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(Updated on 20/09/2011)



Related pages :

UK RIOTS

Violence (civilization) :
Types - Maps - Crime - The Mafia - Firearms - Youth violence -
Thermonuclear weapons
- Social issues


+ Television + Video games
+ War + Death + Justice (vocabulary and activities) + Torture
+ Police / Detectives / Prison + Scotland Yard + Firearms in the USA
+
Crimes (history - GB) + Civil Rights +
Blacks in the USA (civilization)

+ Prohibition + September 11, 2001 + Terrorism in the USA + US. GANGS + Bullying

Pirates - Jack the Ripper - Bowling for Columbine - JAMES Jesse

 


Flashcards, Cliparts and Photos :

See Cliparts and Photos (Police)

 

A crime scene
(google.co.uk)

 

Terrorism
(us.123rf.com)

 

Human bones used to make art
"Francois Robert has created a series of powerful artworks made
out of real human bones to remind people about the consequences of violence.
Human skeleton is a strong visual symbol that represents what is left
after life has ended, after the flesh and mind cease to function." 
(toxel.com)
"He calls the resulting images "Stop the Violence"."
(observatory.designobserver.com) 

 

The Wind That Shakes the Barley
- a 2006 Ken Loach film set during the
 Irish War of Independence (1919–1921)
and the Irish Civil War (1922–1923)
(Wikipedia)

 

Terrorist
(fotosearch.com)

 



LOOT / LOOTING / LOOTERS :

Loot
Definition / Antonyms...
(answers.com)

 

 

EXPLOSIVES :


A firecracker

(littletheatre.net)

 


Fireworks

(idahoptv.org)

 

A hand grenade
(dclips.fundraw.com)

Dynamite
(No link)


A ticking time bomb
(no link)

 

A bomb
(goodasyou.org)

A detonator
(no link)


An antipersonnel mine

(cyberpresse.cndp.fr)

 

Nuclear explosion / Atomic bomb
(no link)

 

Youth Crime - TIME cover
(img.timeinc.net)


To have a protest
(slapupsidethehead.com)

 


Marksman

= "Someone skilled in shooting."
Synonyms: crack shot (n), sharpshooter (n).
(websters-online-dictionary.org)

 

Hostage (fotosearch.com)


Fight at school

(clipartguide.com)


 

TORTURE

 

Robbery - Flashcards
(mots ou expressions
+ définitions)

(highered.mcgraw-hill.com)
Burglary - Flashcards
(mots ou expressions
+ définitions)

(highered.mcgraw-hill.com)

Happy slapping
(Wikipedia)

Terrorism - Flashcards
(mots ou expressions
+ définitions)

(highered.mcgraw-hill.com)

How stun guns work
(How Stuff Works)


Click on the picture


What is waterboarding ?

(southdakotapolitics.blogs.com)

See waterboarding

 

Persecution


Sachez reconnaître ces fameux signes du danger

"Certains cambrioleurs utilisent des signes de
reconnaissance ou idéogrammes généralement
tracés à la craie à l'entrée de votre domicile..."
- à traduire en anglais
(ias.ch)

 

 

Vocabulary :

  • A sawn-off gun
    is "a shotgun whose barrel(s) has been shortened to give a larger spread, though with more limited range (often for illegal purposes)"

    (wiktionary.org)

  • Killers and Killing - with definitions
    "All of these words end in 'cide', from Latin caedere, to kill.
    However, some of them refer exclusively to the act of killing a specific thing (e.g. herbicide) while others can refer alternately to the act itself or
    to the person performing the act (e.g. homicide)."

    (phrontistery.info)

  • Fighting and Combat - with definitions
    "These words, all very obscure, refer to fighting, combat or conflict, whether actual or metaphorical, using the suffix "machy"
    (from the Greek mache, a fight)."

    (phrontistery.info)

 

  • HOSTAGE :

    • Hostage (websters-online-dictionary.org)
      Synonyms within context :
      - "prisoner, prisoner of war, POW, captive, inmate, detainee, abductee, detenu, close prisoner."

      - take prisoner, take hostage (capture), hold hostage, confine illegally

      + MORE expressions using "hostage"

      + Hyphenated Usage
      ...

 

 

  • Happy slapping (Wikipedia)
    1 Use with video technology
    2 History
    3 Criminalization in France
    4 Media-reported incidents...

 

  • Crimes : vocabulary
    - with interactive activities
    (manythings.org)

  • Weapons : vocabulary
    - with interactive activities
    (manythings.org)

 

  • The most important words used when talking about crime. (about.com)
  • Crime type definitions :
    Burglary - Criminal damage - Drug offences - Fraud & forgery - Robbery - Sexual offences - Vehicle & other theft -
    Violence against the person -
    Other offences

    (gis.chicagopolice.org)
  • Crime "The words ... are the most important words used when talking about crime." (about.com)
  • Criminal Investigation - a glossary (highered.mcgraw-hill)

  • Robbery - Flashcards (mots ou expressions + définitions) - (highered.mcgraw-hill.com)
  • Burglary - Flashcards (mots ou expressions + définitions) - (highered.mcgraw-hill.com)
  • Terrorism - Flashcards (mots ou expressions + définitions) - (highered.mcgraw-hill.com)

 

 

Facts :

  • Metal thieves using Google fo find booty - 3 November 2011
    "Metal thieves are scanning railway timetables for engineering disruption to find new stocks of cable to steal, police have said...
    Metal theft is a recession crime and as more people lose their jobs, more people are turning to it."

    (telegraph.co.uk)

  • Woman beats robbers with handbag (belfasttelegraph.co.uk)

    Supergran speaks to the Chron as four are quizzed over bungled raid on town centre jewellers

    "The pensioner who fought off a gang of armed robbers with her handbag has described how she kept hitting out as a hammer was raised to her."

    (northamptonchron.co.uk)



    Watch the video : Granny foils Robbery in Northampton - Supergran!
    "A 70 year old plus Gran foils a robbery in Northampton with her handbag and knocks 2 lads off their moped!"

    (YouTube)


    - UPDATED

 

  • California's 'Geezer Bandit' strike for the 13th time
    "An 'elderly' thief, who is nicknamed the 'Geezer Bandit', is being hunted by police in California after he pulled off his thirteenth bank robbery."

    (telegraph.co.uk)
    VOCABULARY :
    - to hunt / to elude / to rob / to threaten / to disclose / to escape
    - thief / bank robbery / branch / cashier / investigator / witness / reward / arrest / CCTV footage / pistol / raid / outfit / disguise

 

  • Cyber-bullying - PowerPoint presentation
    Click on ICT: General Resources
    (primaryresources.co.uk)

 

 

 

  • Metropolitan Police - Young people
    "This part of the site specifically targets the youth of London, delivering useful guidance on crime prevention and how to stay safe. The site also offers advice such as what to do if your mobile phone is stolen or if you are being bullied."
    (met.police.uk)

 

 

 

 

  • Bullying - un dossier
    (CBBC Newsround)

 

Listening :

 

  • BULLYING - Compréhension de l'oral  S'INFORMER : organiser l'information (3e et 2nde) - (Ac. Caen)
  • A Policeman Asking Questions
    "You will hear a policeman asking a woman questions about a robbery.
    Choose the correct multiple choice answer to the questions.
    You will hear the listening twice.
    After you have finished, click on the arrow to see if you have answered the questions correctly."

    (about.com)