Прочитайте, переведите текст письменно: crime in great britain. about 90% of all crimes in great britain are dealt with by magistrates' courts. sentences – that is punishment decided by the court, may be different but people who are found guilty usually pay a fine if the offence is not very serious. magistrates' courts can impose fines of up to 2 000 pounds or prison sentences up to six months. if the punishment is to be more severe, the case must go to a crown court. the most severe punishment is life imprisonment: there is no death penalty in great britain, it was abolished in 1965. the level of recorded crime and the number of people who were sent to prison increased during the 1970s and 1980s. by the end of that period the average prison population was more than 50 000 and new prisons had to be built as overcrowding had become a serious problem.
