vocabulary of seminar 2

vocabulary of CCTV

- robbery: be lost/ stolen by a theft (highway robbery = daylight robbery)
- burglary: a crime connected to another crime who enter someone's house illegal
- incident: an event which is either unpleasant or unusual

- warden: US the person in charge of a prison: a prison warden

On her first official visit to the North East, she said greater use of CCTV and neighbourhood wardens led to a fall in robberies and burglaries

Ms Smith saw how CCTV in Byker, Newcastle, had helped to cut incidents of anti-social behaviour

CCTV (Closed Circuit Television) is a visual surveillance technology designed for monitoring a variety of environments and activities. CCTV systems typically involve a fixed (or "dedicated") communications link between cameras and monitors

- surveillance: supervision, the careful watching of a person or place because crime has happened or is expected
- surveillance initiatives:a new action or movement, often intended to solve a problem
- the video surveillance boom (filming): is held above the actors so that it records their voices but cannot be seen by the viewers
- dedicated: specialized designed to be used for one particular purpose
system of cameras with full pan, tilt, zoom and infrared capacity
- pan: (of a film camera) to move slowly from one side to another or up and down
- tilt: as fast as possible
- zoom (lens): (a device in a camera) can be attached to a camera, make the thing being photographed appear nearer
- infrared: a type of light that feels warm but cannot be seen
- assault: a violent attack
- to liter: to spread across an area or place untidily
- to urinate: to excrete urine from the body
- to excrete: to get rid of waste material
- urine: the yellowish liquid waste which is released from the body when you go to the toilet
littering, urinating in public, traffic violations, obstruction, drunkenness, and evading meters in town parking lots
- obstruction: preventing the police/law courts from doing their jobs
- obstructionism: when someone intentionally stops or delays an official process
'undesirable' behavior such as underage smoking and a variety of public order transgressions
- undesirable: not wanted, approved of or popular
- underage: younger than the lowest age which law allows to do something legally
- to transgress: to break a law or moral rule
- marijuana: a usually illegal drug such as: cannabis, hemp
- illegal substance: an illegal drug

drunkenness, racial harassment, sexual harassment, loitering and disorderly behaviour

- harassment: behaviour that annoys or upsets someone

- loitering: the offence of waiting in a place, looking as if you are going to do something illegal

- race (n) especially of people with particular similar physical characteristics, who are considered as belonging to the same type, or such a group

- racial (a) connected with a particular race or with various races

racial discrimination/prejudice

employ bullet-proof casing: ?

enemies of the public interest

--> enemy : a person who hates or opposes another person, tries to harm or stop them from doing something