Crimes and Laws Flashcards
Juvenile delinquent
مجرم جوان
Juvenile delinquency refers to the condition that a child or young person behaves in a criminal way.
He didn’t want to be a juvenile delinquent.
Aggressive
There are a wide range of factors that account for children’s strong aggressive and criminal tendencies,
Kids who play violent video games show much more aggressive behavior than those who don’t.
Aggressive = adj. Aggression = n.
Culprit
Busy lifestyle is the main culprit, reducing the chance of interaction between parents and children and preventing children from living and studying in a normal way.
زندگی پر مشغله مهمترین مقصر است.
Police finally managed to catch the culprit.
Manage to do sth موفق شدن به انجام کاری دشوار
I finally managed to push the huge animal away.
Neglected
A feeling of being neglected can cause problems like learning disorders.
Each year 700,000 children are abused or neglected.
Upsurge
A sudden increase
The upsurge in the amount of violence in the media is closely linked to young adults’ aggressive behavior.
There was an upsurge in violence during June and July.
Be oriented to /towards/around something/somebody
هدایت شده به سمت چیزی یا کسی
An underage person should be correctly oriented in life.
They may be oriented towards particular bad habits.
Law-offender
Should parents be liable for their five-year-old child’s law-offending behavior?
Community punishment is used for less serious law-offenders.
Formative years
سالهای شکل گیزی شخصیتی
Children in formative years are particularly susceptible to whom they meet in their daily lives.
He exposed his children to music throughout their formative years.
Gatekeeper
مسئول نظارت
Parents should act as gatekeepers to prevent their children from watching TV and playing video games.
Role model
Another example to show parents’ effect on their child’s behavior is that many parents fail to be a positive role model.
I want to be a positive role model for my sister.
Replica of
نسخه
As children have a natural ability to imitate others, their violent behavior is potentially a replica of their parents’.
An exact replica of the Taj Mahal
Upbringing
تربیت
Those children with poor upbringing are more likely to act violently.
Mike had a strict upbringing.
مایک یک تربیت سخت گیرانه داشت.
فعل آن bring up است.
Crime rate
A civilized society is characterized by a high literacy rate and a low crime rate.
A town with relatively low crime rate.
Fuel
باعث افزایش چیزی بد شدن
The rise in the crime rate in the past decades has fueled public worries about the rapidly declining safety of their communities.
Progress was slow, fueling concerns that the stadium would not be finished on time.
Alert somebody to something
The government can use the mass media to alert the public to the threat of crimes.
Campaigns to alert the public to the dangers of HIV
