6 Politics and society

Words

Law and justice
Age of consent It is an age where you became an "adult", in Finland it is 18. I last year just changed to age of consent. Täysi-ikäisyys
Body search If a polise suspect that you have something dangerous/illegal he can body search you to feel like if you have something in your pocket or somewhere. I have once been nody searched on airport. Kehon tarkastus
Death certificate It is a certificate where it is certified that somebody is dead. I have never seen a death certificate. Kuolintodistus
Exhibit When a crime has been "found" exhibit can be example a footage of what happenend or a witness, gun or something. Exhibits are sometimes so random things. Todistusaineisto
Family court It is a court which specializes is famly cases. Family courts judge once came into our school to talk. Perhetuomioistuin
Counsel It is a person in court who tries to helpo you get the smallest judgement you can get. I had a dream to become a counsel but i don't know anymore. Lakimies
Handcuffs They put them to some of the inmates so they. couldn't do anything to others. I haven been handcuffed to my bestfriend 24 hours. Käsiraudat
Illegal A matter that is punishable by law. I have never done anything illegal. Laiton
Innocent When you go to court and they blame you from something but they found out you didn't do nothing you are innocent. I saw a video when one man was proved innocent after 50 years in prison. Syytön
Marriage certification When you get marriend you can get this certification. When I was little I didn't know that you needed a marriage certification. Vihkitodistus
Social issues
Class sturgle It is in some countries because there is not the same rights to everyone so they make classes and divide people according to wealth. In Finland gladly here is not class struggle. Luokka taistelu
Asylum seeker It is a human who has war or natural disaster in home country so they need to find a asylum on some other country. In Finland they take kind of lot asylum seekers. Turvapaikanhakija
Depedence It is a feeling when you are addicted to something and you really need the addictive substance. I have a depedence to coffee I get so bad headaches if I don't drink it. Riippuvus
Ecstasy It is a drug which you tka as a pill. An old drug addict came to tell us to school about ecstasy and other drugs. Ekstaasi
Feminist A person whos values are a lot of how women are treated and equality between women and men. My old friend was a feminist. Feministi
Food stamp A ticket what you can get if you don't have enough money to food example. I have once gotten a food stamp because I was doing charity work. Ruoka kuponki
Homeless A person who doesn't have a home. When I was little I always gave monehy to homeless people at the streets. Koditon
Housing benefit A benefit that you can get to live in your house if you don't earn enough money to pay the rent. My friends got a housing benefit when they moved together. Asumistuki
Immigrant A person who lives in your country but is not the countrys national. In Inkoo where I live moved a couple immigrant families. Maahanmuuttaja
Unemployed A person who doesn't have a job. I hope that I will not be unemployed as I grow up. Työtön
Crime and punishment
Arrest When a cop takes someone to police station.  I have seen one arrest. Pidättää
Autopsy If someone dies and they suspects a murder they open the corpse and search it. Autopsy is a good way to foun out how has somenody died. Ruumiinavaus
Bribe To give someone example money to keep them quiet or something. In United states there happens a lot of bribe between poices and criminals. Lahjoa
Community service If you do a crime and it is not big so instead of going to jail you need to do community service example clean the roads. The community service jobs are not nice but it would still be so much better. Yhdyskuntapalvelu
Corrupt It is when the polices example take the bribe and let the prisoner go. Finland in my opinion is not corrupted. Korruptoitunut
Crime scene The place where the crime was made. The crime scenes are creepy altought I have only seen them in movies. Rikospaikka
Custody It means that you are in a charge of a child. Sometimes custody can be really exhausting. Huoltajuus
Death sentence It is a sentence where they charge you to die. I am glad that in Finland there is no such as death sentence. Kuoleman tuomio
Detective A person whos job is to solve crimes. My dream job for so long was detective. Etsivä
Felony It is a aggravated crime. In Finland rarely happens felonys. Törkeä rikos