Translate these words and word – combinations:                                               

drug-related crimes                                                                                                  drug addiction                                                                                              embrace                                                                                                                             parcel mail                                                                                                                       to force other people to use drugs                                                                          conducive                                                                                                                      sow plants                                                                                                                violate rules                                                                                                              drug smuggling                                                                                                            mercenary crimes                                                                                                          plunder                                                                                                                      blackmail                                                                                                                   scale                                                                                                                    

true scale                                                                                                                   drug-induced disease                                                                                                    latent    

2. Read and translate the text:

Drug-related Crimes: It is possible to define drug abuse as a negative social phenomenon touching upon the social, legal, criminological, economic, biological and ecological areas accordingly. One part of the phenomenon is drug addiction, as a disease, and other, embraces all the law-breaking actions related to drugs: those carried out to secure means for purchasing drugs or those committed under the influence of drugs. Such law-breaking actions cover the use, preparation, purchase, storage, transportation, parcel mail, sale and theft of narcotic substances; attempts to force other people to use drugs and the creation of conditions conducive to such use; attempts to sow and grow drug-bearing plants; attempts to violate the established rules regulating the production, purchase, storage, control, sale, transportation or parcel mail of narcotic substances; and, drug smuggling. The law-breaking actions also cover various mercenary crimes (violent crime) that are not drug-related but are committed in order to buy drugs subsequently (theft, robbery, plunder, fraud, blackmail and others) and also violent crimes committed under the influence of drugs (e.g., hooliganism against individuals). This notion reflects the essence and the confines of the drug use and serves as a guideline for determining its scale and developing strategies against it. Yet the true scale of this phenomenon is obscured by a high degree of latent drug-induced diseases and law-breaking drug-related actions.

3. Answer the following questions:

a) Is drug abuse a negative social phenomenon?                                                        b) How many of the phenomenon in drug addiction do you know? What are   they?                                                                                                                                     c) What do the law-breaking actions cover?

4. These sentences are not true. Correct them:

a) The law-breaking actions also cover violent crimes that are drug-related.

b) The true scale of this phenomenon is not obscured by a small degree of latent drug-induced diseases.

c) This notion doesn’t reflect the essence and the confines of the drug use as a guideline.

5. Complete the following sentences:

a) One part of the phenomenon is drug addiction…

b) Law-breaking actions cover the use…

c) The law-breaking actions also cover various mercenary crimes…          

6. Give English equivalents for:

общественный феномен

запрашивать

охранять

влияние наркотиков

попытка

устанавливать

наркозависимый

высокая степень

косвенный

покупать наркотики

отражать

грабеж.

UNIT 3

THE WORK OF MILITIA

Text 1

1. Translate the following words and word-combinations:

to be created

protect

peaceful construction

maintain

public order

personal property

state property

prevention of crime

suppression

Criminal Detection Department

locate a criminal

apprehend a criminal

fugitive

to be hiding

Criminal Investigation Department

prove the quilt

innocence

corpus delicti

to be associated with

Economic Crimes Investigation Department

commit embezzlement

bring them to justice

the Juvenile Inspection

juvenile delinquency

2. Read and translate the text:

The Work of Militia

Our militia was created by the working people to protect their rights. The officers of our militia have always displayed courage and heroism in the fight against enemies of our state during the Great Patriotic War as well as in the years of peaceful construction.

The main aim of militia has always been to maintain public order, to protect state and personal property and safeguard the rights of our citizens. Nowadays great attention in the work of militia is paid to prevention of crime, to its suppression. But if a crime has been committed, the militia officers are to solve the crime as quickly as possible. To fulfil these tasks the organs of internal affairs are composed of different departments.

The Criminal Detection Department is one of the most complicated militia services. The main responsibility of the officer of the Criminal Detection Department is to detect the criminal, that is to locate and apprehend him. In many cases the detective must trace a fugitive who is hiding.

The officers of the Criminal Investigation Department collect facts to prove the guilt or innocence of the suspect. The final test of a criminal investigation is in presentation of evidence in court. Corpus delicti must be established, the defendant must be identified and associated with the crime scene. The investigator must also provide competent witnesses.

Economic Crimes Investigation Department fights against those who don't want to live an honest life. The responsibility of the officers of this Department is to reveal the criminal activity of those who commit embezzlement and other economic crimes, bring them to justice.

The State Auto-Inspection is responsible for traffic regulation and safety on the roads.

The Transport Militia maintains law and order on the railway, airlines and water ways of the country.

The Juvenile Inspection handles «difficult» juveniles and their careless parents. They also do much work to prevent juvenile delinquency.

A new service for the fight against organized crime has been created in our militia. Organized crime operates on fear, bribery and force. Militia officers of organized crime department are devoting their efforts to collect sufficient evidence to bring gang leaders to justice.

3. Answer the following questions:

a) What is our militia created for?

b) What is the aim of militia’s activity?

c) What departments is militia composed of?

d) What is the main responsibility of the Criminal Detection Department?

e) What are the duties of the officers of the Criminal Investigation Department (Juvenile Inspection, Transport militia, Economic Crimes Department)?

These sentences are not true. Correct them.

a) The State Auto-Inspection is reponsible for collecting sufficient evidence to bring gang leaders to justice.

b) To fulfil the tasks the organs of internal affairs are composed of two departments.

c) The main aim of the officer of the Criminal Detection Department is in presentation of evidence in court.

5. Complete the following sentences:

a) The main aim of militia has always been …

b) The final test of a criminal investigation is…

c) The responsibility of the officers of the ECID is…

6. Give English equivalents for:

защищать права граждан

проявлять мужество

годы мирных преобразований

поддерживать общественный порядок

предупреждение преступности

уголовный розыск

отдел по борьбе с экономическими преступлениями

регулирование дорожного движения

безопасность на дорогах

совершать мошенничество

рост подростковой преступности

беззаботные родители

взяточничество

насилие

служба по борьбе с организованной преступностью

собрать достаточно улик

Text 2

1. Translate these words and word-combinations:

to be established

to deal with

law enforcement

preventive work

patrol service

traffic safety

juvenile delinquency

to increase

sense of security

to combat modern crime spread of drugs

to reconstruct the happening offender

to commit the crime

2. Read and translate the text:

The Russian Militia was established on November 10^th, 1917. Our Militia is to deal with many problems and all of them are of great importance. It is effective law enforcement, educational and preventive work that are to be in the center of activities of militia agencies at our time. Militia stations are in continuous operation of crime prevention; crime investigation and crime solution, day and night patrol service, traffic safety and problems of juvenile delinquency, organized crime and racketeering. One of the main tasks of our Militia is to improve militia-public relations; to increase public’s trust and sense of security. Another problem of our Militia now is to combat modern crime, i.e. spread of drugs, drug-related crimes, crimes relating to money and terrorism. The service in the Militia is difficult and dangerous, but it is necessary and honorable, because all the militia officers are to protest life, work and rest of our people. Quite a lot of people work as investigators in the organs of the Militia or of the Prosecutor’s Office. That’s why the duty of an investigator is to search for the truth, for the offender, for witnesses who help to reconstruct the happening and will present evidence of it in court. The investigator must be able to make a searching inquiry into the facts surrounding the commission of the crime or economic offence, i.e. what it is, where it was, who the offender was, when, why and how he was committing the crime.

3. Answer the following questions:

a) When was the russian militia established?

b) What are the main tasks of our militia?

c) What are the duties of an investigator?