6 Politics and society
Words
Law and justice
Social issues
Crime and punishment
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 |
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 |
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 |