CRIMINAL LAW
Date: 2015-10-07; view: 497.
QUESTIONS TO ASK WHEN ANALYZING A CHARACTER
· Is he/she a major or a minor character?
· Is he the protagonist/the antagonist of the story?
· Is he/she round or flat?
· Is he/she dynamic or static?
· Does the author reveal the character through showing or telling or does he use the both techniques?
· What does the way the character speaks reveal about his character?
· What does the character's behavior tell us about him?
· Is he similar or different from other characters in the story?
· Has the setting shaped his/her personality? Does the setting reflect his mood or emotional state?
· Does the character's name have any importance or associations?
LIST OF WORDS
| criminal offence | addiction (an addict) |
| criminal contempt | drug trafficking |
| criminal negligence | loan sharking |
| habitual criminal | access to confidential information |
| criminal liability | imprisonment |
| criminal record | acquittal, to acquit |
| civil wrong | by early parole |
| criminal proceedings | life sentence |
| Sentence | penal law |
| legal consequences | to deter crime |
| positive law | death penalty |
| deliberate killing | life imprisonment |
| premeditated murder | solitary confinement |
| crime of aforethought | to put smb on probation |
| killing with intent (premeditation) | community service |
| principle of legality | corporal punishment |
| petty crime / offence | suspended sentence |
| grave crime | to ban smb from driving |
| attempted crime | to dismiss the case |
| infamous crime | felony |
| latent crime | misdemeanor |
| capital crime / punishment | disorderly conduct |
| compulsed participant in a crime | self-defence |
| confess to a crime | death penalty |
| crime difficult to trace | battery |
| crime instrument | bigamy |
| crime investigation | conversion |
| crime of aforethought | coup |
| crime scene | libel |
| crime suspect | manslaughter |
| crime victim | perjury |
| detected crime | slander |
| domestic crime | trespass |
| infamous crime | Theft |
| juvenile crime | sedition |
| war crime | forgery |
| crime of passion | treason |
| to deter crime | murder |
| charge with crime | robbery |
| double jeopardy | assault |
| areas of authority | rape |
| statutes of limitation | arson |
| a life sentence | burglary |
| to claim jurisdiction | shoplifting |
| to extradite | larceny |
| ignorance of the law | theft |
| controversy | drug dealing |
| close scrutiny | mental incapacity |
| insanity-plea laws | insanity |
| mental incapacity | life imprisonment |
| negligence | solitary confinement |
| intention | to put on probation |
| recklessness | corporal punishment |
| to establish the offence | suspended sentence |
| court-martial | to acquit (acquittal – n) |
| confinement | cold-blooded murder |
| internment | accessory (before) after the fact |
| actus reus | aggravated assault |
| mens rea | housebreaking |
| to show evidence | cold-blooded murder |
| malice aforethought | conspiracy |
| avoid guilt | medical malpractice |
| duress | juvenile delinquency |
| mitigation | disorderly conduct |
| criminal liability | breach of the peace |
| aggravating circumstances | political assassination |
| malpractice | premeditated murder |
| indictable offenses | death penalty |
| negligent homicide | capital punishment |
| mercy killing | minor offences |
| accessory after (before) the fact | to execute |
| to outlaw | death prisoner |
| sumptuary laws | release by early parole |
| drug abuse | term of imprisonment |
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