A court can give a range of
prison sentences including suspended, fixed-term, and life sentences.
a ban - sometimes a jury can impose a ban which means that you are prohibited from doing something.
He was
banned from entering the building.
a fine - an amount of money an offender must pay
A fine can be given instead of or in addition to imprisonment.
community service - Sometimes a jury can decide to send a guilty person to perform some community service. Community service refers to unpaid work beneficial for the community.
Alternative sentences can include different combinations of the
following a suspended sentence, probation and
community service.
And here’re some other useful words and phrases:
serial criminal - a criminal involved in a number of crimes;
to deter - to prevent (something)
from happening;
prevention - the actor practice of stopping something bad from happening : the act of preventing something;
to rehabilitate - to bring (someone or something)
back to a normal, healthy condition after an illness, injury, drug problem, etc.
law-abiding - obeying the law : not doing anything
that the law does not allow;
antisocial behavior – social misconduct;
juvenile delinquency - delinquency among children.
That’s basically all for crime and punishment vocabulary. It might seem to be too difficult to memorize all of them in one day, but you don’t have to Take your time,
memorize basic vocabulary,
and remember to use them in your writing and other parts of the IELTS examination Good luck!
