Conversation Questions: Crime & Justice

Karin's ESL PartyLand/Š1999 by Karin M. Cintron/Reproducible for Classroom Use

Conversation Questions:
Crime and Justice

Do you always lock your house? What about your car?	How have science and technology changed what crimes are committed? How about the way we solve them?
Do you think that men and women are punished the same for the same crimes? Why or why not? How should it be?	Should users of illegal drugs be put in jail? Why or why not? What about the people who sell them?
Do you think it's possible to prevent certain kinds of crimes? If so, which ones and how?	Why do you think that there have been so many school shootings at high schools in the United States?
What do you think are reasonable penalties for people who commit environmental crimes? environmental crimes--for example, killing an endangered animal, being responsible for a major industrial accident like Chernobyl or Bhopal, polluting a river, etc.	How much does the media cover crime in your country? Do you think that they should spend less time or more time on it?
Have you (or anyone you know) been the victim of a crime? What happened?	What do you think of the death penalty?
Have you ever done anything illegal? Tell about it if you want to.	In your opinion, what causes a person to become a criminal? Can society change this?
Which crimes do you think will increase in the 21st century? What about decrease?	How serious of an offense is white collar crime? How should white collar criminals be punished? white collar crime--for example, stealing money from your company/embezzlement
Are there any places where you are afraid to walk alone after dark? Where are they and why?	Is beating your wife a crime in your country? If so, what happens to a man who beats his wife? What about a woman who beats her husband?

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