Séance 2 : Prison may not be the perfect solution, but it's all we have

Question 1

Réintégration

Answer 1

Rehabilitation

Measure implemented in prison in order to help a criminal reintegrate society after imprisonment.

Question 2

Politique pénale

Answer 2

Penal policy

The principles of action adopted by the government concerning crimes and their punishment.

Question 3

Détenu

Answer 3

Convict

A person found guilty of a criminal offense and serving a sentence of imprisonment (a prisoner).

Question 4

Récidive

Answer 4

Reconviction
A formal declaration by a jury or a judge in a court of law that someone is guilty of a criminal offense.
To be found guilty again.

Question 5

To be convicted of murder

Answer 5

To be found guilty of murder

Question 6

Crime domestique

Answer 6

Household crime

A crime that is committed within the family.

Question 7

Viol

Answer 7

Rape

The major crime of forcing a person to have sexual intercourse without their consent / against their will.

Question 8

Agression

Answer 8

Assault
A physical attack (general meaning)
An act that threatens physical harm to a person, whether or not actual harm was done (law)

Question 9

Délinquant

Answer 9

Offender

A person who commits an illegal act

Question 10

Une infraction

Answer 10

An offence

An illegal act

Question 11

Enfreindre

Answer 11

To offend

To commit an illegal act

Question 12

Récidiver

Answer 12

Re-offend

To commit a further offence / to commit an offence again

Question 13

Un réciviste

Answer 13

a repeat offender

Someone who re-offend, a re-offender, a recidivis

Question 14

Pour prouver qu’incarcérer autant de gens n’est pas nécessaire, ce rapport présente deux faits :

Answer 14

To prove the idea that incarcerating so many people is not necessary, the report presents 2 facts :
- household crime and violent crime have fallen by 46% and 43% respectively since 1995.
While
- the prison population has more than doubled since 1992.

Question 15

Le message implicite ici est : pourquoi doit on continuer à mettre autant de gens en prison alors que la société est de moins en moins violente ?

Answer 15

The implicit message here is why should we continue to put so many people in prison when our society is less and less violent ?

Question 16

Pour le journaliste, le taux de criminalité baisse parce que, précisément, plus de gens sont en prison !

Answer 16

For the journalist, the crime rate is falling down because, precisely, more people are sent in jail !

Question 17

C’est une corrélation entre deux réalités : quelqu’un d’enfermé ne peu récidiver
Les pays qui envoient le plus leur criminels en prison ont des taux de criminalité pus bas.

Answer 17

There is a correlation between these two realities :
someone locked up cannot re-offend
countries that send many of their convicted criminals to jail have lower crime rates.

Question 18

La journaliste pense que les programmes de réhabilitation ne marchent pas et que l’on devrait reconnaître les avantages de la prison, du point de vue de la sécurité publique.

Answer 18

The journalist thinks that rehabilitation programmes do not work and that we should recognise the advantages of prison in terms of public safety.

Question 19

Ils sont accusés d’incompétence

Answer 19

They are accused of incompeence

Question 20

Plus important, ils sont aussi accusés de ne pas prendre en considération la politique pénale que le public voudrait mettre en oeuvre dans le pays.

Answer 20

More importantly, they are also accused of not talking into consideration the penal policy the public would like to be implemented in their country.

Question 21

Les mps dans le comité de justice sont même accusés d’être antidémocratique

Answer 21

MPs in the Justice Committee are even accused of being undemocratic.