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СОДЕРЖАНИЕ

Предисловие

Unit 1.   Heroic Deeds of the Police

Unit 2.   Murder

Unit 3.   Terrorism

Unit 4.   Baby-Murder

Unit 5.   Negligent Homicide

Unit 6.   Profiling

Unit 7.   Violation of Privacy

Unit 8.   Social Networks… Insecure

Unit 9.   Protecting Privacy

Unit 10. The Murder that Changed the Nation

Unit 11. Racism

Unit 12. Discrimination

Unit 13. Phone-Hacking

Unit 14. Lawyer’s Suit

Unit 15. America’s Police

Unit 16. Lynch

Unit 17. Conspiring to Murder

Unit 18. Rape

Glossary

References

ПРЕДИСЛОВИЕ

Учебное пособие “ENGLISH FOR CRIMINAL LAW AND CRIMINOLOGY” рассчитано на слушателей магистерской программы «Уголовное право и противодействие современной преступности» по направлению 40.04.01 – Юриспруденция. Учебное пособие является базовым материалом для работы над модулем II (Peculiarities of Legal Texts) и модулем III (Professional Translation) рабочей программы дисциплины. Тексты для чтения не адаптированы, взяты из современных источников Интернет и представляют собой отчёты о происшествиях в англо-американских СМИ или аналитические статьи профессионалов и ведущих специалистов в области уголовного права. В статьях и при их обсуждении затрагиваются такие темы, как: “Heroic Deeds of the Police”, “Profiling”, “Discrimination Issues”, “Privacy and Violation of Privacy”, “Terrorism”, “Murder”, “Negligent Homicide”, “Rape”, “Conspiring”, “Phone Hacking” и так далее.

Проблема противодействия современной преступности является полем достаточно оживленного международного сотрудничества. В связи с этим немаловажное место в реализации преподавания иностранного языка (английского) в рамках данной магистерской программы занимает идея универсализации и интернационализации ключевых профессиональных компетенций, позволяющих осуществлять эффективную профессиональную коммуникацию на любом, в том числе, международном уровне. Работа над данным пособием может проводиться как в рамках аудиторной, так и в рамках самостоятельной контролируемой работы студентов. Учебное пособие по английскому языку “ENGLISH FOR CRIMINAL LAW AND CRIMINOLOGY” для слушателей магистерской программы «Уголовное право и противодействие современной преступности» является активным подспорьем в формировании общепрофессиональной компетенции (ОПК-1), которая формулируется как «готовность к коммуникации в устной и письменной формах на государственном языке Российской Федерации и иностранном языке для решения задач профессиональной деятельности». Пособие способствует развитию навыка владения всеми видами чтения литературы разных функциональных стилей и развивает навыки перевода профессиональной литературы с английского языка на русский язык. 

 

UNIT 1

Heroic Deeds of the Police

Task 1

Read the text “Nashville Waffle House: James Shaw denies heroism”

A customer who wrestled a gun from a naked attacker who killed four people at a Waffle House in Nashville, Tennessee on Sunday has described his deed as a “selfish act”. James Shaw Jr was hailed as a hero by the mayor of Nashville for wrestling the assault rifle out of the gunman’s hands. But Mr Shaw has been more modest, saying he did it “just to save myself”. A manhunt is currently under way for suspect Travis Reinking, 29. Mr Reinking was arrested last year after entering a restricted area near the White House, Nashville police spokesman Don Aaron said. The Waffle House attacker burst into the restaurant at 03:25 local time (08:25 GMT) on Sunday in the suburb of Antioch and opened fire with a semi-automatic rifle. Two other people were wounded. Mr Shaw wrestled the weapon from the man, who then fled the scene on foot. “I was completely doing it just to save myself,” Mr Shaw told reporters at a news conference. “I did save other people, but I don’t want people to think that I was the Terminator or Superman or anybody like that.”

The four victims were:

§ Akilah DaSilva, 23, who was wounded outside the restaurant and died in hospital. His girlfriend, Shanita Waggoner, was reportedly injured.

§ DeEbony Groves, 21, a Belmont University student who reportedly went to the Waffle House with friends from her sorority, Delta Sigma Theta.

§ Joe Perez, 20, who was getting food at the Waffle House and died outside, according to police. In a Facebook post his mother said his family was “broken” with the loss.

§ Taurean Sanderlin, 29, who worked at the restaurant and was fatally shot outside, police said.

(2) How did Mr Shaw intervene?

Mr Shaw said he had heard gunshots and glass smashing as people ran for cover. He then hid in the restaurant’s toilet area but the gunman shot through the door, injuring his arm. “It was at that time that I kind of made up my mind – because there’s no way to lock that door – that if it was going to come down to it he was gonna have to work to kill me,” he said. When the firing stopped and the gunman was looking at his weapon, Mr Shaw rushed him and a scuffle ensued. “I hit him with the door and the gun was kind of jammed up,” he said. “I grabbed it from him and I threw it over the counter top.” He then forced the gunman out of the restaurant. Waffle House CEO Walth Ehmer praised Mr Shaw’s actions and hugged him after the news conference. “You don’t get to meet too many heroes in life but you are my hero,” he said.

(3) How did the attack unfold?

Arriving in a pick-up truck, the killer shot two people outside the restaurant, before firing more shots inside, Mr Aaron said. Three victims died at the scene and the fourth in hospital. Police say he was naked except for a green jacket, which he removed as he left the scene. The suspect was later spotted in woodland wearing black trousers but no shirt, police say. Murder warrants are being drawn up against Mr Reinking. The suspect was previously held for breaching the security barrier at the White House in 2017. He told Secret Service officers that he had a right to “inspect the grounds” and that he wanted to meet President Donald Trump. Authorities confiscated weapons from Mr Reinking after the White House incident, giving them instead to his father. One of those weapons was reportedly an AR-15, which was the gun used in the Waffle House shooting. Mr Reinking reportedly suffers from mental health problems, and has had run-ins with the police related to these issues. A CNN article reports police were called to a public swimming pool after Mr Reinking dived into the water wearing a pink women’s coat, before exposing himself to the lifeguards. And a year before the White House incident, Mr Reinking allegedly told officers his belief that Taylor Swift was stalking him and hacking his phone. “Travis stated he did not want to hurt Taylor Swift or anyone else, he only wanted the harassment to stop,” the police report read.

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Vocabulary notes

(1)	wrestle	биться
	deed	поступок, деяние
	hail	провозглашать, называть
	assault rifle	автомат, штурмовая винтовка
	gunman	вооруженный преступник, стрелок
	manhunt	розыск
	suburb	пригород, окраина
	open fire	открывать огонь
	semi-automatic	полуавтоматический
	fleе	убегать, скрываться
	victim	жертва, потерпевший
(2)	intervene	вмешиваться, вступаться
	weapon	оружие
	scuffle	драка, потасовка
	hit	ударять
	grab	внезапно схватывать, выхватывать
(3)	spot	замечать, обнаруживать
	draw up	готовить, разрабатывать
	breaching	нарушение, преодоление заграждений
	Secret Service	Секретная служба
	mental health	психическое здоровье
	run-in	проблема, трения
	stalk	преследовать, выслеживать
	harassment	домогательство, преследование

 

Task 2

Read the text again and find equivalents of the following Russian word combinations and sentences; note the use of the grammatical forms in brackets:

(1)	1. В настоящее время идет розыск подозреваемого (the preposition “under”)
	2. после вторжения в запретную зону (the preposition “after”; the Gerund)
	3. и открыл огонь из полуавтоматической винтовки
	4. который затем скрылся пешком с места происшествия (the conjunction “who”)
	5. был смертельно ранен за пределами ресторана
(2)	6. люди бежали в укрытие (the preposition “for”)
	7. ему пришлось бы потрудиться, чтобы убить меня (“to be going to”; “to have to”)
	8. и оружие заклинило
(3)	9. Подозреваемый был позднее замечен в лесу (the adverb “later”)
	10. Ведется подготовка мероприятий по ордерам на убийство, выданным в отношении … (the Present Continuous Passive; the preposition “against”)
	11. страдает психическими расстройствами
	12. он всего лишь хотел, чтобы преследование прекратилось (the adverb “later”; the Complex Object)

Task 3

Discuss the following questions:

(1)	1. Why was James Shaw Jr hailed as a hero?
	2. Where and when did the incident happen?
	3. What kind of weapon was used in the Waffle House shooting?
(2)	4. Was Mr Shaw injured during the attack?
	5. How did Mr Shaw disarm the gunman?
(3)	6. For what incident was the suspect previously held?
	7. Why has Mr Reinking had run-ins with the police?
	8. What did he tell officers about Taylor Swift?

Task 4

Fill in the gaps with prepositions:

(1)	1. wrestled a gun … a naked attacker
	2. wrestling the assault rifle … … the gunman’s hands
	3. A manhunt is currently … way … suspect
	4. opened fire … a semi-automatic rifle
	5. fled the scene … foot
(2)	6. as people ran … cover
	7. but the gunman shot … the door
	8. I grabbed it … him
(3)	8. Three victims died … the scene
	9. are being drawn up … Mr Reinking
	10. The suspect was previously held … breaching the security barrier
	11. Authorities confiscated weapons … Mr Reinking
	12. has had run-ins … the police

UNIT 2

Murder

Task 1

Read the text “Croydon Halloween murder: Two guilty of killing student”

(1)A man and a teenager have been found guilty of killing a student and attacking his two friends in a night of Halloween violence in south London. Scotty Kouebitra, 22, suffered knife wounds to the neck and chest when he was set upon in a park in Croydon on 31 October 2016. Jahliel Rose, 21, and a 17-year-old boy were found guilty of murder and two counts of wounding with intent. Two others were cleared of all counts at the trial at the Old Bailey. Mr Kouebitra had been setting off fireworks with friends when he was attacked by a group of up to eight men who were armed with knives, baseball bats and a screwdriver. Two friends, who he was with, Keith Hawker and Adil Jamal Abdilahi, were also stabbed during the rampage which took no more than a couple of minutes. Prosecutor Louis Mably QC told the jury the attackers had gathered at an industrial estate to prepare for the "futile and completely senseless" attack. After they arrived at the park in two cars, one of them shouted "let's shank [stab] him" and Mr Kouebitra was fatally stabbed, the court was told. Mr Abdilahi, who needed 50 stitches after he was knifed in the stomach, said he saw Mr Kouebitra being kicked, punched and hit with a metal pole. Det Ch Insp Sam Price said the victims "were not involved with gangs" and appeared to have been "in the wrong place at the wrong time". He said the "premeditated attack" had "apparently arose from a disagreement... but despite their planning [the attackers] ended up carrying out a deadly assault on the wrong people".

(2) Dealing drugs

The jury heard the 17-year-old defendant, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was on a tagged curfew at the time of the murder having admitted being part of a plot to steal mopeds. The sensor on the tag revealed he did not return home until after the murder and blood found on his snood placed him close to Mr Kouebitra when he was stabbed. Giving evidence, he claimed he had been dealing drugs in the park at the time. Following the verdicts, Judge Sarah Munro QC said the case was "far from rare". Rose, of no fixed abode, and the 17-year-old boy were remanded in custody to be sentenced on Wednesday. Two other men, Aaron Jackson, 26, of South Norwood, and Marcus Asemota, 23, of Bromley, were cleared of all charges.