English for criminology

Choose the correct option: “Supreme Court judges are __________ by the General Council of the Judiciary (Consejo General del Poder Judicial) from senior judges with at least 15 years’ _________, including 10 years as a senior judge, while one fifth of Supreme Court judges are _____ from lawyers of recognised ability with at least 15 years’ experience.”. appointed, experience, appointed. nominated, trial, nominated,. chosen, practise, chosen. assigned, practice, assigned.

choose the correct use of “linking words”: There may, however, be a number of factors that mitigate or enhance the relationships between media violence and attitudes toward crime and justice. Despite that this issue is very complex, it is a problem that demands our attention. Apart from the relationship between fear of crime and crime show viewing is statistically weak, it is important for future research to examine this relationship. I went to class, afterwards I hadn’t prepared anything.

choose the correct option: “Only judges can dispense justice, i.e. only they can ____________ judgments and have them enforced .”. dictate. hand down. submit. pass on.

choose the correct option: “Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that the offences referred to in Articles 3 to 8 are punishable by effective, ___________ and dissuasive criminal penalties.”. adequated. equal. enough. proportionate.

choose an example of Plain Legal English: construct. fabricate. large part. substantial portion.

choose the correct option: “Finding that a person charged with a crime is not guilty”. clearing. acquittal. emancipation. absolution.

choose the correct option: “Intentionally and maliciously setting fire to property with the intent to cause damage”. Flare-up. Fire. Arson. Conflagration.

choose the correct option: “’Actus non facit reum nisi mens sit rea’ – an act does not make a man guilty of a crime unless his mind is also guilty. It can be seen therefore that there are two fundamental elements to a crime – a physical element known as the ‘__________’ and a mental element known as ‘___________’”. mentis rea, actus rea. habeas corpus, prima facie. prima facie, fieri facias. actus reus, mens rea.

choose the plain legal English equivalent for ‘de iure’ : freedom. by the law. in the absence of. free to decide.

choose the correct adjective for “to rebel”: rebel. rebellionous. revolutionary. rebellious.