. racial abuse
43. rape
44. robbery
45. sedition
46. suicide
47. terrorism
48. theft
49. treason
50. unlawful assembly
51. wounding
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Crimes
against the person
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