Crime

Exercise 35.4

Answer these questions.

1. Would you feel pleased or worried if there were reports of a crime wave in your area?
   Answer

   Worried, because it would mean that a lot of crimes were currently being committed in the area.

2. What sorts of crime might be considered as petty crime?
   Answer

   A crime that is not too serious, for example, small-scale shoplifting or putting graffiti on public places.

3. If the police are targeting serious crime, what are they doing?
   Answer

   They are putting a lot of time and money into solving serious crime.

4. What word could replace tackle in this sentence? The police are doing all they can to tackle petty crime in the city centre.
   Answer

   combat

5. What does the phrase an act of terrorism mean?
   Answer

   a crime in which innocent people are killed for political purposes

6. Which of these words could complete the phrase a spate of …: robberies, young off enders, drug abuse?
   Answer

   robberies – a spate of is used to describe a series of negative events

7. Give an example of mindless vandalism.
   Answer

   For example breaking windows, breaking down fences, slashing car tyres, etc.