V. Police
警察
The police service for United Kingdom is organized and controlled on a local basis under the Home Secretary and the Scottish and Northern Ireland Secretaries. London's Metropolitan Police Force is directly under the control of Home Secretary. Police officers are not allowed to join a trade union or go on strike. They do not normally carry firearms.
在內(nèi)政大臣和蘇格蘭及北愛(ài)爾蘭國(guó)務(wù)大臣的指導(dǎo)下,英國(guó)警察分地組建,并以地方管理為基礎(chǔ)。但倫敦警察署直接與內(nèi)政大臣管轄。警察不得加入工會(huì)或罷工。他們通常不佩帶手槍。
VI. Treatment of offenders
對(duì)違法者的處理
The chief aims of the penal system are to deter the potential lawbreaker and to reform the convicted offender.
刑罰制度的主要目的是阻止?jié)撛诘倪`法者,并改造已判的違法者。
Capital punishment ( a sentence of death ) for murder has been abolished in the U.K, through proposal for its reinstatement are regularly debated by Parliament, and it remains the penalty for treason and piracy.
英國(guó)已廢除對(duì)謀殺罪的死刑,但議會(huì)仍經(jīng)常辯論要恢復(fù)死刑,判國(guó)罪和海盜罪仍可判死刑。