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Samenvatting English for Criminology

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Dit is een zelf geschreven samenvatting van het vak Engels. Het is gebaseerd op de lessen en powerpoints. Er zit ook extra uitleg bij over de verschillende taken.

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Engels
Samenvatting
Belangrijke info
●​ Examen online /12
○​ Woordenschat en theorie lessen
■​ Definitie en eerste letter woord gegeven
■​ Theorie multiple choice
○​ Ongeziene tekst lezen
○​ Essay schrijven


Inhoudsopgave

Belangrijke info​ 1
Inhoudsopgave​ 1
Vocabulary​ 2
Basis​ 2
Statistics​ 3
Crime​ 4
Police brutality​ 6
Immigration​ 6
Grammar​ 7
Then/than​ 7
Punctuation marks​ 7
Numbers​ 8
Linking words​ 8
Essay​ 9
Structure​ 9
Pay attention​ 9
Reference​ 9
Vocabulary​ 10
Text​ 10
Test​ 11




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, Vocabulary

Basis
●​ To put someone in jail
○​ Incarcerate: a formal term often used in legal context
○​ Imprison
○​ Detain: to hold or keep someone in custody, especially for a short period
○​ Lock up
○​ Remand: to hold a suspect in custody while awaiting trial
○​ Consign to prison: more formal way to express the act of imprisoning
○​ Put behind bars: expression for imprisoning
○​ Take into custody: initially detaining someone
○​ Confine: to restrict someone's freedom, applicable in the context of jail
●​ Someone who has committed a crime
○​ Culprit: to refer to a person responsible for a crime or misdemeanor
○​ Delinquent: minor crimes, especially those committed by young people
○​ Malefactor: a formal term for someone who commits a crime or some other
wrong
○​ Wrongdoer: term that can apply to anyone who does something illegal or
immoral.
○​ Felon: specifically refers to someone who has committed a felony, a serious
crime
○​ Convict: a person found guilty of a crime and serving a sentence in prison
○​ Miscreant: deeply immoral or wicked behavior
○​ Transgressor: Someone who violates a law or command
○​ Outlaw: to describe someone literally outside the law's protection; now, it
often refers to someone involved in criminal activities
○​ Perpetrator: used in the context of discussing the person who committed a
specific crime
○​ Violator: someone who violates a particular law or regulation
○​ Offender: someone who has committed a crime
○​ Lawbreaker: emphasizes the act of breaking the law
●​ Jail: place of detention for shorter sentences or awaiting trial
●​ Prison: for serious crimes, longer sentences
●​ Bail: borch
●​ Probation: alternative for imprisonment
●​ Recidivism: to commit a crime again
●​ Forensics
●​ A cold case
●​ Jailer/warder: supervision of inmates in prison
●​ An acquittal: someone who had been found not guilty
●​ To be complicit: someone who took part in the crime
●​ Penalise: straffen
●​ A subpoena: a letter stating that you have to show up in court
●​ An affidavit: claiming to say something that is the truth written down (verklaring)
●​ The judiciary: the judicial authorities of a country; judges collectively


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