3C The cost of crime

Lead in

• If you have a problem, who do you usually ask for help?
• When was the last time you offered to help somebody? What was the problem? Did the person accept your help?

- Do you think drugs should be made legal?

- Would legalizing drugs solve the drug problem?
- What is drug law like in Spain? What is the social situation like, and what are people's attitudes?

- Do you know of any large criminal organizations in Spain (or elsewhere), and how do they affect people's lives?

- Is organized crime a problem?

LANGUAGE CORNER: 

Reading and speaking

deterrent (n.): sth that makes you decide not to do sth because you realize sth horrible could happen to you 

Verbs and prepositions

• name sb/sth after sb/sth
• base sth on sth
• insist on sth
• convince sb of sth
• protest against sth
• worry about sb/sth
• cope with sb/sth: deal with a difficult person, problem or situation
• complain to sb about sb/sth
• succeed in sth
• reduce sth to sth
• apologise/apoligize to sb for sth
• apply to sb/sth for sth

Further reading: Lowering the Cost of Crime and Punishment: An Economist's Vision 


What do you think has happened? 
And what do you think the person in the picture is doing?

In the following listening (1.29), you'll hear the person in the picture talking to someone. 

• Who is she talking to?
• What topics do they talk about?

More: TEDTalks

The deadly genius of drug cartels by Rodrigo Canales (2013)