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ASK THE LAWYER
QUESTION: What is the difference between a felony and a misdemeanor?
ANSWER: When you commit a crime in our society, you have to be pun-
ished. How much punishment a criminal gets depends on how bad their
crime was.
To help determine how bad a crime was, the crime is called either a 'felony'
or a 'misdemeanor'.
Felonies are more serious crimes, and misdemeanors are less serious crimes.
Both can also result in imprisonment.
Felonies and misdemeanors are also given a number explaining how serious
the crime is. The most serious crime is a 'class one felony', and the least
serious crime is a 'class three misdemeanor'. Here's how the order goes:
CLASS 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, & 6 FELONIES, CLASS 1, 2 & 3 MISDEMEANORS.
A class 1 misdemeanor falls right after a class 6 felony.
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SubUnit II. Types of Felonies
I. ELICITATION
What associations flash in your mind when you hear the word
“felony”?
felony
II. DISCUSSION
Answer the questions.
a. What do you know about felony crimes? What types of felony
crimes are the most serious from your point of view?
b. Do you think that it is really necessary to divide all the crimes into
the categories? Do you find a “treason-felony-misdemeanor” divi-
sion to be practically adjustable?
c. What are advantages and disadvantages of such a division?
d. What division could you propose?
III. FOCUS ON LEXIS
1. The box below gives the names of 22 crimes. The list gives the defi-
nitions of the same crimes. Match the crimes to their definitions.
arson • assassination • assault • bigamy • blackmail
bribery • burglary • embezzlement • espionage • extortion
forgery • fraud • libel • manslaughter • murder • perjury
piracy • robbery • slander • smuggling • theft • treason
1. acting in such a way as to make someone believe he or she will be hurt
2. betraying your country to a foreign power
3. copying patented inventions or copyrighted works
4. entering a building illegally and stealing things
5. getting money from people by threatening to publicise facts they do not
want revealed 
                          ASK THE LAWYER
                                                                                                  SubUnit II. Types of Felonies
QUESTION: What is the difference between a felony and a misdemeanor?
ANSWER: When you commit a crime in our society, you have to be pun-            I.   ELICITATION
ished. How much punishment a criminal gets depends on how bad their                 What associations flash in your mind when you hear the word
crime was.                                                                          “felony”?
To help determine how bad a crime was, the crime is called either a 'felony'
or a 'misdemeanor'.
Felonies are more serious crimes, and misdemeanors are less serious crimes.                                      felony
Both can also result in imprisonment.
Felonies and misdemeanors are also given a number explaining how serious
the crime is. The most serious crime is a 'class one felony', and the least
serious crime is a 'class three misdemeanor'. Here's how the order goes:       II. DISCUSSION
CLASS 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, & 6 FELONIES, CLASS 1, 2 & 3 MISDEMEANORS.                     Answer the questions.
A class 1 misdemeanor falls right after a class 6 felony.
                                                                                    a. What do you know about felony crimes? What types of felony
                                                                                       crimes are the most serious from your point of view?
                                                                                    b. Do you think that it is really necessary to divide all the crimes into
                                                                                       the categories? Do you find a “treason-felony-misdemeanor” divi-
                                                                                       sion to be practically adjustable?
                                                                                    c. What are advantages and disadvantages of such a division?
                                                                                    d. What division could you propose?


                                                                               III. FOCUS ON LEXIS
                                                                               1. The box below gives the names of 22 crimes. The list gives the defi-
                                                                                  nitions of the same crimes. Match the crimes to their definitions.
                                                                                      arson • assassination • assault • bigamy • blackmail
                                                                                      bribery • burglary • embezzlement • espionage • extortion
                                                                                      forgery • fraud • libel • manslaughter • murder • perjury
                                                                                      piracy • robbery • slander • smuggling • theft • treason

                                                                               1. acting in such a way as to make someone believe he or she will be hurt
                                                                               2. betraying your country to a foreign power
                                                                               3. copying patented inventions or copyrighted works
                                                                               4. entering a building illegally and stealing things
                                                                               5. getting money from people by threatening to publicise facts they do not
                                                                                    want revealed

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