CRIME IELTS Vocabulary
CRIME IELTS Vocabulary
44. Organized crime - criminal organizations that plan and commit crime, or the
crimes that are committed by such organizations
45. Perjury - lying in court, while under oath (лжесвидетельство)
46. Pickpocketing - stealing wallets, money, etc. from people’s pockets in crowded
places
47. Poaching - hunting illegally (браконьерство)
48. Riot - causing a noisy, violent public disturbance
49. Rioter - one of a group of people who meet in a public place and behave in a
noisy, violent, and uncontrolled way, often as a protest
50. Robbery - stealing large amounts of money with force or violence from a bank,
store, etc.
51. Robber – someone who steals
52. Shoplifting - stealing something from a store
53. Slander - damaging someone’s reputation by speaking lies about them (клевета)
54. Smuggling - taking things secretly in or out of a place, country, jail, etc.
(контрабанда)
55. Speeding - driving above the speed limit
56. Terrorism - using violence, threats, or fear, usually for political purposes
57. Theft - stealing, in general
58. Thief – someone who steals
59. Trafficking - trading something illegal like drugs, people, etc.
60. Treason - betraying one’s country by helping its enemies
Additonal: An article about recidivism that you may find helpful for IELTS
When someone first gets incarcerated, they may have a been associated with a limited
social circle of amateur criminals, but prison offers a network of career criminals that
could further their criminal prowess. If an inmate isn’t actively resisting criminal
tendencies and trying to rehabilitate him or herself, they may learn more about how to
become a better criminal and, upon release, return to a life of crime.
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This return to crime typically ends up with another arrest as roughly 68 percent of
former inmates get arrested within their first three years of release.
LACK OF EMPLOYMENT
When someone finally gets released from prison, even if they want to live a normal
life and be a productive member of society, their employment options are severely
limited.
It’s estimated that an individual who has a felony on their record has 50 percent less
likelihood of getting a callback from employers.
The lack of employment options leads to a lack of finances. Lack of finances leads
former inmates into desperation. And desperation leads back to crime.
While many institutions state that their goal is to treat inmates and rehabilitate
them, anecdotal evidence based on our research suggests that most inmates don’t
feel rehabilitation is part of the experience.
In addition to the lack of proper rehabilitation, 2 million people every year who have
a mental illness are added to the jail system. How many of these individuals end up
in prison is a statistic we can't find, but it's reasonable to assume that there is a
correlation.
For those who have served long sentences in prison, it’s not surprising that some
inmates are intimidated and overwhelmed upon release.
Being incarcerated forces an individual into a rigid schedule and they are required to
follow rules every single day. While the monotony is undoubtedly tiresome, it also
doesn’t give inmates the chance to experience freedom of choice.
Once they are released, aside from regular meetings with a parole officer, they have
much more freedom and this can lead to them feeling overwhelmed and full of
anxiety, which sometimes leads to substance abuse to cope with the issues.
The substance abuse can result in additional crimes to fund their dependency, which
ultimately lead the former inmate back into prison.
Unfortunately, this is much easier said than done. Many times, former inmates will go
back to the same crowd of people they used to associate with because finding a new
group isn’t easy to do.
Beyond that, it’s unlikely that a new group would be as willing to help them as their
old crowd, thus it’s natural for the former inmate to not change the group they hang
out with. Further, if gang activity is involved, it might be very difficult to leave their
old group for fear of retribution.
All of these issues compound each other, and with each issue included in the
individual's release, the less a chance they have not to become a statistic of
recidivism.
(https://www.occupy.com/article/prison-recidivism-causes-and-possible-
treatments#sthash.blWtDd2p.dpbs)