Crime
What is the Danish word for 'fraud'?
'svindel'
These words are typically said by US police officers to a suspect being arrested (a phrase well known from movies):
"You have the right to remain silent..."
What is the English word for 'forsvars-advokat'?
'defense attorney' / 'defense lawyer' (US)
or
'barrister' / 'solicitor' (UK)
Name at least one popular term for 'serving a prison sentence' (as in: 'He is...')
'doing time' / 'behind bars' / 'locked up'
Who wrote the song "Jailhouse Rock" back in the '50s?
Elvis Presley
What is the English word for 'butiks-tyveri'?
'shop-lifting'
Do British police officers patrolling the streets carry guns?
No, not normally.
What is the English word for 'anklager'?
'prosecutor'
What is 'solitary confinement'?
Being kept isolated from other inmates for a period of time.
New Zealand has no prisons - true or false?
False.
What does the word 'juvenile delinquent' mean?
'ungdomskriminel' / 'ungdomsforbryder'
British police officers are sometimes nick-named as...
'coppers' / 'bobbies'
What is the English word for 'den anklagede'?
'the accused' (in criminal cases)
or
'the defendant' (in civil cases)
Name at least two synonyms for the word 'prisoner'
inmate / convict / detainee
What is another word for a 'correctional facility'?
'prison'
Does the word 'criminality' exist in English?
Yes!
What is the name of the white police officer convicted for the murder of African American George Floyd?
Derek Chauvin
When you are convicted in court, you may ask the judge for a retrial. What is the verb used to describe this request?
'to appeal against' (a conviction or a sentence)
Another word for 'a prison guard'...
'a correctional officer' / 'prison officer'
The total UK prison population in 2018 was:
appr. 41.000 / 84.000 / 133.000 ?
Appr. 84.000 (among them appr. 4000 women)
What does a 'confidence trickster' do?
He (or she) gains people's confidence in order to get hold of their money - or other valuables.
What does it mean to be held 'in custody'?
You are detained in prison under suspicion of having commited a crime. You are waiting to have your case tried in court - and found either guilty or not guilty.
(Danish: varetægtsfængsel)
What is the English word for 'retsvæsenet'/ 'retssystemet'?
'the judicial system'
The name for the person responsible for managing/running a prison...
'prison warden' / 'prison manager' (US)
'prison governor' / 'prison director' (UK)
Australia has abolished the death penalty (or 'capital punishment') - true or false?
True. The last execution in Australia took place in 1967.