法律英语3

Disadvantages of putting the criminal in jail
A young thief who spends time in jail receives a thorough education in crime from his fellow prisoners. They are exposed to dangerous company. Willingly or not, he has to associate with tough criminals who will drag him into more serious offences, more prison terms --- a life of repeated wrongdoing that will leave a trail of victims and cost the community a great deal of money It is very expensive to put a man on trial and keep him in jail.
Alternative sentence
Good for young offenders It is applied only to nonviolent criminals who are not likely to be dangerous to the public, such as forgers, shoplifters, and drivers who have caused traffic accidents.
Difficult sentence 1
监狱是一个使犯罪人没有 机会伤害无辜者的地方.
A jail is a place where the wrongdoers find fewer opportunities to hurt innocent people.
Difficult sentence 2
Cases of creative justice
A dentist convicted of killing a motorcyclist while driving drunk has been condemned to fix the teeth of the poor and the elderly at his own expense one day a week for a full year. Another drunk driver (age nineteen) was ordered to work in the emergency room of a hospital once a week for three years, so that he could see for himself the results of careless driving.
Alternative sentence
Paying for their crime by helping their victims, financially or otherwise. Doing unpaid labor for their community Working for the poor and the mentally ill Cleaning the streets of their town Collecting litter or plant trees Taking a job and repay their victims our of their salary.
Unit 22
Creative Justice
Main idea
The traditional way of throwing criminals in jail is to see the guilty punished and society protected. What the judges are trying to find is the kind of punishment that will not only be just, but useful to society. “This is true justice”.
Creative justice saves a great deal of money, and decreases the chances of bad influence and repeated offences.
Difficult sentence 5
法官们正在寻找对社会、受害 者及可以被改造的罪犯都有用 处的真正公平的惩罚方法。
What the judges are trying to find is the kind of punishment that will not only be just, but useful to society, by helping the victims and their families, the community, and those offenders who can be reformed. “This ,”says a “creative” judge, “is true justice.”
法官们知道对于非暴力的初 犯来说蹲监狱会有什么样的 坏影响.
Judges know what bad effects a prison term can have on a nonviolent first offender.
Difficult sentence 3
一个酒后驾车者被判三年内每周在 一个医院的急诊室工作一天.
A drunk driver was ordered to work in the emergency room of a hospital once a week for three years.
Difficult sentence 4
新型的法律公正招数可以节省 大量的金钱，还可以降低受不 良影响、重复犯罪的机会。
Cases of the creative justice
A thief who had stolen some equipment from a farmer had to raise a pig and a calf for his victim. A former city treasurer, guilty of dishonest actions, was put to raising money for the Red Cross, and the president of a film company, who had forged $43,000 worth of checks, had to make a film about the danger of drugs, to be shown in schools. The project cost him $45,000, besides the fine that he had been sentenced to pay.
Advanta reduces prison crowding, while has been responsible for much violence and crime among inmates. It saves a great deal of money, and decreases the chances of bad influence and repeated offences. It provides some help to the victims, who have always been neglected in the past. It is beneficial to the offenders themselves, by forcing them to see the effects of their crimes and the people who have suffered from them.
Alternative sentence is welcome.
Thank you!