Lead-in Focus student's attention on the topic. Show a picture of a crime scene where an electronics store has been robbed. Ask the students to determine what happened and by Questions: 1. What happened here? 1. Should the person who committed this crime go to prison? 2. If the person does go to prison do you think they would commit another crime when they get out? 3. Is prison an effective method of preventing or deterring crime?

Work on meaning of deterrent, commit, offend. Google form: 1. Cost of Crime Vocab. Multiple Choice. Ask Ss to verbally answer while they complete. Deterrent: Is a deterrent used to prevent something or to cause something? Can a person be a deterrent, or is it usually a thing or rule? Does a deterrent usually come before or after the action you want to stop? Can you think of an example of a deterrent? Commit vs. Commit to: When you commit a crime, are doing something or promising something? When you commit to something, do you do it now or in the future? Offend: If you offend someone, how do they usually feel? Is offending someone usually accidental or on purpose?

Ask the students to open the multiple choice form provided. Ask students to listing to the audio discussion from a news programme about the prison population in the UK. 1. What is the main topic of the discussion? - The rising cost of prisons and how to reduce the prison population 2. What is Margaret Bolton’s main argument? - Too many people are sent to prison for minor crimes 3. What is David Gilbert’s main argument? - A stronger deterrent, like the Three Strikes Law, is needed 4. What is the overall purpose of the conversation? - To debate different ideas for reducing reoffending and prison numbers

Give Ss time to read questions 1-4. Then play recording again. Student compare answers in BOR. Check answers Open Class 1. Margaret Bolton argues that most short prison sentences cost more per prisoner than the cost of retraining offenders. True. 2. David Gilbert claims that the Three Strikes Law in the USA is applied in exactly the same way in every state. False 3. What is the cost of keeping a person in prison per year? 40, 000 British Pounds 4. How much money does the US spend on its prisons? 68 billion US dollars

Put the students in break out rooms to discuss the following questions. (3 minutes) Put the questions in the Chat. 1. What do you know about the prison system in your country? 2. When criminals leave prison, do they often re-offend? If so, why do you think this happens? 3. Do you think stronger deterrents make people behave better? If no, what does make people behave better? Use whiteboard to give DEC .