The police and crimes P.39-P.41
Group2
Member:
(1) Jean 6A1C0009
(2) Nena997C0072
(3)Jessie 6A1C0013
(4)Julia 6A1C0026
Teacher: Johnanth.
The police
P.39
Each of Britain’s fifty-two police forces is
responsible for law enforcement in its own area. In
addition there are various national and regional
connections (for example, in areas of training or
the transfer of criminal records), and local forces
cooperate with each other. Some special services,
such as the Fraud Squad (who investigate financial
crimes), are available to any local force in England
and Wales. In general, however, the local police
forces work independently under their own Chief
Constables. Each force is maintained by a local
police authority. The exception is London, where
the Metropolitan Police are responsible to the
Home Secretary.
Police duties cover a wide range of activities,
from traffic control to more specialized
departments such as river police.Each
independent force has a uniformed branch and
a Criminal Investigation Department (CID)
with detectives in plain clothes. In addition the
police authorities in England and Wales
employ well over 50,000 civilians and over
3,000 traffic wardens.
Britain has relatively few police-approximately
one policeman for every 400 people – and
traditionally they are armed only with
truncheons except in special circumstances.
However, recent years have seen some major
changes in police policy in response to industrial
disputes and inner city violence in Great Britain.
There has been an increase in the number of
special units trained in crowd and riot control
and in the use of firearms, a controversial area
for the British police. The number of police has
risen along with the crime rate. In recent years,
they have become more accountable as a result of
highly publicized cases of police corruption and
racism.
Comprehension
(2) How are people chosen to serve on a jury?
Answer:
Randomly, all citizens(18+) are
automatically on a list of potential jury
members.
(4) Do police officers in Britain carry guns?
Answer:
In England they have a special unit that
has guns but rel gar patrol do not have guns they
have a baton and pepper spray mostly they come
up against knifes but if a suspect has a gun they
will call in the special unit.
( in my opinion all police officer should have guns)
comprehension
• 1 What is the difference between a solicitor and a barrister?
• Barrister is court lawyer and Solicitor is help barrister
gives legal advice and prepares legal documents.
• 2 Is there a nation police force in Britain?
• Yes there is a national police force in Britain
• 3 Which do you think is better : judgement by one trained
lawyer or judgement by twelve ordinary people?
• For me I prefer to be judge by one trained lawyer because
• The twelve ordinary people who are chosen at random
from the Electoral Register (the list of people who can vote
in elections) I think it’s not really objective.
Crime and Punishment
Crime
• About 90 per cent of all crimes are dealt with punishments
courts. Sentences (that is, the punishments decided by the
court) vary a lot but most people who are found guilty
have to pay a fine. Magistrates courts can impose fines of
up to£2000 or prison sentences of up to six months. If the
punishment is to be severe the case must go to a Crown
Court. The most severe punishment is life imprisonment :
there has been no death penalty in Britain since 1965.The
level of recorded crime and the number of people sent to
prison both rose rapidly during the last thirty years of the
twentieth century. By 2001 the prison population had risen
to over 64000 and although it has fallen slightly since, there
are serious concerns within the prison service about the
numbers and conditions. The weekly cost of keeping
someone in prison is higher than the average wage.
Punishment
• There are some of the punishments available to judges.
• Prison
• Suspended sentences: the offender does not go to prison
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unless he or she commits another offence
Probation : normal life at home, but under supervision
Youth custody in special centres for young adult
Short disciplinary training in a detention cntre
Community service :decorating old people’s houses.
Compensation :paying, or working for,one’s victim
Fines: the punishment in 80 %of cases disqualification
from driving
Fixed penalty fines: especially for parking offences
Discussion
Which punishment do you think is suitable
for each of he following crimes?
A Murder of a policeman
Life imprisonment
B Vandalising a telephone box
£ 400 fines
C drinking and driving ,without causing an accident
£ 200 fines and disqualification from driving
D robbing a supermarket with a gun
Five to ten years in prison
E stealing goods from a shop (shoplifting)
100 hours of community service
F parking a car illegally
a small fixed penalty fine
Taiwan crime rate
Comparison
/ 十萬人口
件 、 人The
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of Crime Rates, 2002-2011 In Taiwan still have death penalty
中華民國91年至100年
2,500
2,000
刑案發生率
1,500
犯案人口率
1,000
500
0
民國
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
年
From 2001 to 2011
年　份
91年
92年
93年
94年
95年
96年
97年
98年
99年
100年
Year
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
22,604,550
22,689,122
22,770,383
22,876,527
22,958,360
23,037,031
23,119,772
23,162,123
23,224,912
22,562,663
22,646,836
22,729,753
22,823,455
22,917,444
22,997,696
23,078,402
23,140,948
23,193,518
480,314
467,027
494,163
521,739
474,352
448,721
409,841
344,874
333,214
307,343
(503,389)
(494,755)
(522,305)
(555,109)
(512,788)
(491,815)
(453,439)
(386,075)
(371,934)
(347,674)
185,751
158,687
176,975
207,425
229,193
265,860
271,186
261,973
269,340
260,356
(件/十萬人口)
2,138.23
2,069.91
2,182.04
2,295.40
2,078.35
1,957.99
1,782.10
1,494.36
1,439.93
1,325.12
Crime Rate
(2,240.95)
(2,192.80)
(2,306.30)
(2,442.21)
(2,246.76)
(2,146.03)
(1,971.67)
(1,672.88)
(1,607.25)
(1,499.01)
826.91
703.32
781.46
912.57
1,004.20
1,160.08
1,179.19
1,135.14
1,163.91
1,122.54
臺灣(閩)地區
22,520,776
實際人口數
Population
年中人口數
22,463,172
Average Population
刑案發生數
Offenses Known
to the Police
嫌疑人人數
Offenders
刑案發生率
犯罪人口率
(人/十萬人口)
Offenders Rate
Thank you for listening.