Police, investigations and trials
24 questions · Intermediate
Based on UHR’s study material about Sweden (Sverige i fokus). The material may contain value judgments and is not necessarily entirely neutral.
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Choose the right answer about the police, criminal investigations and trials.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Besides preventing and investigating crime, what is the police's task? | To maintain law and order |
| Why do the police work together with schools, municipalities and associations? | To make society safe |
| Which authority issues passports and national ID cards to Swedish citizens? | The police |
| Which permit is an example of what the police decide on? | A permit for a demonstration |
| What is the first step when someone has been the victim of a crime? | A police report |
| What is it called when the police ask questions to understand what happened? | Questioning |
| What is the step called where the police gather evidence and talk to witnesses? | Preliminary investigation |
| What can the police do to a person they strongly suspect of a crime? | Arrest the person |
| How long can a person detained by a prosecutor be held locked up? | Up to 72 hours |
| What is the prosecutor's decision to keep an arrested person locked up for a short time called? | Detention |
| What is it called when a court decides that a suspect will be kept locked up for a longer time? | Remand in custody |
| Who decides that a suspect will be remanded in custody? | A court |
| After the criminal investigation, who decides whether there will be a trial? | A prosecutor |
| What does the prosecutor try to prove during the trial? | That the defendant is guilty |
| What is the person accused of the crime called in a trial? | The defendant |
| Who can question the prosecutor's evidence and present their own evidence? | The defense lawyer |
| Who listens to the arguments and decides whether the defendant is guilty? | The judge |
| What happens to a defendant who is found innocent? | The person is acquitted |
| What are the people called who judge together with the judge in the district court? | Lay judges |
| What is the role of lay judges in the legal process? | To represent the public |
| Who appoints the lay judges? | The political parties |
| Who decides what happens when a child below the age of criminal responsibility commits a crime? | Social services |
| What is the register called where people convicted of certain serious crimes are recorded? | The criminal records register |
| What can be harder to get for someone in the criminal records register? | Swedish citizenship |
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